Posts Tagged ‘ learning ’

Was it your teacher who asked you, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Was it your Aunt? Was it your mom or dad? Is it possible that you still don’t know what you want to do? What if a friendly dragon came by and asked you now? On March 16th our Read More »

Here at our school bake sales and junk food are forbidden for health reasons but yet students are not taught healthy eating habits. Health class is not taught here or at many New York City schools. Since health class is not offered, the SPARK, Ms. Hattie Slaughter, at our school decided to incorporates health into Read More »

Everyone has a story. It’s what makes a person different from everyone else; it’s their identity. In 2003, a program called “StoryCorps” was started, where people can go and record their stories and preserve them at the Library of Congress. Eight students from our school have volunteered as part of the memoir project in their Read More »

Sitting in a classroom always gets boring sooner or later. For two weeks, we had the chance to switch our typical classmates for penguins, seals, ice, and more penguins as we made our way to Antarctica, which is called the “Greatest classroom on Earth.” Students on Ice (SOI), which has given Antarctica this title, is Read More »

The halls echo with well-earned sighs of relief, now that first semester finals have finished. Whether students did superbly well, are beleaguered by that one mistake, or utterly bombed, the start of a second semester means many feel entitled to forget about finals for a while. After all, finals are stressful. Finals mean late nights Read More »

Steven Birch | Ms. Guo teaches students Chinese Last month our school welcomed a new Chinese teacher to the staff, Ms. May Guo. In addition to teaching Mandarin, Ms. Guo is a sophomore advisor. Ms.Guo previously taught Mandarin Chinese for two years at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx. “This school is Read More »

Kim Hernandez | Sophomore Students visit the Bodies Exhibit in Manhattan Rumor has it that the bodies on display at the Bodies Exhibition at the South Street Seaport are dead political prisoners from China. According to the employees, the Chinese government donated these unclaimed bodies for exhibit. “They [the bodies] come from northern China. Read More »

It’s been a little less than eight hours since Emely Funes’s school day “ended”. Hopping on the 44 to get home, she stares at her book bag longingly as she walks inside, knowing she has tons of work to do inside her house, not just inside her book bag. Heaving a heavy sigh, she lugs Read More »

Who needs student led conferences? Are we still eight-year-olds who need our parents to tell us when to do our homework and prepare for a test? What’s wrong with just having simple parent-teacher conferences? We could tell our parents everything about school at home, so why should we drag ourselves and them to school after Read More »

Asia Society President Vishakha Desai discusses global issues and other topics with Sesame Street’s Grover. It was a Tuesday night in November, cold and chilly, when the Asia Society honored influential couples who have made an impact on the world. This event took place at the 33rd New York Annual Dinner held at the Waldorf-Astoria Read More »