Long Island Children'S Museum

“Robert & Roni Lemle (Trustees) are married. PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 3 THE MUSEUM LEASES THEIR EMPLOYEES THROUGH PRESTIGE, professional employment organization. PART VI, SECTION B. QUESTION 11B THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING with the internal revenue service.”

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“The chair of the board presents to the board the compensation package for the president for approval. Other members of managements' compensation is determined by the president and presented to the board for approval.”

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“school groups, public programs, community program initiatives and specialized programming [early childhood, outreach, scouts, birthday parties]: the long island children's museum (the "museum") focuses its public programming on children from birth through 12 and their families, and school group programs on the pre-school level through grade 6, with school sub-contracts for special initiatives serving young people through middle school and high school. public programs include cultural festivals, programming themed to supplement new and traveling exhibits, organized workshops and pop-up activities. during the 2016/2017 fiscal year, the museum's school group programs have included a broad range of disciplines, supported state and national standards, and emphasized inquiry based learning on a variety of topics, including stem (science, technology, engineering, math), art, and cultures. community program initiatives serve primarily low income families and high need school districts. the museum received the national medal for museum and library service at the white house in november 2012 for its community based programming. these initiatives include: (1) li stem partnership with the westbury school district: the westbury stem partnership is a school-museum teaching model which expands the district's science education program beyond the confines of the classroom. the westbury stem partnership emphasizes inquiry-based learning where students develop experimental and analytical skills rather than just the memorization of information. the program includes a substantial teacher professional development component and serves all first and second grade students and teachers in the district multiple times during the year. (approximately 1,000 students); (2) together to kindergarten: this program serves immigrant families with limited english proficiency who have children about to enter kindergarten. it provides daily, english language immersion, half-day sessions at the museum for a month for pre-school age children about to enter kindergarten, focusing on social and academic skills, and half day, once per week sessions for their parents/caregivers. sessions for parents/caregivers are taught in the language of their country of origin, and acclimate them to the culture of the u.s. classroom and public education system as well as providing techniques and activities to support their children's education. together to kindergarten is divided into two separate components - juntos al kinder (spanish) and ansanm, ansanm pou kindegaten (haitian-creole). the program has now added families from french speaking african countries. the program is provided free of charge and includes door-to-door transportation for participants; (3) early learning workshops: these workshops are held daily in the museum's early childhood workshop space and include: story and art, music and movement, kids in the kitchen and messy (play dough, bubbles, oobleck etc.); (4) outreach: the museum provides off-site educational programs and workshops at schools, community groups, libraries and children's hospitals for groups who cannot come to the museum. led by museum educators, all workshops complement themes presented in museum exhibits and programs; (5) scouts and youth groups: the children's museum offers scout badge programs on and off-site and overnight sleepovers with exhibit related, theme-based programming. youth groups/camp groups visit mostly in the summertime and are offered either a visit led by an educator, much like school group programs, or the opportunity to visit museum exhibits at their own pace; (6) birthday parties: the museum incorporates the themes and lessons of its exhibits in the setting of a child's birthday party. each party runs 90 minutes and participants explore the museum together, as well as in workshop activities in a classroom setting. part iii - line 4b exhibits: the long island children's museum (the "museum") has served over a total of approxim”