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Archaeological illustrator and children’s author Tamara Bower and photographer Laura Foos visited Ms. Elrafei’s 6th grade Social Studies classes to share their experiences on Ancient… Read More »6th Grade Egyptologists

Do you remember Ship-Trap Island in “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell? 7th graders can picture it!

6th grade science teacher Leigh Stumme took her students outside as part of their weather studies to observe clouds and use three different types of… Read More »6th Grade Takes Its Weather Studies Outside!

8th graders Claudia and Nadra describe all the excitement of Celebr8 Science. Lower and middle school student projects, community supporters, visiting scientists (including MS 8… Read More »Celebr8 Science Pride

6th grader Jillian writes about how engaging City Tech Professor Kezerashvili was when he visited the 6th grade late last month, and also how it… Read More »The Magic of Physics!

6th grader Talia reports on the 6th grade’s trip to see a private performance by the Brooklyn Ballet. Thanks to a grant from City Council… Read More »6TH GRADE SEES THE BROOKLYN BALLET

The 7th Grade reenacted the Constitutional Convention, with a few critical changes from 1787. Read 7th grader Aedan’s post about what the 7th grade did,… Read More »The 7th Grade's Constitutional Convention

On Friday, January 26th, PS8/MS8 hosted our third annual Dunk for 8, featuring basketball skills contests and 3 on 3 games for students of all… Read More »Dunk for 8 was Gr8!

Ms. Barth-Werb’s 7th grade Integrated Co-teaching class wrapped up their unit on scale with a week-long design project that culminated in a visit by two… Read More »7th Grade Architects at Work