Made@PS8 Craft Fair
November 15, 2016 - PS8/MS8's Craft Fair is quickly approaching! This much loved annual event is designed to bring our community together for an afternoon of Crafting, Shopping, and Eating! There will...
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Poetry from MS8 After-School
TRUTH by Kennedy Gamble Truth; The only good thing people talk about. Parents nag their kids about telling it. People will always get good things after telling it. Although kids have a sick feeling...
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A Festive Fall for Second Grade
Nothing says fall like the abundance of the harvest – apple cider doughnuts, mums and yes, maybe even an eggplant (?!). As their first community outing of the year, the second graders arrived at the...
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Honing MS 8’s ELA and Exploration Curricula
Tiffany Delhagen returned to MS 8 this fall after taking a year off to be with her young son. She had taught English Language Arts (“ELA”) to New York City middle and high school students for a decade,...
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Another Fall Classic
Under a gorgeous early November sky, a hearty group of lower and middle school parents from PS 8 took to Van Voorhees Field for the sixth annual PS8 Co-Ed Softball Game. The Fall Classic pitted parents...
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November 28, 2016 - Our childrens’ education may be the most important cause of all. Please help our Matching Challenge succeed, and contribute to the continued health of our school by giving to...
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Growing Garden Programming
Kindergartners were out in the weeks before Thanksgiving planting daffodil bulbs in our street tree pits as an extension of their science trees unit. They also enjoyed examining the worms (as in the...
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Burkina Faso Soccer Drive
by Giorgia C., Allison G., Noah C., Sydney M., Masha C. Class 5-320 has been communicating with children in Burkina Faso as pen-pals. Their teacher has created a girls’ soccer team and they have been...
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Budding Botanists – A Trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
As part of the second grade plant study curriculum students visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to observe a variety of plants in their fall splendor. Students came prepared with journals for...
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Second Grade Rock Stars
Throughout the year our second grade classes will be rocking and rolling by studying pebbles, sand and silt. This introduction to the concepts in earth science will be an exciting one as nothing is...
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Kids Cre8 Robotics
Hello, I’m Ryan Jones, and I go to the after-school club Robotics! I really enjoy it because it combines challenges, teamwork, and a fun activity like legos. I will give you a warning though, robotics...
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An Hour of Code at PS8
The Hour of Code is a very fun website full of interactive coding games. No matter if you can code or not, any age or skill level, Hour of Code can help you progress. But you’re not coding with letter...
View ArticleCommunity Partner Day at b.good
January 2, 2017 - b.good restaurant on Montague Street will host another Community Partner Day on Tuesday, January 3rd. Stop in anytime for a healthy meal and 5% of your purchase will benefit PS8/MS8's...
View ArticleJanuary PTA Meeting
January 9, 2017 - Our next General PTA Meeting has been rescheduled for the morning of Thursday, January 19th right after drop off in the lower school auditorium. PTA Funded Enrichment Curriculum...
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6th Graders Wonder if Art Can Change the World
Do you think art can change the world? This week at MS 8, our grade took a break from our usual academic classes and focused on this one exploration topic. Here’s how exploration works. First, our...
View ArticleWine & Whiskey Night
January 19, 2017 - Save the date to support PS8/MS8 while enjoying wine and whiskey tastings, snacks, and entertainment. Join us on Thursday, February 2nd 6-9:30pm for this fun adults only annual...
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Artist-in-residence: Marquis Studios
In early December the second grade knocked our socks off when each class performed original songs they created as part of our artist-in-residence partnership with Marquis Studios. Our teachers selected...
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First Grade Wheat Planting
Our 2016-17 Garden Coach Nicole Mabry spent today with first grade classrooms reprising last year’s wildly popular indoor wheat planting. As first graders planted seeds indoors in window boxes, they...
View ArticleAre you ready to DUNK FOR 8?
January 22, 2017 - PS8/MS8's annual basketball event Dunk for 8 is coming up on Friday, January 27th, 6-9pm. The evening promises to be full of excitement with tasty food, fun games and contests for...
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Kids Cre8 Photography Club Gallery
Kids Cre8 Middle School Photography Club students spent the fall exploring parts of Brooklyn and documenting what they saw. Last week they showcased their favorite pieces during the Exploration...
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