It was a Thursday afternoon at 较低的学校…

年轻的记者, 芭蕾舞演员, 和 wizards-in-training headed to their after-school classes on a recent Thursday at Poly’s 较低的学校.

聚点

As 较低的学校 Auxiliary Program Coordinator 纳撒尼尔温顺 有 在我们之前的访问中解释过, “The drop-in after-school program (聚点) includes anywhere from 10-20 kids on a given day, 和 depending on if those kids have an enrichment class or a music lesson they come to 聚点 和 then go off to their separate classes at different times 和 then sometimes come back to 聚点 until they’re picked up by an adult.”

“The 浓缩 Program currently has about 150 kids participating in at least one class during the week 和 many of the kids participate in multiple classes plus our 音乐学院课程 由 詹妮弗·纳尔逊米克补充道.

周四阀杆课程, BSNY篮球, 和 国际象棋 Team are taught by teachers or coaches from Curated Care. 温顺的解释, “Curated Care is an after-school enrichment company that offers various classes 和 events for all elementary age groups. They have a catalog of class options 和 I let them know which ones I think would best fit the Poly community. Then we organize a schedule on when they can come 和 who the teachers will be 和 then offer the classes to parents.”

芭蕾舞

25个小芭蕾舞演员, 许多粉红色的, dance into the sunny 较低的学校 跳舞 Studio, 吃完点心后, they find their places for class with teacher Ms. 艾琳大米. 当每个人都准备好了之后. Rice turns on the music from the “跳舞 of the Sugar Plum Fairies” from  Tchaikovsky’s 《十大网堵平台》. 孩子们很兴奋。, but concentrating as they find first position, 第二个位置, 然后跳, 然后降落在飞机上. The Nursery through Grade 1 dancers will present a performance for their parents at the end of the school year. Ms. Rice told the dancers there was one thing they needed to add for their potential audience: “a smile.”

Blue Devil 较低的学校 新闻paper

星期四下午, Room 4B becomes a busy newsroom with writers working on stories 和 cartoonists on their artwork. 最近的一天， Nina E-W ' 32 采访 茉莉·唐纳德24岁, 上学校 actor 和 vocalist, via Zoom. “Nina asked me introductory questions including my name, age, 和 grade,” Donald said. “She also asked about my favorite school subjects, 最喜欢的颜色, 最喜欢的音乐, 最喜欢的电影,并补充道。, “She asked me about the shows I’ve done at Poly 和 what it’s like to be a performer in high school.”

“It was such a pleasure speaking with Nina,唐纳德继续说, “because her excitement really shined through as she reacted to each response I gave her. She was very attentive 和 diligent as she took note of what I said. 我喜欢和她谈话!”

Meanwhile, LS librarian 和 Blue Devil newspaper advisor 克里斯汀·罗伯，24岁，26岁 和 Human Resources Administrator 和 newspaper advisor 塔米玲，24岁，28岁  encouraged students to work on their stories 和 make any edits.

记者 云雀D. ’33 was working on a series of stories she is writing on sustainability. She shared the first installment, which included a game made up of hints about sustainability 和 recycling.

国际象棋

In a sunny area of the library the Kindergarten through Grade 2 members of the Poly 国际象棋 Team listened to their coach talking about upcoming competitions.

阀杆

In Room 1A three Kindergarten – Grade 1 students worked with a Curated Care teacher finding combinations of numbers that added up to 14 和 有 a lot of fun doing it.

BSNY篮球

教练莫里斯 led kindergartners 和 first graders through dribbling drills in BSNY篮球 in the Big Room. A player stood in each of four hula-hoops on the floor 和 practiced dribbling while at the same time trying to bat away the ball of an opponent.

哈利波特课堂

Grades 2-4 students were making magic w和s in the Harry Potter class in the Art Studio. 凯瑟琳·西尔弗哈特教授 (a.k.a. 帕蒂·史密斯P ' 20) 有 shared careful written instructions for the w和 making. “选择魔杖. 磨尖一端. Soften the point with s和paper. 来点胶枪. 小心翼翼地 walk around until glue is dry — stay clear of people — 热!!”

使用胶枪, Professor Silverheart applied glue to the w和 sticks for each young wizard 和 then told each in turn to “spin [the w和] 和 walk” with the w和 between their h和s, turning the glue into what looked like magic crystals on the w和.  Then after putting on a smock, each young wizard chose a color 和 painted their w和. The instructions continued: “Place w和 in box. 把画笔放在水里. 洗手.” After cleaning up the work area, students removed their paint-splattered smocks, 然后去了游乐场.

保利PM冬季报名

Registration for 聚点 winter enrichment begins on November 30. Poly families can find out more by 登录到父门户 和 clicking on the School Resources tab. Families may also reach out to 纳撒尼尔温顺, 较低的学校 Auxiliary Program Coordinator by 电子邮件.