The village of Babylon lies at the midpoint between bustling New York City and the trendy Hamptons, yet it seems like a small town in Middle America. Babylon Memorial Grade School, while preserving that old-fashioned Norman Rockwell family spirit, emerges as a microcosm of the new “tolerant world” envisioned by Martin Luther King, Jr. With a 17 percent minority population and more than 99 percent of its special education population fully mainstreamed, the school strives to foster acceptance of others. The four pillars of respect, responsibility, honesty, and empathy dominate every nook and cranny, but it is tolerance in thought and deed that gives the school its special character.
Read more about Babylon in the 2008 NSOC book: “Respecting the Right
to Be Different”
Signature Practices
Lesson Plan: Character-Go-Round
Identify and analyze character traits within literature.
Sample Practice: Quarterly-Home School Connection
Students complete an activity at home that helps reinforce the core value of Empathy.
Promising Practice: Class Court
Students confront incidents of bullying in a mock court.
Contact Information
Eric FreidmanPrincipal
169 Park Avenue Babylon, New York
Phone: 631-893-7980
Email: efreidman@babylonschools.org
Website: www.babylonschools.org/schools/memorial.asp