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Academy student creates an original COVID rap song in this YouTube video (click here to watch)
In English, students were asked to write a song or rap parody about their personal experiences during this time of COVID-19. They also had the option of pairing their written lyrics with music and it was wonderful to see Academy students, like Brice, going above and beyond for this assignment.
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Academy update From Ms. Coombs as we move forward with distance learning (click here to read more)
With Governor Cuomo’s announcement that schools will not return to their physical buildings for the remainder of this academic year, our thoughts now turn to what will we do to make the remaining six weeks the most engaging and academically challenging for our students and what structures we will need to put in place to reopen our schools responsibly and safely in the fall.
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Seventh Graders became virtual seismologists
The Seventh Graders used Virtual Earthquake software to read and interpret graphs so as to find the epicenter and predict the magnitudes of earthquakes. Their efforts were rewarded with a Virtual Seismologist certificate of completion.
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Community Message from Ms. Coombs (click here to read more)
This Spring Break has challenged us with isolation and the fear of the unknown. The travel and activities that we typically enjoy during a school break were not possible and instead were replaced with disappointment and the fear of what the pandemic would mean to us individually, as families and as a community. Read more...
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Lower School Science Projects
Our third grade students produced several wonderful educational videos about the planets of the solar system.
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Experiential Project Based Learning Program
AOSJ's Experiential Project Based Learning Program
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Field Trips and Community Partnerships
More incredible hands-on learning at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and the American Museum of Natural History just before Spring Break.
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Upper School Exhibition Day
Upper School Exhibition Day is an opportunity for our parents and members of our Lower School community to get a glimpse of life in the Upper School. Upper School students shared their history and English projects, science labs, math activities and more.
