GIVE. GROOVE. GROW.
Join us for this year’s Gala benefiting The Co-op Scholarship Fund on Saturday, March 25, 2017.
Open Bar, Food, DJ, Auctions & Raffle Prizes
7:00 – 11:30 pm
BRIC House Ballroom
647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
COW (Community Open Work) is a series of 5 one hour long morning workshops occurring in the Fall and again in the Spring. Staff and Co-op families volunteers and staff are teaching different extracurricular workshops to small groups of students across multiple grade levels. These workshops encourage students to learn new skills and develop new interests. The overall goals are community building and exposure to new potential skills and interests.
Some of our COW groups this session are Jewelry Construction, Stop Motion Animation, Origami, Edible Gardening, Puppets!, Card Games and Cooking Club.
Thursday July 21st, Fort Greene Park The Co-op School hosted its beloved, annual Sunset Soiree at the monument in Fort Greene Park. Join us !
This year’s Gala may have ended, but the cause remains the same….. and you can still make a donation at The Co-op School Gala 2016.
Mandy's School News Research in Education
Counting on your fingers is completely normal and important! Read this article from The Atlantic
NPR explores what kids are learning from this presidential election
Giving kids choice during the day can be so impactful. Yes, what we’ve been saying!
Enroll today! Starting in September 2016 we are offering a half-day preschool program at 87 Irving Place. Two morning classrooms run from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm. One afternoon classroom will run from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. As a member of our half day program, each child will have their own special place (and pillow) in our school community. They will be lead by our wonderful Co-op School teachers, enriched by the same Music/Gardening/Movement specialists of our full day programs and get free reign of our facilities.
Some people are raising money for an adventure playground… really cool idea:
An interesting article from NPR News about how adults can encourage kids to be original thinkers in order to encourage creativity and curiosity, raising responsible people.
A reconsideration of kids and screen time on the NYTimes with some good points about thinking through how we are exposing kids to technology.
Can small doses of electricity make you smarter? From Bright.
Mandy's School News Research in Education
Some interesting education related news from the last few weeks…
ADHD in Kids: What Parents and Teachers Don’t Understand But Need to Know – Washington Post
Addressing the latest ADHD research out there and how it’s a condition most often misunderstood
Parenting and Teaching Introverts podcast series
Podcasts sent around by one of our parents that came highly recommended
A visual search engine for kids, powered by editors and Google safe search. All sites appearing in Kiddle search results satisfy family friendly requirements and most search results are illustrated with big thumbnails, which makes it easier to scan, differentiate between them, and click the most appropriate results to your query. Thumbnails serve as visual clues and are especially beneficial to kids as they don’t read as fast as adults.
The 10 Question Teacher Interview for Second Grade Teacher, Ryan Thornton
1. How long have you been working at The Co-op School?
“This is my second year working at The Co-op School.”
2. What’s your favorite part of being part of The Co-op School?
“The great people! The parents, staff, and children are friendly, diverse, and serious about both fun and learning.”
3. What do you like to do for fun?
“I’ve been a drummer for 20 years! Drumming has always been the most fun thing for me, and now that I am not making a living (or attempting to make a living) off of it, it is even more fun. Discovering new music, and re-discovering old music is fun, and so is trying to learn to play the piano finally at age 36.”
4. What’s your favorite restaurant?
“Taro Sushi on Flatbush, and I just went to The Pines on 3rd Avenue in Gowanus and it kinda blew me away. Also Lobo on 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Me and my girlfriend go there for lunch almost every weekend. They’ve got killer margaritas and maybe my favorite salsa ever. “
5. What’s your favorite sandwich?
“A Chicken Parm from Hoagie Haven in Princeton, New Jersey. I grew up in Princeton and go back as much as possible, it was a heck of a place to grow up.”
6. What’s your favorite song?
“Hardest question ever! I won’t over think it…Dance hall Days by Wang Chung…yup, that’s it. “
7. Where do you want your next vacation to be?
“New Zealand?”
8. What are you reading right now?
“For Christmas I asked my mom to renew my subscription to the New Yorker. I was without it for two years and I missed it. It’s such an incredible magazine, I feel like it is the text book for this class I’m taking called “Life.” It comes almost every week so it’s definitely got me covered for now!”
9. If you could buy yourself anything what would it be?
“Two Season tickets to the next New York Islanders hockey season.”
10. What TV sitcom family would you most like to be a member of?
“I’ve always wanted to act but I haven’t had many opportunities. Maybe it will be my next career move. Phil from Modern Family is kinda my idol these days.”
