Getting Ready for Fall 2020

Getting Ready for Fall 2020

Getting Ready for Fall 2020 This summer has been like nothing we’ve ever experienced, and I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling overwhelmed by the many uncertainties and unknowns looming ahead of us this fall. The anxiety that has been building throughout the...
Co-Regulation and Connection

Co-Regulation and Connection

Co-Regulation and Connection I recently attended the Trauma Research Foundation’s Annual Trauma Conference, a three-day event jam-packed with research, workshops, and small group discussions, hosted virtually in response to the current COVID-19 crisis. This colloquium...
Introducing the “I Lived It” Series

Introducing the “I Lived It” Series

This year, as one portion of our newly-developing social studies curriculum, we’re doing something extra special for our students and our community. We are finding individuals who have lived through and experienced firsthand some of our most impactful moments in...
How to Have a Safe, Healthy Summer in NYC

How to Have a Safe, Healthy Summer in NYC

Summer is here! Usually this would mean that it’s time to go to our favorite amusement parks, crowded boardwalks, or vacation homes with extended family and friends. As we all know, this summer looks very different from those of the past. We probably shouldn’t be...
Remote Relationships

Remote Relationships

Remote Relationships As I write this, we’ve just wrapped up our remote learning journey. Over the past several months, the ways we learn, teach, and think have been flipped upside down. Students are experiencing brand new methods of learning as educators experiment...
Pride and You(th)

Pride and You(th)

Pride and You(th) Pride Month 2020 is coming to a close, and there is, as always, much to celebrate. There is also much to mourn, including the lives of Riah Milton and Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells, two Black transgender women murdered on June 9. Riah Milton was a...