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Saturday, May 3rd 2008, 6:30-10:00 PM
School Auction!,
at the University Settlement 184 Eldridge Street at Rivington
Silent Auction Items to Bid On: Dinner for 2 at NYC Restaurants, Sports Tickets, Museum Memberships, Original Art, Books, CD's, Designer Clothes, Spa Services, Summer Camps, Yoga Classes and much more!!
Special performances by The Apple Sisters and Erin and Her Cello.More Info
Saturday April 5: Annual Town Meeting,
9:30-2pm, 6th Street Entrance, Library (2nd floor)
More Info
Tuesday April 15:
PA meeting.
6:00PM.
Friday April 18:
Department of Education Survey Due!
Dont have your survey?
Find out how to fill it out
Friday April 18:
Half Day
Professional Development. Dismissal is at 11:30.
April 21-25:
Spring Break
School is closed
May 3:
Earth School Auction
(more details to come)
Watch the Michellebration Video here.
Thank you to everyone who made Michelle's party such a fabulous suprise
and memorable event! Thanks to the Orensanz Foundation for hosting
the event. See
slideshow.
Welcome Alison! The new Principal of
The Earth School. We are looking forward to many great years together.
Visit our Calendar page
for more events.
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Projects/Events
Frost
Valley Trip 2007
(slide show)
The
Earth School is in the News!
Students 'Dancing For Life' in NYC schools
(link to 7online)
Chancellor
Klein's Recent Visit to the Earth School
(slide show)
Earth
School Pre-Kindergarten Class
(slide show)
Winter
Equinox 2006
(slideshow)
Fall
Fair 2006
(slide show)
Spring
Equinox 2006
(slideshow)
A
Day in the Life of Josie's Kindergarten Class
(slide show)
Mark
Dean Veca's Mural
(slide show)
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conflicts, and parent-teacher partnership. Earth School educators believe
that children have different styles of learning and flourish when their
individual needs and abilities are respected. While hewing to rigorous
academic standards in literacy and math, Earth School students are encouraged
to explore, experiment, and even sometimes make a mess in the pursuit of
their own particular interests as well as the educational goals set for
them. Earth School children come from a diverse array of cultural, ethnic
and economic backgrounds. Most classrooms combine two grades so that older
students can thrive as guides and mentors while younger ones gain confidence
in being part of a caring community of learners. This caring community
comes together each Tuesday morning at a lively school wide Town Hall meeting.
(Parents invited, of course.)
Earth Studies
Our Earth Studies program is at the heart of the curriculum, a model for
teaching children to be knowledgeable stewards of our complex planet. All
students attend weekly classes in the Earth Studies lab. There they are
introduced to the rigors of scientific inquiry and the wonders of the natural
world, from the biggest planets to the tiniest organisms. The lab’s
outdoor container garden gives city kids a chance to experience dirt and
its glories firsthand. Meal worms? Pill bugs? Madagascar hissing cockroaches?
We got ‘em! To strengthen the connection between lifelong learning
and the natural world, the Earth School maintains an annual tradition of
week-long teacher-chaperoned trips to Camp Sloane and Frost Valley in upstate
New York for all children in grades 4 to 6. Pre-K/K students assemble their
own guides to the trees in Tompkins Square, while first/second graders
conduct experiments to test the buoyancy properties of H2O. Third/fourth
graders research conservation methods, and fifth/sixth graders organize
a yearly science fair to showcase their achievements.
Art All Around
Do you collect art?
Ten artists have generously contributed fine art prints to a limited
edition portfolio to benefit the Earth School.
Learn more
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Tapping into children’s expressive capabilities also enhances their
math, literacy and social skills, so the arts are integrated into virtually
all aspects of the Earth School program. And all students spend at least
two sessions each week in the Art Studio, drawing and painting, making
prints, collages and sculptures, and compiling portfolios of their work.
And, in addition to frequent class trips to cultural institutions and events
throughout the city, culture comes to the Earth School in the form of a
variety of programs in partnership with arts organizations. The younger
children learn music through Third Street Music School, culminating in
a spring performance on the auditorium stage before the Earth School community.
The older grades have classes taught by a professional dancer from Arts
Connection, as well as the Harmony program, which introduces flute, drums
and keyboards.
Click & Think
Computer technology is fully integrated into the Earth School, from kid-friendly
PC carrels in the pre-K/K classrooms to lap tops used in the upper grades.
We have a technology teacher on staff and a dedicated resource room, as
well as a state-of-the-art technology cart that can be mobilized throughout
the school. (Watch where you step, because one of the programmable Roamer
robots might be gathering data in the hall!) Our web site has frequently
updated information on school news, class projects and calendar events.
Movers & Shakers
Physical activity is a big part of Earth School life. Each class has two
weekly sessions in the gym with our physical education teacher. Lunchtime
recess is in the large outdoor play yard, recently upgraded with new climbing
structures and a basketball court. On rainy days, we use the Blue Space
on the lower level for games and noise.
We welcome you to visit us. At the Earth School, there’s a whole
lot of learning going on.
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