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Our 2nd grade students have been taking part in an amazing global art collaboration, much of it completed in their immersion art class. A program called Crossroads has partnered Avenues New York, Jan Kath gallery, and Kelsang Primary School in Kathmandu, Nepal, in a year-long carpet-design and pen-pal partnership.

On a recent Global Journeys program, a group of 9th and 10th graders looked closely at how climate change and sustainability relate to culture in Taiwan.

One of the challenges of teaching math is making sure all kids are engaged and all kids learn. The way I address this challenge in my classroom is by first having a several activities planned during the 82-minute class period and by having different math levels of activities available to students.

This year, Avenues offered spring-break camp for the first time. During week one campers explored Science of Gourmet Cooking with PoSoCo, while the second week was Mini Musical: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Many students think of language class as a place to acquire basic life skills in a new language, but I imagine not many of my students in Chinese 3 had thought they could have a political debate in their target language.

After-school intermediate and advanced fencing students gathered together at Avenues on a Sunday morning before spring break, eager to compete in their first intramural fencing tournament.

Four-year olds have meetings in their pre-K classrooms – between three and six of them every day! They can be highly structured, including a greeting, time for sharing experiences and opinions, time for songs and games, even times for personal reflection or a physical activity break.

March is Women’s History Month, and it feels more important than ever. In an era where #metoo is not just a hashtag but an entire movement, at the Avenues library we do our best to promote diverse books of all kinds – including books authored by and about women, and especially about powerful women.

On Monday, February 5, the Avenues Library welcomed award-winning author Adam Gidwitz to Avenues, to share his work with students in grades 5 through 8.