Dear Families, Happy Pi Day! Please complete your school survey. The survey collects important information about each school’s ability to support student success. Denise sent you an email with your access code and links to fill out the survey. You also should have received an envelope in your child’s backpack with a hard copy of […]
Dear Families, Family conferences are this Thursday evening and Friday afternoon! Please remember that dismissal is at 11:45 a.m. on Friday. Please make sure you sign-up for a conference time. I encourage you to sign up for a conference with Oli, Maria, and Julia to hear about your child’s experience in P.E., Science, and Spanish. At […]
Family conferences are next week! These are opportunities for the child, parents, guardians or caregivers, and the teacher to talk about the child’s progress in classes, including Spanish, Science, and Physical Education. Children actively participate in these conferences and are present during the review of their progress. This allows children to take ownership of their learning, […]
Dear Families, Please join our PTA meeting tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The director of Families Thriving, Barbara DiGangi, will share information about their mental health and wellness services for children and families. They include individual and family therapy, crisis prevention and intervention, skill building, Connection Circles for communities, and the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), […]
Dear Families, Our 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th grades have started taking ballet once a week with New York City Ballet (NYCB). Today, they are going to Lincoln Center to see the opening excerpt from Donizetti Variations, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Fancy Free. This first-hand experience will help students deepen their understanding and ballet residency experience. Our […]
Dear Families, We are halfway through the school year. As you know, our students take Spanish with Maria for half the year and Science with Julia for half the year. Everyone has Physical Education with Oli all year long. If your child has been in Spanish, they will switch to Science next week. Similarly, if […]
Dear Families, Drag Story (DSH) hour is coming to TNS again! DSH is a program where storytellers use the art of drag to read books to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. Children […]
Dear Families, I am excited to share that our 2nd/3rd classes start ballet with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) this week (the 4th/5th grades start in a couple of weeks). NYCB Teaching Artist, Mary Suk, will lead ten movement-based workshops focusing on the creative process. Students are challenged to think critically, act creatively, and […]
During the month of January, teachers are hard at work in the evenings and on the weekends writing their children’s progress reports. Progress reports tell the story of a child as a learner; they are descriptive, filled with precise detail, and reveal a child’s interests, strengths, and areas for growth. Children seldom progress in a […]
Happy New Year! I hope that you had a wonderful break! Thank you to all the families who donated to TNS over the break in response to our Annual Give/Ask. We raised another $3K+ and are now 20% to our full-year goal! It’s still not too late to give if you can; if you can […]