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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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You’re invited: Learning in Urban Outdoor Spaces
Dear Friends, Parents and Colleagues, On Friday, June 1st from 1-3 p.m., I hope you can join me for a talking and walking tour of my Master’s Project research, “Learning in Urban Outdoor Spaces.” We will meet in the Living … Continue reading
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Tagged 7-8s, central park, community, education, fun, garden, In the classroom, MCS, north woods, nyc, science, students, Sustainability
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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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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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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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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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Sapping, syrup making for 7th graders at MCS Farm
By Nick Patel Upper School Science Teacher The seventh grade is having a blast at the farm as we near the end of our stay in Roxbury, N.Y. It is a beautiful time of the year to be here as … Continue reading
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Tagged chores, edible manhattan, MCS, MCS Farm, photosynthesis, sapping, science, Sustainability, syrup
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Pinki to visit HOPE Foundation Nursery & Primary School in India
Fifth grade teacher Pinki Shah will spend the February break (“I’m only going for eight days”) in India! She will spend her time visiting and teaching at HOPE Foundation Nursery & Primary School in Bhuj, Gujarat. She will also be … Continue reading
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Fifth grade hosts sustainable book publishing party
By Leilani, 5th grader Last week, the fifth grade had our sustainable book publishing party. So many parents came and calmed our nerves by giving us great compliments on our books. Everyone read each other’s stories. Staff and parents heard … Continue reading
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Highlights: 9-10s class trip to MCS Farm
During the 9-10s class trip to the MCS Farm, students participated in a variety of farm chores. They fed chickens, gathered and washed eggs, washed yarn in textiles class, and harvested potatoes. There was time for fun, too! They caught … Continue reading
MCS Farm Director attends Farm-Based Education Conference
By Ginny Scheer MCS Farm Director Recently, I attended the Farm-Based Education Conference held at Shelburne Farms near Burlington in northern Vermont, alongside Lake Champlain. I have never been to the Champlain Valley before, which is reputed to have a longer growing season … Continue reading
Sixth graders visit dairies, learn about cheese during trip to MCS Farm
By Karen Zaidberg MCS Teacher, 6th grade It’s been a wonderful week at the MCS Farm so far! The students have settled into routines quickly and easily, and each day has been busy with chores, play and time spent with friends. … Continue reading
MCS Farm is a ‘best management practice’ for stream study
By Ginny Scheer MCS Farm Director In July, Sarah Whorley, a Ph. D. candidate from Fordham University, began a longitudinal study of streams in the New York City Watershed. She is investigating the impact of BMPs, “best management practices,” such as our renovated … 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.
Meet Madeleine, MCS Farm’s new intern
Manhattan Country School’s Farm-Based Education Intern is Madeleine Jayson. She is a graduate of Hartwick College where she lived at the college’s Pine Lake Environmental Campus. There she learned to live independently, sustainably and within a community of like-minded students. … Continue reading
Highlights: 7-8-9s’ first trip to MCS Farm
View a photo slideshow of the 7-8-9s first trip to the MCS Farm in Roxbury, N.Y. and click here to read Aimee’s update about their experiences in this new environment.
Highlights: Sixth grade trip to MCS Farm
On May 31, Sue King, Cynthia Rogers and the sixth grade class visited Manhattan Country School’s 180-acre farm in Roxbury, N.Y. Students made pizza in the outdoor wood-burning oven, frolicked in the streams, held a mock wedding and did schoolwork. It … Continue reading
The first farm trip for the 7-8-9s class
By Aimee Ostensen 7-8s Head Teacher The 7-8-9s are having a glorious time at the Manhattan Country School Farm in Roxbury, N.Y. We’ve had beautiful weather today, following a gorgeous evening of summer mountain weather last night. After a busy … Continue reading
MCS Farm offers sustainably-grown food for Big Night Out!
By Ginny Scheer, MCS Farm Director The food grown at the Manhattan Country School Farm feeds MCS students and other students who visit the Farm. Meat, milk, eggs, vegetables and maple syrup are grown and produced mere yards from the … Continue reading
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MCS students exhibit their sustainable photography
Hanging amid the linocut works by Hale Woodruff and brass sculptures by Geraldine McCullough were framed photos taken by the fifth grade class at Manhattan Country School. On Saturday, students showcased the results of their sustainability photo exchange with Children’s … Continue reading
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Apply for MCS Farm Camp!
Manhattan Country School’s 2011 Farm Camp Tuesday, July 5 – Friday, July 22 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. … Continue reading
Photographer J. Henry Fair to visit MCS
We’re pleased to announce photographer and environmental activist J. Henry Fair will be participating in Manhattan Country School’s Upper School assembly on Wednesday, February 9 at 9 a.m. View his portfolio. He takes photos of energy production/resource consumption that documents … Continue reading
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MCS fifth graders to exhibit photography at Essie Green Galleries
Save the date! Essie Green Galleries will be exhibiting the photographs of 18 fifth graders from Manhattan Country School in New York City and 12 fifth graders from Children’s Hope India in Gujarat, India. The students participated in a 10-week … Continue reading
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MCS to “power off” for one hour
Manhattan Country School is committed to ensuring the sustainability of our local and global environment through curriculum and practice. As part of this effort, MCS has partnered with Energy Curtailment Specialists (ECS), a company that helps to manage electricity demand … Continue reading
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MCS activists participate in panel discussion at Columbia
Manhattan Country School’s student activists Vaughn, Isaiah, and Mayo shared background and insights from their activism project on mountaintop removal mining as featured speakers at the TEDxYouth@TheSchool program on November 20, 2010. The event held at The School at Columbia … Continue reading
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Educating for sustainability: MCS Staff Workshop Day
By Aimee Ostensen and Susan Harris Manhattan Country School staff has been immersed in thinking about what educating for sustainability means. What is sustainability? Why does it matter? How are we already engaging in the principles of sustainability? How does … Continue reading
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