Last spring, eleven students from The Neighborhood School were invited to participate in an episode of the reality competition show “Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” now in its second season on Bravo. The show follows a group of adult artists who compete in art challenges each week to stay on the show and ultimately win a chance to have a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and a cash prize. In this week’s episode, the artists are challenged to create a piece of art inspired by the original artwork of the child they are paired with. The children are all art students from our school who participate in the Studio in a School program with our own great artist and teacher, Valerie Hammond.

The episode airs Wednesday, November 2nd at 9 PM ET on Bravo. 

Watch the video here »

For more details, check out the Bravo website - http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art

Our Annual Halloween Parade will be on Monday, October 31st. We will be gathering in the recess yard at 4:30, and marching at 5:00 - up First Avenue for a few blocks and then down Avenue A back to the school. Join us even if you will arrive late.

Parents, we need Halloween Parade Marshals - sign up on the sheet on the lobby bulletin board. Marshals are responsible for walking outside of the parade route and keeping parade marchers safe. 

Dear Neighborhood School Families - 

Picture Day is scheduled for October 25th & 26th. The order form was sent out in backpack mail last week; ask at the TNS office if you need a form. The deadline for placing orders is Friday, October 21st. Forms & payments can be dropped off in the envelope located outside of the PTA room or with your child’s teacher.

On Picture Day we will need volunteers to assist our photographers and parent coordinators in getting all those beautiful faces in front of the camera! If you can volunteer for either photo day, please contact Roxanne (Annika’s mom) at roxanne@wolanczyk.com. 

You can download the order form here.

Picture Day schedule:

Tuesday 

8:45  Alexis / 9:15  Laurie / 9:45  Laura  / 10:15  Katie / 10:45  Lauren / 11:30  Amy & Mat / 

1:10  Marilyn / 1:30 Dara / 2:10  Grace 

Wednesday

9:15  Joanne / 10:00  Debbie / 10:45  Rachael & Jessica  / 11:40  Stephanie & Nancy /

12:45  Erica & Lauren / 2:00  Sibling Photos

Please join us Friday, October 14 from 4-5pm for the Master Kids Film Festival at BMW Guggenheim Lab at First Park, Houston at 2nd Avenue. Please see this link »

Last year, first- and second-grade students at the Neighborhood School in Manhattan took part in a multidisciplinary moviemaking study as a lens to look at community. Along with thinking about film crew roles, interdependence, and the community of filmmakers who collaborate to create a film, they looked at diverse genres and film history. By the end, they had created their own student films! This year’s seasoned class, in partnership with the BMW Guggenheim Lab, has created a site-specific movie on the theme of confronting comfort in the city. Please join us for a screening of the Master Kids Film Festival and the premiere of the film Comfy, directed, shot, and edited by children.

Dear Parents and Staff,

Here is another great and easy way to raise money for our school! “Boxtops for Education” is a program to earn funds for our school, by purchasing participating brand name products at your local grocery store.

Just cut out and collect the “Box Tops for Education” coupons from the packaging of the attached list of products and bring them to school, for us to send in and receive 10 cents for every clipping! (Some common brands include: Ziploc bags; Cheerios; Juicy Juice; Kleenex tissues; Nature Valley Granola bars; Land O Lakes butter; Avery office supplies and much more!) An envelope is posted outside of your child’s classroom for you to drop off your clippings.

Wednesday, October 26^th is the deadline for the fall collection, so please start to bring in what you can now. Please note: the collection envelopes will stay up all year, so you can keep bringing in your collections, even after this deadline. But, the sooner you bring them in, the sooner we will earn money!

You may also go online to raise money for our school. Go to www.boxtops4education.com, and shop at the Box Tops for Education Marketplace. Our school will receive a donation on every qualifying purchase. Some participating e-stores include: Gap, Ann Taylor, Kmart, Aeropostale, Disney, Target, Macy’s, Children’s Place, and many more.

Thanks so much for your help. If you have any questions, feel free to email Julia Massey at: jdm@masseyart.com.