Arts & Culture
“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,” Theodor Geisel once said. “It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.” The celebrated author, known to generations of children as Dr. Seuss, reveled in nonsense. Dreaming up unforgettable characters, places, and even words, Dr. Seuss
Arts & Culture
Courtesy PS 124 PTA [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta/photos/a.639369299440690.1073741825.455615627816059/803639019680383/?type=3&theater] Thanks to a grant from the NYC Department of Education’s Arts for English Language Learners (ELL) and Students With Disabilities [http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/Partnerships/ArtsELLs+SWD_
PS 124
P.S. 124 students circa 1940 (via Brooklyn Daily Eagle Archives [http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52648721/?terms=%22P.S.%2B124%22])Screen time has been a hot-button parenting issue for decades, with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommending no screens for the under-2 set, and limited time with
PS 124
The votes are in for this year’s participatory budgeting initiative [/blog/politics/cast-your-district-39-participatory-budgeting-vote-starting-tuesday] in Councilmember Brad Lander’s [http://bradlander.com/PB] District 39, and we’ve got some cool local projects to look forward to! Nearly 2,700 people turned out to vote — including Mayor Bill de Blasio
James Brennan
Students, teachers, and even dogs showed support at PS 10.Chants of “Whose school? Our school!” reverberated from the sidewalks surrounding PS 10 [http://ps10.org/] (511 7th Avenue), one of several local schools where students, teachers, parents, and local politicians gathered this morning to send a message to Governor
PS 124
If you’re looking for a place to donate an old — but clean, and gently used — coat to help out New Yorkers in need this winter, PS 124 [http://ps124brooklyn.com] is serving as a drop-off location for the rest of this week. The school is collecting coats and jackets
PS 124
If you were planning on heading down to 4th Avenue to cheer on the runners in the TCS New York City Marathon [/blog/events/street-closures-security-considerations-for-the-2014-tcs-new-york-city-marathon] this Sunday, November 2, consider stopping by PS 124, [http://ps124brooklyn.com] on 4th between 13th and 14th Streets, between 9am-1:30pm for their annual
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13th Street was the place to be on Saturday as PS 124 [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta] pulled out all the stops for their annual spring festival. The school’s dance troupe took the stage early in the afternoon to perform two student-choreographed numbers. Afterward, Councilmember Brad Lander [http://bradlander.
PS 124
Ready to show a little South Slope style and help out a local elementary school at the same time? PS 124 [http://ps124brooklyn.com/] (4th Avenue, between 13th and 14th Streets) introduced a new t-shirt fundraiser [https://www.booster.com/ps124brooklynpta] this week, aimed at raising money for “a physical
City Harvest
Three cheers are in order for the kids over at P.S. 124 [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta], who recently collected and donated over 400 pounds of food to City Harvest [http://www.cityharvest.org/]. If you’d like to follow their lead, and help ensure that every New Yorker
Fourth Avenue
Have a friend or family member running in the marathon [/blog/events/2013-marathon-banners-arrive-on-4th-avenue]? Just want to show some local love for the runners? Be sure to stop by P.S. 124 [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta] (4th Avenue, between 13th and 14th Street) on Sunday, November 3, and make a
annabelle martinez
4th Avenue’s PS 124 [http://ps124brooklyn.com] (located between 13th and 14th Street) recently received a shining new review from Insideschools [http://www.insideschools.org/index.php], a blog designed to help parents navigate their way through New York’s public school system. > PS 124 is a low-profile
donations
Good morning, Park Slope! PS 124 [http://ps124brooklyn.com/] needs our help stocking their classrooms for the spring semester. We’re talking everything from pencils and paper to books and toys. Take a look at the list below, and if you can pitch in, send donations to: Public School 124
Goal
It was only this morning that we posted a story on PS 124 teacher, Paul Conrad, and his Donors Choice [http://www.donorschoose.org/] fundraiser to help upgrade the RAM in student laptops [/blog/education/help-ps-124-upgrade-schools-laptops] . We’re happy to report that, in less than 24 hours, he reached their
Maggie Gyllenhaal
photo via Seattle Weekly [http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/voracious/2010/05/this_week_in_pork.php] Park Slope mega-celebrity Maggie Gyllenhaal has a new movie coming out, which presumably she made sometime between her regularly-scheduled coop shifts (or is she FTOP?) But “Won’t Back Down,” an inspirational tale of