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This year, the Winter Concerts were held on December 20 and 21! The students sang songs and performed skits about belonging and kindness.

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, in partnership with McNally Jackson Books, was a great success!

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

On October 6, the first DEI Coffee was held in the North Cafeteria, with the theme, “All Are Welcome!” Sponsored by the Parents’ Association and hosted by Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Stella Mulatu, Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Tia Murkison, and PA DEI Chair Adey Fisseha, the coffee focused on having conversations centered around diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Gaynor. 

Students at Gaynor are having a tail-wagging good time reading to a very willing listener in Arrow, a therapy dog. Arrow and her owner Susan participate in the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program, and have been visiting Gaynor since 2017.