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Using the design thinking process—a series of steps to solve a problem—our 1st graders built structures to satisfy the needs of Madagascar hissing cockroaches kept at the school.

The middle grades at Avenues had the great fortune of hearing from Matt Green, the subject of a new documentary titled The World Before Your Feet.

In 9th and 10th grade HIP (High Intensity Practice) Thinking through Writing, students have been reading and rewriting Spanish and Chinese poems in English.

Students in the Early Learning Center learned so much about Lunar New Year this winter.

In the course “Starting to Learn Japanese: Basic Bootcamp,” students had the opportunity to learn a new language.

The 5th grade experience is all about preparing for the Upper Division. With that in mind, the 5th grade digital citizenship curriculum focused on students’ digital footprint, online relationships and privacy and security.

This winter, the grade 8 students hosted their Lower Division peers for the culmination of their science project. The project was titled “Newtonian Energy Windows” and focused on the principles of conservation of energy, conservation of momentum and Newton’s laws of motion.

This winter our grade 12 English students made a trip to the Strand Book Store in Union Square. The trip happened as a part of our unit on The Politics of Place: Home, Migration and the State and as a part of their process of writing migration stories of others.