Our middle school joined NYC’s CHAMPS Sports and Fitness League for public middle schools this winter. Our first team is our Step Team, coached by Theresa Soto. The Elite Steppers started practicing in January and have already started performing at school pep rallies.
Last Friday’s Exposition was a beautiful celebration of the incredible independent thinking and group experiences of all three middle school grades’ Explorations. There was a wonderful turnout of students, parents and family members.
This past October, PS8’s middle school started a Math Regents program for kids who felt like the 8th grade math class just wasn’t challenging enough.
This past Monday, PS 8’s middle school chorus went on a field trip. It wasn’t just any trip; it was a trip to Baryshnikov Arts Center in Manhattan for a professional workshop with Pig Iron, a theatre group based in Philadelphia.
Not all middle schools have “out-lunch” but our middle school students do! Charlie W. reports on one of the best parts of being at PS8’s middle school.
Our first exploration of the year was a study on community. We spent some time thinking about what kind of community we want to have at our middle school and what we need to each do to create it together.
Our second year at PS 8’s middle school ended not with a whimper but a bang, to paraphrase T.S. Eliot’s final stanza of “The Hollow Men.” We had our final Exploration celebration and it was quite a memorable finish.
Read the latest news from our middle school: games, news from across the world and across the street, and MS 8 goes 80’s! The MS… Read More »Extra! Extra! The MS8 Gaz8 is Here!
The 6th and 7th graders begin their second Explorations on March 10, when students again suspend their regular academic classwork to engage in a deep study of one topic.
Read a student’s and a teacher’s perspecives on the Science Club partnership with St. Francis College and Brooklyn Bridge Park
