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Immersion in third grade

Wow! Third grade started out with lots of “wows” in our Spanish classrooms this fall. We began our first week sharing our hopes and dreams, with students reflecting on what they hoped to learn and...

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Wonderstruck: A Humanities Project

I work with fifth grade English teachers Erin Finn-Welch and Elizabeth Brus, and we write and teach cross-curricular units of study as often as possible. At the forefront of all our planning are...

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Meet Our Newest Teachers (Part Four)

Meet more of the new teachers who will be joining us in the fall, and see which current teachers will be taking on new roles.

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How Mr. Wonka And Mr. Fox Got Us To Cook

Young children find storytelling and cooking riveting. Knowing this, the Early Learning Center teachers hoped to inspire the children to have a little adventure connected to food.

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Meet Amanda Friedman

Amanda Friedman joins Avenues in fall 2015 as a long-term substitute reading specialist in the Lower School. Amanda comes to Avenues from PS/MS 37 Multiple Intelligences School, where she worked as a...

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Banned Books Week

From September 27 to October 3, Avenues students will be joining in on the national celebration of our freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries all over the country will be discussing and bringing...

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Uni Project Brings Readers Together

As a fourth-year student at Avenues: The World School, I’ve seen all that the Avenues Community Engagement (ACE) program has to offer. The Uni Project, this year’s newest addition to the ACE team, is...

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Celebrating Literacy Awareness at Avenues

From October 19 to October 23, the Early Learning Center and Lower School students took part in a week of literacy awareness events hosted by two non-profit organizations, Points of Light and Jumpstart.

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Author Angela Dominguez Visits Avenues

On Wednesday, February 24, award-winning author and illustrator Angela Dominguez came to Avenues to visit with nursery, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.

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Author Lenore Look Visits Avenues

Attention all Alvin Ho and Ruby Lu fans—award-winning author Lenore Look recently visited the Lower Division! Lenore Look hosted multiple sessions for grades one through four, presenting to the...

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