This year’s Day of Service took place at the God’s Love We Deliver headquarters on January 28. Members of the Gaynor community decorated Valentine’s Day cards to be packaged with socks into gift bags for God’s Love clients!
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Making Music in the Upper Division
In the Upper Division music classes, students aren’t just learning how to play music, but how to compose it! The students have been working on various projects using online music creation platforms such as Chrome Music Lab and Soundtrap to express their creativity and find their own sound.
“Snow” Much Talent at the 2023 Winter Concerts!
This year, the Winter Concerts were held on December 20 and 21! The students sang songs and performed skits about belonging and kindness.
Feeling the Warmth of Community at Breakfast My Way Celebrating Hanukkah
The second Breakfast My Way of the school year was held on December 13, as a celebration of Hanukkah! The speakers included hosts Daniella and Adam Pally and Sindy Liben, as well as two students from the Blue Cluster Jewish Affinity Group.
The 2023 Book Fair Was a Great Success!
The 2023 Book Fair, in partnership with McNally Jackson Books, was a great success!
Learning About the Writing Process with Authors Shari Harpaz and Karina Yan Glaser
This week we welcomed authors Shari Harpaz and Karina Yan Glaser to visit Gaynor and speak about the books they’ve written, what the writing process is like, and answer student questions.
Closing Out Hispanic Heritage Month with Breakfast My Way
The first Breakfast My Way of the year was held on October 25 to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Hosted by Mina Newsman, the breakfast featured a menu of empanadas, conchas, and toasted hot chocolate.
Unearthing History in the Green Cluster
Over the past few weeks, Room 701 has been busy learning, creating, and collaborating on various history projects. They’ve learned geographic terms, created 3-D maps of Ancient Greece, made timelines, and excavated gems out of clay tablets.
Making Sentences “Pop”!
In the Red Cluster, students are working to solidify and demonstrate their grasp of sentence-level writing concepts. Ms. Macedo and Ms. Ellis decided to help their students visualize these ideas by using a Writing (a.k.a. Popcorn) Machine.
Students Take a Journey in Dance and Culture in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, on Wednesday, October 11 Stephen Gaynor School’s neighbors from Ballet Hispánico held an assembly for the entire school. Dancers performed three pieces that took students on a journey from Mexico to Brazil and countries in between, highlighting different music, styles, and costumes.