The final stretch is upon students at schools throughout the Ramapo Central School District, and that means plenty of academic and extracurricular activity.

The historical Sloatsburg Cemetery is one of the stops on the annual Sloatsburg Elementary School tour of the village, part of the SES curriculum that teaches students about local history.

Sloatsburg Elementary School 4th graders take their annual tour of historical places in Sloatsburg Tuesday. Students visit Sloats Dam, the Sloatsburg Cemetery and Sloat House, where George Washington once slept and Commodore John Drake Sloat was born — the Commodore is much celebrated in the state of California as he claimed if for the United States in the stand-off with Mexico over the territory.

John D. Sloat’s father, also named John, was killed at the Sloat House by a sentry at the end of the Revolutionary War.

The tour of Sloatsburg is part of the fourth graders history study and allows students to learn about important local features that have played an important part in shaping Western Ramapo.

Sloatsburg Elementary School also throws open its doors this evening for the annual Art Show and Ice Cream Social, beginning Tuesday evening, May 17, at 6 p.m.

so proud of my friend @TheresaMarieDo2 for once again transforming Sloatsburg Elem for this year’s art show- go see it- you won’t be sorry!

— Alice Biss Adams (@SuffernHS_choir) May 17, 2016

The theme for this year’s SES Art Show is ‘Agriculture…’ a very popular topic here at Sloatsburg Elementary… pic.twitter.com/4IMftYX3Xd

— Joe Lloyd (@SESPirates) May 16, 2016