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MS8 families in front of the NY Hall of Science

Science Out Of the Classroom

Check out middle school student scientists and teachers at the New York Hall of Science last weekend thanks to our partnership with NYC’s Urban Advantage program.

students around a table with a posterboards and colorful indexcards

8th Graders Organize Activism Conference

Read eighth grader Sophie Mode’s post on the activism/inclusion conference a group of MS 8 eighth graders organized for the seventh grade. “We connected important issues going on in the world with things happening here at school,” she writes.

student looking through a magnifying glass

6th Graders Dissect Owl Pellets

In the last unit of science class sixth graders have been working on ecology and the food chain/food web.

Jeff Newell of BMS playing saxophone, three students playing instruments on stage

Celebr8 Our MS8 Arts Partnerships!

What do the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Brooklyn Music School and Brooklyn Ballet have in common? They are all arts enrichment partners at MS8! Students participating in those and other MS8 arts programs performed at NYU’s Pfizer Auditorium last week.

coach and basketball team pregame meeting

MS8 FYI Overtime Buzzer Beater Stuns Flatbush Suns

The game was exciting from the tip off, with a clutch “pull up three” and “insane hook shots.” Get the details in a post from basketball team member and 6th grader, Warner Gephardt.

Ms. Marcellin showing students how to dissect a pig

MS8 Fetal Pig Dissection Lab

Eighth graders first learned how to dissect fetal pigs in their Living Environment Class and then educated their sixth grader peers about the process. Read the perspectives of Victoria and Mali.

science fair, science project boards presented on cafeteria tables

Celebr8 Science Success

Our 4th Annual Celebr8 Science event showcased student work and brought in visiting scientists from NYU, City Tech College, and the NYC DOE Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.