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Highlights: 9-10s class trip to MCS Farm
During the 9-10s class trip to the MCS Farm, students were exploring nature on the MCS Farm, feeding cows and chickens, finding snakes, and jumping in the hay loft, cooking food, and so much more.
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Tagged catskills, chores, community, education, fun, manhattan country school, MCS, roxbury, students, Sustainability
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Highlights: Teach-In honors MCS’ 45th anniversary
By Flannery Denny 7th/8th Grade Math Specialist MCS celebrated its 45th anniversary on April 4th with our first-ever Teach-In. We started the day with a whole school assembly during which we sang and laughed, heard stories from founder Gus Trowbridge about the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, Events, Fun, Garden, In the classroom, MCS, sustainability
Tagged Activism, anniversary, class notes, community, education, events, fun, garden, In the classroom, manhattan country school, MCS, science, social justice activism, students
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Space is available! Apply now to MCS Farm Camp
Manhattan Country School’s Farm Camp Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 27 Daily activities are divided between sustainability and recreation at the MCS Farm in Roxbury, N.Y. MCS Farm Camp is open to students in the 9-10s class through the 8th grade. Enrollment … Continue reading
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Tagged community, education, fun, garden, MCS, MCS Farm, reading, Sustainability
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Highlights: 8-9s trip to MCS Farm
The 8-9s class visited our 180-acre working farm in the Catskills during the week of May 8th. View a slideshow to see students cooking, gardening, and greeting baby chicks at the MCS Farm.
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Tagged baby chicks, catskills, cooking, farm chores, gardening, manhattan country school, MCS, MCS Farm, roxbury, students, Sustainability
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8-9s plant broccoli, watch sheep shearing at MCS Farm
By Debbie Weiss 8-9s Head Teacher Here are some highlights from our trip so far: First, it didn’t rain at all today. Even this morning the weather said that it would thunderstorm. It was sunny and in the 60s for … Continue reading
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Tagged fun, garden, manhattan country school, MCS, MCS Farm, roxbury, Sustainability
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7th graders tour greenhouse at Blenheim Hill Farm
By John McDaniel MCS Farm Program Director On their spring Farm trip a few 7the grade students took a field trip to Blenheim Hill Farm located near Roxbury, NY. Blenheim Hill was created to supply fresh produce, beef, pork and … Continue reading
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Tagged beef, Blenheim Hill Farm, boar, education, farm, field trip, fun, garden, greenhouse, hydroponics, kale, learning, MCS, MCS Farm, ny, pork, restaurants, roxbury, smorgas chef, soil, students, Sustainability, tour
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Highlights: Fifth grade trip to MCS Farm
MCS fifth graders and teachers Pinki Shah and Chris Guajardo visited our 180-acre working farm in the Catskills during the week of March 19th. View a slideshow to see students learning, growing, and playing at the MCS Farm. Photos by … Continue reading
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Tagged chores, education, farm, farm trip, fifth graders, fun, gardening, manhattan country school, MCS, MCS Farm, ny, roxbury, students, Sustainability
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7-8s garden, read with preschoolers at Union Settlement
By Aimee Arandia Østensen 7-8s Head Teacher Our book drive for the Union Settlement pre-school was a huge success. Thank you for all of your donations. We have had a relationship with Union Settlement since the fall through our use of … Continue reading
Posted in Around NYC, Garden, In the classroom, In the library, MCS
Tagged book drive, class notes, community, early childhood, east harlem, education, garden, garden beds, harvest, In the classroom, In the library, manhattan country school, MCS, mentors, planting, preschoolers, rabbit, reading, reading buddies, school, union settlement, winter rye
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Apply now to MCS Farm Camp!
Manhattan Country School’s 2011 Farm Camp Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 27 Daily activities are divided between sustainability and recreation at the MCS Farm in Roxbury, N.Y. MCS Farm Camp is open to students in the 9-10s class through the 8th grade. Enrollment … Continue reading
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Tagged community, education, fun, garden, MCS, MCS Farm, reading, Sustainability
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5-6s donate proceeds from farmers’ market to charity
By Anna Sobel 5-6s Head Teacher In December, the 5-6s welcomed a large crowd into our very own farmers’ market! The excitement was palpable. Visitors were ushered in by our “welcomers,” Jack and Daisy, and were handed a special ticket. … Continue reading
Final weekend! MCS replica on display at NY Botanical Garden
Did you know? Manhattan Country School is one of the featured landmark replicas in the New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show. This natural exhibit featuring 140 replicas of NYC buildings made of nuts, bark, and leaves is on display in the Enid … Continue reading
You’re invited to the 5-6s Farmers’ Market this Friday!
On Friday, the 5-6s class will host their very own farmers’ market. The market will run from 2:15 to 3 p.m. in the 5-6s classroom. Purchase produce the students have planted and harvested on the rooftop garden, food made from recipes … Continue reading
Experiencing curriculum on Staff Workshop Day
On October 21, Manhattan Country School hosted their annual Staff Workshop Day. The purpose of this event is to gather the school’s administrators and teachers for a full day of sharing information, planning, thinking, engaging in discussion and getting things … Continue reading
5-6s learn about compost in MCS’ rooftop garden
The 5-6s class visited Manhattan Country School’s rooftop garden to turn the compost bin. Regularly turning and aerating compost helps to increase decomposition in your compost pile. Students enjoyed the smell of the earth and peeking inside the compost bin.
4-5s, 6-7s study life cycle of butterflies
By Lindsay Velazco Lower School Science Teacher The 4-5s and 6-7s classes welcomed butterflies as part of their studies. The 4-5s students study things that grow as part of their science learning and 6-7s students study insects in depth. The … Continue reading
7-8s students sift compost, plant seedlings
By Lindsay Velazco Lower School Science Teacher The 7-8s sifted compost made from last year’s food scraps, school lunch and weeds. They removed the old dirt from the tree pit in front of the school and replaced it with their … Continue reading
