Adam Brown

JPK-8 Principal and Curriculum Leader, Pocantico Hills

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3rd graders are loving their FOSS science investigations - here are a few shots from one of our classrooms!

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Poco Middle Schoolers went to the Bethany Arts Community to explore the Black History and Culture exhibit. They experienced a walk through time culminating in a gallery walk of lives of important black figures from this area of Westchester, including Greenburgh’s Cab Calloway!

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Our 5th grade had an amazing time down at the United Nations this week! What an incredible learning experience!

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We love our seniors here at Poco and we welcomed them to our school for a "Golden Guest" concert and brunch in their honor. Thank you to the PTA and Mrs. DePaola for collaborating to make it happen!

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Our 6th grade chorus traveled to Rockefeller Center and performed on stage at Radio City Music Hall, where they sang their hearts out! The highlight was their rendition of a Nigerian Christmas carol, sung in Yoruba! Yet another priceless Pocantico experience. Just Wow.

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What a wonderful celebration of Diwali in our cafeteria on Tuesday! The food disappeared faster than ever and the hand stenciling was a huge hit too - thank you parents!

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Restaurant Wars are on in FACS class! As an honorary judge, I can assure you these 8th graders were flexing some serious culinary/presentation skills. My problem was I couldn’t stop eating! This round was:
“O’Shamrock” vs. “al sur del ecuador”

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Kids across the grade levels planted bulbs around the school over the last two days - I can’t wait for our spring surprises! Here are some of our 2nd graders in the car circle.

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As part of Regeneron’s “Day For Doing Good” initiative, our local scientists volunteered to build a small and beautiful greenhouse at Poco for our garden program! They also prepped tulip beds! Thank you to our own Mrs. Morilla for spearheading, and to Regeneron and VolunteerNY!!

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6th grade enjoyed a fabulous trip to our friends at the Katonah Museum of Art for their program: Stories of Syria’s Textiles - Art and Heritage Across Two Millennia. Such a special experience!

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Literacy Night was a blast! Thank you to families and teachers for coming together and celebrating all the language learning happening in our classrooms - every grade level participated JPK-8, including specialists and our middle school English and social studies teachers!

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Did you ever wonder what recess looks like? Well, here are a few shots of our younger kids. More to follow next week!

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Duke, our famously charming and infinitely patient therapy dog (courtesy of Mr. Suarez) is the most popular member of the school. I can’t imagine why! ;)

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Middle school FACS students prepping for Harvest Soup, which was a huge hit today!

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Our walk around Swan Lake was made even more incredible by a special program with a local falconer, who presented to every single grade as a station along their walk!

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So excited to welcome Latin Grammy Nominee, Flor Bromley, back to Pocantico for multicultural performances with her band in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month!

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Mexican Hot Chocolate and Snickerdoodles were this week’s highlights for Hispanic Heritage Month in FACS - Featured spice: cinnamon!

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44 kids signed up for Chess Club - wow! This is going to be an amazing learning experience!

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6th graders have been harvesting, cutting, blanching, and freezing our green beans. Getting ready for Harvest Soup!

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The fourth graders started exploring circuits this week & made their way into our elementary science lab on Friday for some hands-on learning!