Gribbin Elementary School

Welcome To Our School

The Eugene J. Gribbin Primary School was built in 1966. Our school was named after Mr. Gribbin, a former principal at Glen Cove High School as well as a Superintendent for the district.

Currently Gribbin School houses 355 students in grades k-2.

The entire staff is dedicated to educating and nurturing the whole child. We strive for a safe and secure environment where every child is encouraged to excel.

"The lesson you teach today is not confined to the walls of the classroom. Once it is implanted in the heart and mind of a child it can change the world".

Kindergarten | Grade 1 | Grade 2

Gribbin Events

Scenes from our Spring Concert

Stars of the Sound at Gribbin

First graders at Gribbin School learned about sea stars as they touched and observed live "Stars of the Sound." Julie Nelson, Education Director at the Waterfront Center in Oyster Bay, brought several sea stars to the school as well as clams and mussels, shellfish that the sea stars eat. The children identified the sea stars' parts and learned how sea stars eat, see, and regenerate arms, culminating the session by making a sea star craft.

Fabulous Friends

Gribbin School students participated in "The Fabulous Friendship Challenge," which challenged them to show courtesy, generosity, patience, respect and friendship to others. During the month of February, 155 students received a friendship heart and were awarded a certificate for showing kindness and compassion to the other students.

Gribbin Celebrates PARP

As part of the two-week national celebration of literacy known as PARP (Parents as Reading Partners), Gribbin School welcomed Alyssa Satin Capucilli, author of the popular children¹s series ³Biscuit the Dog.² Students helped Ms. Satin Capucilli read the book "Mrs. McTats and her Houseful of Cats," in which 26 cats are named after the letters of the alphabet. Ms. Satin Capucilli also taught the students how a book is made.

Gribbin also held Pajama Reading Day, Bring a Stuffed Animal to Read With Day, and Community Reader Day, in which guest readers from throughout the community stopped by to read with the students.

Gribbin Welcomes Popular Children’s Author

Gribbin Elementary School welcomed renowned children’s author Patricia Polacco, who shared with the students some of her interesting childhood experiences of growing up in the Midwest. Ms. Polacco is the author of more than 80 books, including popular works such as Thundercake and Meteor. She even brought with her a chunk of the legendary rock from space for which the book was written and shared it with the children, and also shared a ‘keeping quilt,’ made from an immigrant Jewish family's clothing taken from their Russian homeland for which another of her books is named. Gribbin first and second graders sang a special song to Ms. Polacco, entitled “Welcome to Our School,” led by teacher JoAnn Criblez. Librarian Robin Schapira and the PTA were instrumental in arranging the visit.