#mineolams is #mineolaproud of their Speech and Debate Team’s improvement against Garden City Middle School in their annual debate! Went down to the wire!

#mineolams is #mineolaproud of 7th grade SS students reenacting the adventures of Sacajawea and her Corps of Discovery to determine if she is worthy of enshrinement on the $1 US coin.

#mineolams is # mineolaproud of its Speech and Debate Team for taking it home in their second annual debate against Bay Shore Middle School.

Congrats to our #mineolams Speech and Debate Team for earning the bronze medal in the inaugural LI Middle School Speech and Debate Tournament! #mineolaproud

#mineolams is #mineolaproud of National History Day special award winners Dylan Boutin, Joey Parrino and Aidan Breen for receiving their certificates and scholarships!

Unlike probably at home, #mineolams is #mineolaproud of our 7th grade Social Studies students for writing on the table to storyboard their Iroquois myth!

#mineolams is #mineolaproud of 7th Grade SS composing and performing their very own Iroquois myths to demonstrate adaptations to our NY environment.

#mineolams 7th grade SS students authoring and performing Viking News Network broadcasts to theorize why the Vikings left North America. #mineolaproud

#mineolams is #mineolaproud of 7th grade SS students putting Christopher Columbus on Trial to déterminé his legacy as a hero or villain, and ultimately decide if he is still deserving of his holiday.

7th Grade SS students from #mineolams engaging in a kinesthetic carousel featuring the products from the Columbian Exchange to assess which products had the greatest and least impacts on the world both back then and today. #mineolaproud

#mineolams 7th grade SS students reenacting the adventures of French explorers Marquette and Joliet to draw an inference about the French relationship with Native Americans. #mineolaproud

Tonight’s top story.... #mineolams 7th grade SS broadcasting CNN (Colonial News Network) to allow students to draw inferences regarding the economies of the 3 regions of the 13 English Colonies! #mineolaproud

#mineolaproud of #mineolams 7th grade SS for planning their own Boston Tea Party to determine the ethics and legacy of the original one.

#mineolaproud of the #mineolams Speech and Debate Club for taking risks at their first practice live debate of the year to prepare for interscholastic competitions to come.

#mineolaproud of the #mineolams Speech and Debate Team for taking risks to improve for their second practice debate of the year.

Education is an entitlement for all @ the #mineolatogether@MineolaVirtual Academy. 6th grade Humanities students are reading Deborah Ellis’ novel The Breadwinner, choosing the quote from the first two chapters that resonates most and depicting it - courtesy of Riccardo Olcese.

The show must go on.... errr, we meant court. 7th Grade SS learners of Mineola Virtual Academy putting Christopher Columbus on Trial just as if we were back in the classroom. Witnesses sworn in remotely, of course, but still required to take an oath and raise their right hands.

The Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants? Perhaps we mean traveling items of sentimental value? The 6th grade boys of Mineola Virtual Academy taking the risk to share items of cultural and familial significance passed down to them from generation to generation with our fraternity.

Calling in the ringers! 7th grader Camila Garabato from @mineolavirtual remotely interviewing Professor of English Mark Amodio from Vassar College for her NHD project. Camila conjured hard-hitting questions about the inception, evolution and impact of Northern European languages.

Congratulations to 8th grader Neeha Vattikuti for her selection to the Potomac Debate Academy! She continues a strong legacy as a Mineola Middle School Speech and Debate alum who was named “Outstanding Debater” at the Albany Youth and Government Program in 2019. #mineolaproud