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Stephen Gaynor School’s Early Childhood program is a unique and innovative model. We have created a video that highlights our Early Childhood program and provides parents and educators with insight on how they might recognize learning differences in preschool children.

At Stephen Gaynor School, diversity and inclusion is deeply important to our community and mission. Thanks to the recently launched five-year strategic plan, diversity and inclusion efforts will continue to be expanded and implemented. The first changes include updates to our website as well as a new identity for the Community Values Committee (CVC).

As the holidays draw nearer and we look back on the first half of the 2017-2018 school year, it is clear that there’s a lot to be thankful for. In particular, being part of the Gaynor community.

In honor of World Kindness Day on November 13, students did a special project in art class to spread a little kindness and the reactions were priceless.

The Gaynor community came together on Wednesday, October 18, on what would have been Co-Founder Dr. Miriam (Mimi) Michael’s 101st birthday to celebrate her life and her life’s work. Honoring the school’s co-founder were Trustee Emeritus Jo Ann Gaynor, Head of School Dr. Scott Gaynor, and Yvette Siegel-Herzog.

Youth leaders from Seeding Sovereignty and the International Indigenous Youth Council visited Gaynor to share their experiences and message of activism, telling students that they have power to effect positive change using their voices.

Among several focus areas identified in the recently-launched Strategic Plan, one included Gaynor’s social and emotional learning approach. Gaynor’s psychology department canvassed other schools in Manhattan and conducted extensive research.  Ultimately, the department chose the RULER approach to Social and Emotional Learning, developed by Marc Brackett, David Caruso, and Robin Stern at Yale University.

Gators traveled to Demarest Farms in New Jersey for Gaynor’s annual apple picking trip.

The entire Gaynor community came together on September 15 for the first hurricane relief efforts of the year in what will be a year-long partnership with Briarmeadow Charter School, raising over $1,000 and hundreds of school supplies.

Glenn Singleton, founder and president of Pacific Educational Group, author of Courageous Conversations: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools, and creator of Beyond Diversity™, visited Gaynor to share his curriculum with the community.