On Friday, first graders at Downing made a new furry friend when Liya the therapy dog visited their classrooms.
Liya is specially trained to provide comfort and calmness to everyone she meets. When she's not spending time with our students, Liya is visiting hospitals, senior centers and other places where people need some special warmth and kindness.
Thank you to Aimee, Liya's human, for bringing her to meet our students and for showing us how one special dog can make such an impact on the people around her.
The Downing Explore class show off their smiles as they learn about the importance of keeping their teeth clean and healthy and practice their numbers! The students played a game matching the number rolled to the number on the tooth - covering the tooth with a pieces of play-dough. So much fun!
Davison third graders conducted research and created presentations on influential leaders in honor of Black History Month.
The students learned all about historical figures including Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Ruby Bridges and Langston Hughes, as well as contemporary trailblazers such as Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama and Misty Copeland.
The students are proud to have their research posted around the school to help others learn about these amazing people!
Congratulations to our incredible Malverne student athletes who dominated the 2025 Nassau County Track and Field Championships!
Malverne took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the 300m, with Luis Torres scoring the top spot, Isaiah Jolly placing 2nd and Jeremiah Haye taking 3rd place for the Mules.
Keshawn Pinnock is the county champ in the 55m and Nicea Jones conquered the competition to take first place and the championship in the 300m.
Finally, our Boys 4x400m and 4x200m relay teams also came home county champions. Congrats to Kenshaw Pinnock, Jeremiah Haye, Luis Torres, Isaiah Jolly and Javon McGowan.
Second graders at Downing learned about the Lunar New Year, Zodiac Signs and other customs to celebrate the Year of the Snake! They feasted on wontons, rice and fortune cookies and learned how to use chopsticks. Gung Hay Fat Choy!
The incredible cast of Once Upon a Mattress from HTH took the show on the road today and entertained the residents of Atria Park of Lynbrook.
The students were thrilled to perform this exclusive encore presentation and the audience couldn't get enough of their spectacular singing and dancing! After the show, everyone was excited to get together for some photos!
Thank you, Atria Park of Lynbrook, for your warm welcome, smiles and applause. It was a pleasure for our students to perform for you!
Students in the Virtual Enterprise class at Malverne High School excelled at the recent New York State and Northeast Virtual Enterprise Business Plan Conference and Exhibition, taking home two gold medals for their presentation.
At the conference, which was held at Long Island University, the Student Executive Board presented their sales pitch for their virtual business “MyGrowth” to the judges and won a gold medal. In addition, the “MyGrowth” team took home a gold medal in the Best Booth category.
As part of the new Virtual Enterprise class, students work together to create a business and run it virtually for the school year with all the aspects of a real company. Students receive real-world business experience, as well as three college credits through a partnership Farmingdale State University.
History skills were unleashed at the annual Malverne High School APUSH US History Trivia Competition on Tuesday night!
Students from Plainview/Old Bethpage and Rambam Mesivta Yeshiva in Lawrence joined Malverne students for the exciting contest, which was hosted by Mr. China and facilitated by members of the MHS Student Government.
Congratulations to all the teams who took part in this unique event.
On Jan. 11, the Malverne HS Model UN Club had our most successful day ever. We had a great time at the Kellenberg Model United Nations Conference and received a total of 6 awards! Michael Lawless, Olivia Brown and Lorraine Akou each won Best Delegate awards for their committees, Kaiden Ulysse won Outstanding Delegate and Mahalia Singh and Evelyn Brown both won honorable mention. The students have been working very hard and are seeing this hard work pay off!
On Jan. 13, last year's group of Davison Avenue 5th grade Ambassadors were recognized by the Lynbrook Village Board for their efforts to have a four way stop sign put in place at the intersection of Vincent Avenue and Lakeview Avenue.
The students worked with police officers and local officials on the successful civic project and residents of the area are seeing firsthand that the stop sign is a great addition to the intersection, providing additional safety for school busses, students and all pedestrians.
Village leaders were impressed with the civic mindedness of these children and were proud to recognize them at a special ceremony and present them with certificates acknowledging this honor.
The community is cordially invited to the district's annual MLK Celebration, Thursday night at 7:00 PM at the Howard T. Herber Auditorium.
This year’s celebration has unique significance as we approach the 60th anniversary of MLK’s historic visit to Malverne on May 11, 1965, a key moment in the fight to desegregate schools in the United States.
K-12 students from throughout the district will be presenting their tributes to MLK through poetry, music, dance and video presentations while expressing their understanding of and dedication to his teachings and his messages of resilience, perseverance and hope.
We will also be recognizing two exemplary members of our community and honoring them with the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award. This year’s honorees are Malverne UFSD District Supervisor of STEM Ms. Florence Balay and Ms. Norma Britt, a dedicated member of the Malverne Schools community.
The event is free and open to the public. We hope to see everyone there!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the HTH production of "Once Upon a Mattress" who brought down the house with three fabulously fun and flawless performances this past weekend! Audiences were enthralled by every element of this famous fairy tale as it came to life on stage with confidence, color and comedic timing that charmed and amused attendees of all ages. We are so proud of the entire team, both on-stage and backstage, that worked so hard to bring this show to life!
Students in the 8th grade Science Research class at Howard T. Herber are hard at work completing experimental trials in preparation for competition season. Months of preparatory work, from exploring the fundamentals of research to selecting topics and designing experiments led to this point.
Congratulations to MHS senior Nicea Jones who was awarded the "Leaders of Tomorrow" award at the Armory Hispanic Games in New York City this past weekend!
She also competed in the Invitational 400 meter sprint, running a time of 54.87.
Nicea is currently ranked #1 in New York State in the 400m and #2 in Country!!!
Our students at Downing got an early holiday gift this year as their brand new dry erase table was delivered to Ms. Rakeman's math classroom!
The students were excited to use this new tool as they focused on improving their math skills right before the holiday break.
On Dec. 19, Malverne School District was honored to host the Key of Hope South African Choir for performances at Maurice W. Downing Primary School, Davison Avenue Intermediate School and Malverne High School.
The Key of Hope Choir consists of singers aged 12-27 who live in Durban, South Africa, an extremely impoverished village where most families don’t even have the yearly fee of $175 that it cost to send their kids to school. Key of Hope helps families find their way out of poverty, helping enroll the children in school, keeping them safe from crime and oppression and engaging them in music and arts.
The performances for students and faculty included traditional holiday songs, as well as songs in their native Zulu language. At the high school, the choir also performed popular songs from U2 and Foreigner.
The visit was both energizing and inspiring and we are so thankful to the choir members and Key of Hope team for coming to Malverne and sharing their songs and spirit with our students.
We are proud to congratulate Gabrielle Augustin, Makayla Boubert, Coleene Elias and Coralie Mitton who were honored at last night's the annual Kwanzaa Celebration hosted by the Office of Minority Affairs. Last night's theme was "Be a Beacon of Light for a Brighter Future" and our students were recognized for their inspirational efforts to uplift our community. Qualifications to be considered for this honor are 90 + GPA, community involvement, and excellency in leadership. #GreatnessUnleashed
A magical tradition continued today at Downing as Conductor Walter took our kindergartners on a fantastical holiday journey aboard the "Polar Express!"
Our little travelers each received tickets and had them punched before entering the gym, where Mr. Walter was waiting to share with them this holiday tale complete with music and sound effects to bring the imaginary trip to life in our minds.
After the story was over, the students got off the train and went back to their classrooms where a special holiday gift was waiting!
Last weekend, the Pride of Malverne Marching Band showed off their festive holiday spirit, songs and smiles as they performed at the Malverne and Lakeview tree lightings!
Congrats to our MHS student athletes who earned awards from the Nassau County Volleyball Coaches Association! Courtney Anderson was awarded All-Conference and Kayleez Rosario took home the Scholar Athlete Award. We are so proud of you both for your dedication to sports and academics and for spreading your spirit of teamwork, fairness and positivity both on and off the court!
