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Bank Street School for Children 2nd Graders Clean Up the Hudson River

Posted by Katie Peshut on May 2013

On Saturday, May 11, School for Children 7/8s (2nd grade) students, their teacher, Danette Lipten, and parents, selflessly volunteered to spend the day picking up trash along the shoreline of the Hudson River in northern New Jersey. Ever since Danette began teaching the Hudson River curriculum in the 7/8s, she ...

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School for Children

On Race & Football: Documentary Filmmaker & Former NFL Player Visit SFC 8th Graders

Posted by Katie Peshut on Apr 2013

On April 19, School for Children 13/14s (8th grade) students were treated to a very special educational experience when documentary filmmaker Theresa Moore and former NFL player Walter Beach III visited their classroom. Moore showed the students a portion of her documentary film Third and Long: The History of African ...

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School for Children

The School for Children Is Reducing Its Ecological Footprint with a Composting Initiative

Posted by Katie Peshut on Apr 2013

On Monday, April 15, the School for Children (SFC) launched a composting initiative in the cafeteria and kitchen, due in large part to the focused efforts of the Parents Association's Green Action Committee. Green Action Committee member and first-year parent Laura Sametz spearheaded this initiative after helping to implement a

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School for Children

Bank Streeter Turned Marine Fights for Justice

Posted by Nick Gray on Apr 2013

By Sean Piccoli When Anu Bhagwati, SFC '89, was invited to testify before Congress this year about sexual violence in the U.S. military, it was a breakthrough in work she had begun a decade earlier, and under very different circumstances. While serving as a Marine Corps captain at Camp Lejeune, ...

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School for Children

Responding to Boston

Posted by Alexis Wright on Apr 2013

As educators, we have had to write a variation of this letter too many times to our school families. This school year alone, we experienced Hurricane Sandy, then the tragedy in Newtown, and now the deadly bombings in Boston that claimed three lives, including that of an 8 year old ...

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School for Children

On Bullying: Bank Street Hosts Author Emily Bazelon

Posted by Katie Peshut on Mar 2013

On March 13, Bank Street School for Children hosted acclaimed journalist Emily Bazelon, author of the bestseller Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy. A senior editor at Slate who has appeared on The Colbert Report, Bazelon is a leading voice ...

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School for Children

School for Children 6th Graders Discuss Stereotypes on Book Cover Art with Knopf Editors

Posted by Katie Peshut on Mar 2013

On March 13, School for Children (SFC) 6th grade students (11/12s) met with Knopf editors Erin Clarke and Michelle Frey for a conversation about cover design and marketing decisions. The impetus for this meeting began back in October during a booktalking session with Children's Librarian Allie Bruce. An 11-year-old girl ...

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School for Children

Project Cicero Book Drive A Success

Posted by Katie Peshut on Mar 2013

The School for Children once again participated in the annual Project Cicero Book Drive, which is designed to create – or supplement – school and classroom libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools. This year's drive was a great success - the Bank Street community collected and ...

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School for Children Students Help Launch Google Science Fair

Posted by Caitlin Terry on Feb 2013

Bank Street School for Children 13/14s participate in a Hangout celebrating the Google Science Fair.Watch the Hangout on YouTube. At the launch of the 2013 Google Science Fair, Google announced, “We’re looking for ideas that will change the world.” And they had to look no further than

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School for Children 8th Graders Host 2nd Annual Antigone Film Festival

Posted by Katie Peshut on Feb 2013

On February 1, 2013, the 13/14s (8th grade) class hosted its second annual Antigone Film Festival, debuting original film adaptations of the classic Greek play, Antigone, by Sophocles. This festival was the culmination of a lot of hard work, with students working in small groups to write screenplays and then ...

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