Author Archives: Principal Ruth Rivera
Earth Day Celebration
Earth Day 2021 is in the books! We celebrated with our garden clinics and our Earth Day Raffle. Congratulations to our winners! Ways to Enter (students may be entered for each activity they complete):1. Students can complete the Earth Day Scavenger https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8pnnm69zuJSbeEpscSPRwH9SAQ0FVqX/view?usp=sharingHunt and hand it in to the classroom teacher (inperson or virtually).2. Donate oneContinue reading “Earth Day Celebration”
Joke Board
Our in-person Joke Board has gone virtual! Help us laugh out loud together by sharing a joke on our P.S. 896 Virtual Joke Board. You can add your joke as a written post or video yourself telling us your joke by clicking the Padlet link below. Laughter really is the best medicine!
School Garden 2021
EARTHDAY.ORG believes every school in the world must have compulsory, assessed climate and environmental education with a strong civic engagement component. At SCI we would like to follow this lead to develop to encourage our students to mobilize and use the knowledge, skills and motivation to take civic action to protect our planet. Education needsContinue reading “School Garden 2021”
Summer School 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter and Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) Commissioner Bill Chong have announced Summer Rising, the City’s free, summer plan for any child in grades K-12 who wants to participate. For the first time ever, the City will use the Community Schools strategy to integrate the NewContinue reading “Summer School 2021”