Still I Rise!

To celebrate black history month, and prepare for our Changemakers event, the third grade went to Mid Hudson Arts gallery on Friday with Spiro! The students took ample notes on the artwork, with some observations on the themes of personal…

This is January!

Dear Parents, It has been a busy three weeks with preparing for the Expo, report writing, and making time to play in the snow! We hope you enjoyed our research on ancient humans. We learned so much, and are so…


enjoy the break!

  Dear families, Thank you so much for sending in your child’s contribution to our holidays around the world celebration! We put a lot of hard work into our presentations, and into the Winter festival. Please congratulate your child and…

Happy Holidays!

  We began the week by being joined by the 1st and 2nd graders for choice time. They were lovely guests, and seemed to enjoy playing Hungry Hippos. We are looking forward to collaborating with them again this coming Thursday…

Can you outrun a dinosaur?

This week the 3/4s found out if they could outrun a dinosaur! We compared our leg lengths to dinosaur leg lengths to make the race fair. We measured yarn to learn how long their strides were, and we used rulers…

PreK/K Our last few weeks!

  Our last few weeks highlights: Special Guest Visitor: We had a special guest come visit our class last week. Sam North, a student from the Culinary Institute of America, came to talk and teach us all about the importance…

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have had a busy couple of weeks in the 3/4 classroom!  Yesterday, Amanda read the “One Word” book in Assembly. We talked about our goals for the year in follow up to parent conferences, and thought about one word…

5/6 week 9 Three guest speakers

We had THREE guest speakers this week! Hunter DeYoung is a student at the Culinary Institute of America. He will meet with the students three times, each with a slightly different focus on sustainability in food systems. This week he…

5/6 Week 8 Halloween

The students participated in a number of events with Halloween themes. They created two jack-o-lantern characters by carving pumpkins and creating elaborate backstories. They created a spooky Halloween hallway that included pumpkins and art work from all grades. They constructed…