Catch What’s on Your Plate?, the documentary about kids and food politics that features THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL, on national TV this February 7th, 2010!

Join families across the country for a Family Cook-In! on Sunday, February 7th and spend an afternoon learning with your kids about food - what it’s made of, where it come from and how to enjoy every bite.

First, download our Screening Toolkit. (http://whatsonyourplateproject.org/blog/takeaction/toolkit) It has all the stuff you need to have a fun and delicious Family Cook-In!

Second, watch What’s on Your Plate? at 2:00 p.m. on Discovery’s Planet Green. (Go to Read More »

While browsing through New York Public Library’s Digital Gallery, I came across this photo entitled, “Young women around tables reading, P.S. 63, Recreation Center, May 1911.” Joe Maller helped me confirm that this is our cafeteria area. In terms of the angle, it could potentially be the south-east corner of the building, but you see the number “7″ at the left edge of the photo? (Click on the image to see the larger image on NYPL’s site.) That’s for “EXIT 7″ which is on the north-west corner of the building as you can see in this photo Joe took, which means that those exit signs are 100 years old.

I’m not sure what exactly these women are... Read More »

New York City’s website has an amazing interactive map that lets you compare the current satellite image of the city with the high resolution aerial photograph from 1924. The image you see on the right is our school building in 1924 compared to the satellite image today. You can see that, on the same block and the surrounding blocks, the only building still standing is our school.

On the interactive map, you can click on the camera icon to slide the time selector to see how the area changed over time. They did an amazing job aligning the aerial photo with the satellite photo.

I also discovered that they demolished a long series of buildings... Read More »

Dear Parents:

The majority of Haiti’s 8 million residents live on less than $1 per day. Unemployment is close to 80 percent, and more than half the population is under 21 years old. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Estimates are that as many as three million people may be affected by the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday with upwards to a half million wounded or dead. New York City and its schools include the largest Haitian population in the United States. We ask that our two million plus public school parents marshal an effort to:

Help Provide Relief to Haiti Right Now!

By making a monetary donation to an... Read More »

Yesterday Tuesday January 12, 2010 an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude as well as several strong aftershocks struck near Port-au-Prince. Over 2 million people were affected by this catastrophe. They need help now. Half of Haiti’s population is under the age of 21. So we are talking about millions of young people who were affected my this disaster. Hospitals and schools were destroyed. You can help now by texting “YELE” to 501501. By doing this you will automatcially donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill). For more information you can go to www.yele.org

You can also go to one of these sites to help as... Read More »