Muscota New School Blog

To kick off the month of June we took a trip to the AMNH and then spirited over to Central Park for a picnic and time to frolic. We surveyed the museum on this visit. We traveled through the Asian Peoples wing, the African Peoples wing, Birds of the world and the Dinosaur section specifically pertaining to the link between dinosaurs and their modern day cousin, the bird.

Many of the children were awed by the clever displays and jutting-into-space character coming out of the display area, here Austin is shocked to realize an almost cheetah crouching above.

many of the children lowered themselves to their knees staring up at this prowling figure.

we looked at various habitats throughout the world, and studied the birds that might be found there. nagdalina uses the map and key to identify birds, with Marcos, Seamus and Jaime.

We left the museum and found our selves surrounded by a magnificent day. We safely made our way into Central Park and disappeared into one of the beautiful yards sank below and east of the museum, where we sat with our lunches, rolled down a hill and played about a half cut-down tree.

it was an amazing way to begin our June together. A special thanks to Liz and Shannon for volunteering their time and energy to ensure that we had an educational, fun-filled and safe trip.

Our next trip is June 5, 2007. We are off to the Bronx Zoo.

all the best
christopher

Thanks to everyone’s hard work and commitment to maintaining a safe and fun environment, this year’s Mini-Mall was a huge success. As promised, here are more photos of Friday’s festivities.
Gianni peruses the selection and decides how to spend her money.

Kindergarteners Angie and Anna sell notecards, wrapping paper, silly putty, and bookmarks created by [...]

What you all have no doubt been waiting for, a sneak peek as teachers and students prepare for this afternoon’s Mini-Mall festivities:
2/3 teacher Louisa displays prices for her class’s merchandise.

Vanessa’s students Daniel, Artin, and Janiel are clearly proud of their class’s bean bag toss.

Kathy’s 4/5 class advertises their Chinese-themed products. Wait ’til you [...]

It’s Mini-Mall time again!
To all the loyal fans who purchased the library’s student-created bookmarks for 50 cents last year, the $1.50 we made was put to good use. It was used as the postage for the REACH grant application we submitted this December.
Despite last year’s commercial success, I will not be [...]

Some of us grown-ups might be tired of hearing about Mo Willems’ Pigeon character, but our kids can’t get enough of him.
I usually visit www.mowillems.com for my Pigeon news,

but there’s a new website built especially our younger Pigeon fans: www.pigeonpresents.com
Pigeon Presents features Mo-related games, drawing activities, and profiles of other characters, including Knuffle Bunny, [...]

Many of our classes are studying bridges. Kathy’s class scouted out some great websites about bridges, which are listed below.

Bridge links:
NOVA Online: Super Bridge
PBS’ Building Big: All about Bridges
Why Covered Bridges?
Geometry of Bridge Construction
Building Bridges: a webquest

This is our library’s first official blog posting, created by yours truly, Ellen, Muscota New School school library media specialist. Say that ten times fast.
This blog will be dedicated to sharing information and resources with the Muscota New School faculty, students, and families. Posts will include exciting library news and policy, links to websites of [...]