Storytime on the carpet seems like something that happens naturally at schools, but Todd Elementary teachers had to take a break from it for the past two-and-a-half years.

It’s back now, and students in all grades are gathering once again on the soft carpet and watching their teacher with big eyes as they listen to a story.

Dance might seem a little threatening to some, but not if you are in Diane Guida’s class.

At Briarcliff Middle School’s Movement 8, which is a nine-week enrichment class for eighth graders, Ms. Guida uses fun music and simple choreography to show students that dance is for everybody.

Patterns featuring geometric and organic shapes and bold colors, such as sky-blue, yellow and black…ninth graders in art class at Briarcliff High School have been creating abstract art and using their imagination.

Tennis, playing Roblox and the music of “My Chemical Romance” – these all found a spot on students’ “mind maps” in art class at Todd Elementary.

Fifth graders in Sara Gooyandeh’s class had an art lesson with Paul Villanueva and created maps to share information about themselves, their lives and their interests.

In Nicole Hesari’s third grade class at Todd Elementary School, students know that they are a family and that they are loved unconditionally.

As part of their “Communities” project, Ms. Hesari read aloud the book “Our Class is a Family” by Shannon Olsen.

At Briarcliff High School, a frisbee toss is much more than that; physical education teachers Al Meola and A.J. Thau have been taking advantage of the perfect weather and have been teaching students the basic rules of Ultimate Frisbee in their mixed grades physical education classes.