Sign in Subscribe

ps 295

A collection of 15 issues

Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: May 13-15

The New York Bike Jumble will be at the Old Stone House on Saturday, May 14. (Photo via ridermarc [https://www.instagram.com/p/BB3dDWSyaIF/?tagged=racycles&hl=en])Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: bike jumbles, truck touching, kiddie Bowie, and more. The Cowards Choir performs

Touch-A-Truck Street Fair At PS 295 Rolls Onto 18th Street This Saturday

Do you have little ones that love trucks? Have an aspiring firefighter? Wonder what the Sean Casey Animal Adoption Van looks like from the inside? Enjoy eating delicacies from local food trucks? If you answered yes to any of these, then the Touch-a-Truck street fair this coming Saturday, May 14,

Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School, PS 10, MS 443, And PS 295 Are Among Dozens Of Schools Receiving STEM Funds From BP Eric Adams

Photo by Stefan Ringel/Brooklyn Borough President’s Office.Seventy Brooklyn schools — from elementary and middle to high school and college institutions — and their students are the beneficiaries of a $13.3 million allocation of funds from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office, designated specifically for STEM education programs. Pretty

Ready To Touch-A-Truck? PS 295 Fundraiser Returns Saturday

Find out what makes a concrete mixer work, sit behind the wheel of a fire truck, take a close-up look at a tow truck, and more when the wildly popular PS 295 [http://www.ps295.org/] fundraiser, Touch-A-Truck [http://www.ps295.org/pta/touch-a-truck-2015/], returns to 18th Street this Saturday,

New Voices & PS 295 Invite Neighbors To Vote On New Playground Design

Photo via New Voices Middle School [http://www.newvoicesbrooklyn.org/#!trust-for-public-land/c1iz1]The outdoor space at a pair of local schools is about to go from blacktop to beautiful, and neighbors are invited to help decide how it’s going to look. New Voices Middle School [http://www.newvoicesbrooklyn.org/

Enjoy Art & Community At Friday’s South Slope Silent Auction

“Bicycle Tango” by Chris DooganThe fifth annual South Slope Silent Auction [http://www.southslopesilentartauction.blogspot.com/] is taking over The Old Stone House [http://theoldstonehouse.org/] (5th Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets) on Friday, November 21, from 6:30-9pm, and organizers at PS 295 [http://www.ps295.org/] say

Watch PS 295 Kids React To Tasting One Of The City’s Best Meals

Some local students got to eat the kind of super fancy meal that grown-ups may never even get to experience, and the results, caught on camera, are just as silly as you might expect. The New York Times brought [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/magazine/fine-dining-for-second-graders.html?] six

Volunteer Alert: Help Beautify Joseph Mayrose Park Saturday

Looking for a fun way to give back to the community this weekend? Join neighbors from PS 295 [https://www.facebook.com/PS295/posts/798952186815817], MS 88 [http://ms88.schoolwires.net/site/default.aspx?PageID=1], and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy [http://gowanuscanalconservancy.org/ee/] on Saturday, July 19, from

Stock Up On Fresh Fruit & Veg At The PS 295 Farmers Market

Green trees and warm weather can only mean one thing: the return of the amazingly successful PS 295 Farmers Market [https://www.facebook.com/PS295FarmersMarket], opening for the first time this season on Thursday, May 29. The market [/blog/education/how-students-volunteers-and-a-whole-lot-of-herbs-helped-create-the-ps-295-farmers-market] , run by the teachers, parents, and students of PS

PS 295 Receives $141,000 Grant To Fund Music Programs

Three cheers are in order for our neighbors at PS 295 [http://www.ps295.org/] (330 18th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues). The school announced on Tuesday [https://www.facebook.com/PS295/posts/738901629487540?stream_ref=1] that they are the recipients of an anonymous donation that guarantees $47,