Northport Students Take a Hike

Bellerose Avenue Elementary School students celebrated National Public Lands Day on Sept. 23 by taking a nature hike at the Veterans Nature Study Area and Barbara Frost Trail in the Town of Huntington. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort to enhance and improve public lands.

All grade levels participated in the hike and were provided with a guide from the Town of Huntington Department of Planning and Environment. Students learned about ecosystems and rocks along the way.

“The purpose of our hiking tour is to raise awareness of public land resources we have right in our own backyard,” said Principal Lori Beekman.

Students walked the trail for 30 minutes as a class and took notes about what they encountered. “It was so fun,” said fourth-grader Matthew Munson. “My favorite part of the hike was seeing the big rock.”

Story by Syntax, Photos courtesy of the Northport-East Northport School District.

1) Fifth-grade students at Bellerose Avenue Elementary School were all smiles before their nature hike for National Public Lands Day.

2) Principal Lori Beekman spoke with students before they entered the Veterans Nature Study Area and Barbara Frost Trail in the Town of Huntington on Sept. 23.

3) Mrs. Cucchiara’s fourth-grade class examined a giant rock while at the Veterans Nature Study Area and Barbara Frost Trail in the Town of Huntington.

4) Town of Huntington Department of Planning and Environment Planner Christian Granelli talked to students about rocks while on the school’s nature hike on Sept. 23.