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Jamelle Bouie

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Poly Context Features New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie

R. Zamora Linmark Author Visit

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Middle School Hosts Author R. Zamora Linmark

Read-a-Thon 2021-22

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25,000 Minutes of Reading and Counting…

Poly Prep Class of 2022 Early College Admissions Results

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Early Decision College Results Are In

NYC Slavery Tour story

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NYC Slavery and Underground Railroad Tour

Middle School Students Build Robots

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Grade 6 Tech Class Builds AI Computer Vision Kits

Ramesh Laungani

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Dr. Laungani’s Strategies to Make Science Approachable

$Zach Udin at British Museum$

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Math History Student’s Quest Led to British Museum

AI scholars program social media icons

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Marisa Triola ‘24 Completes A.I. Scholars Program

Dr. Robert Aston

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Dr. Robert Aston Guest Lecture to Graduate Students in London

Maite Iracheta summer professional development in Mexico

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Maité Iracheta Connects with Mexicayotl Movement in Summer Professional Development

Climate Change professional development

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Climate Change Education

Clubs Fair 2021 First Aid Club

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Creative Pitches at the Upper School Clubs Fair

Students receive letter from President Biden

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President Biden Gives Advice to Grade 2

Dr. Ramesh Laungani, Science Chair

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Meet Dr. Ramesh Laungani, New Chair of the Science Department

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Getting Ahead by Exploring the Past: History Club

Middle School and Upper School Final Assembly of 2020-2021

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End-of-Year Assembly Celebrates Perseverance & Achievements

senior capstone 2021

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Senior Plan Capstone Project 2021

Commencement 2021 cap

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Poly Prep Celebrates the Class of 2021

Gauri Purohit joseph dana allen award winner 2021

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Joseph Dana Allen Award Winner Gauri Purohit ’21

Talia Marash Senior Speaker 2021

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Senior Speaker Talia Marash ’21 Reflects on Her Poly Experience

Class of 2021 Heads to College

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The Class of 2021 Heads to College

2021 Cum Laude Inductees

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Class of 2021 Cum Laude Induction with Guest Speaker Kwame Anthony Appiah

2021 Major Awards

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Major Awards Ceremony 2021

Middle School Bearns 2021 Poly at sunset

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Bearns: A Speaking Tradition Goes Virtual

Upper School Rienzi

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Upper School Celebrates World Languages and Poetry

Middle School Rienzi 2021

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Middle School Celebrates Rienzi 2021

Michael Buckley Middle School Author Visit

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Best-selling Author Michael Buckley Visits Grades 5 & 6

Nobel Prize Science Forum

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Nobel Prize Lunch Forum

Lower School Women's History Month Assembly 2021

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Lower School Celebrates Women’s History Month

National History Day

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Poly’s History Club Members Advance

Afrofuturism “Entropia,” by artist Julie Mehretu

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Brooklyn Museum Educators Bring Afrofuturism to US Assembly

Lower School MLK and African-American History Month Assemblies art

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Lower School Celebrates MLK and African-American History Month

SEED Project

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SEED Is a Tool in Creating Equity in the Classroom

Facing Latin America Website by Students

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Students Launch “Facing Latin America” Website Project

Holocaust Remembrance Assembly

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Child of Survivors Is Guest at Holocaust Remembrance Assembly

Evan James book covers

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Author Evan James Shares “Tales” in Writers’ Block Masterclass

Lower School PreK Rosa Parks Civil Rights Lesson

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Pre-K Reenacts Rosa Parks’ Bus Protest in Civil Rights Study

Producer Paul Hanson Discusses District 9 with Grade 10 English

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Producer Paul Hanson Discusses “District 9”

Middle School Read-a-thon January 2021

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Middle School Read-a-Thon Clocks Over 1,000 Hours

Author Helen Phillips and her book Here Where the Sunbeams are Green

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Author Helen Phillips “Zooms” with Middle School Students

The Students for Environmental Justice Conference

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Reflections on The Students for Environmental Justice Conference

Anti-Racist Read-Aloud book collage

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Lower School Anti-Racist Read-Aloud Initiative

Time for Kids collage of covers

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There Is Always ‘TIME for Kids’ in Grade 3

Poet Allison Hutchcraft

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Writers’ Block Presents Poet Allison Hutchcraft

Upper School science Urban Food Systems soil lab outdoors

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Heard on Campus: Urban Food Systems

Melanie Macleod

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Poetry Meets Technology

Student Forum Election 2020

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Election 2020 Student Forums Foster Discourse

Leo's Grade 5 Solar System

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Heard on Campus: Science

Andre Aciman

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Creative Writing Master Class with Novelist André Aciman

Erica Corbin Professional Development

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Responding in the Moment: Professional Development Training

LS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

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Lower School Celebrates Latinx Heritage

Geometry Class Measure Shadow

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Heard on Campus: Geometry

Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar and her book Never Caught

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Social Historian Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Is Context Speaker

History Politics and Media Project 2020

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Students Launch Poly Media + Politics Project Website

Plato's Allegory of the Cave Illustration

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Senior Philosophy Seminar Sparks Questions About Identity

Linear Algebra Course text book cover equation

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Linear Algebra Preps Students for College Level STEM Courses

New Faculty September

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Meet Our New Faculty: September

Olivia Gryson and Talia Marsh Voter Registration Drive

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Students Spearhead Voter Registration Week

African American History Class Books

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African American History Is American History

Kadyn Liburd

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One Student’s Journey in a Year of Challenges

Lower School Opening Day

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Poly Is Open and Together Again

Welcome to Poly

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Meet Our New Faculty: August

Dr. Jackson Collins Professional Development Speaker

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Dr. Jackson Collins Addresses Racial Literacy, Microaggressions, and Moving Forward with Poly Prep Faculty

Grade 7 Art & Activism Project

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Grade 7 History Responded to Murder of George Floyd by Creating an Art & Activism Gallery

$Middle School math competition$

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Middle School “Mathsmanship”

Major Awards 2020

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Students Honored at Annual Major Awards Ceremony

Reading Challenge Top Readers

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Grade 5 Lands Top Spot in Poly Read-a-Thon Challenge

Cum Laude Society Inductees 2020

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Congratulations to Poly’s Class of 2020 Cum Laude Inductees

Neel Nayak of SpaceX visits Nursery

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SpaceX Engineer Takes Nursery on a Journey into Space

Italian flag congratulations

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Congratulazioni! Italian Elective Students Win High Honors

Sustainability prize awarded

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Nicholas Perez ’20 Awarded Nathan and Estelle Feldman Sustainability Prize

Grade 6 Spanish Algunas Noticias Buenas

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Algunas Noticias Buenas from Grade 6

Lower School Author Visit Mac Barnett

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Lower School Literati

National Merit Scholarships Announced

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Poly Students Recognized as 2020 National Merit Scholars

National History Day Middle School

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History Club Members Advance in National History Day Competition

Grid of upper school students

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Middle & Upper School Adapting to Virtual Poly

virtual poly start up story

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Overview of Virtual Poly: From Start-Up to Up and Running

college road news image

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The Class of 2020 Heads to College

Virtual Poly Tech Hero: Charles Polizano P'18

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Virtual Poly Tech Hero: Charles Polizano P’18

Lower School Virtual Poly thumbnail

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Lower School in Virtual Poly

Kane willis new dean

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Welcome Kane Willis, New Upper School Dean

Festival of lights at poly prep

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Lower School Festival of Lights

Rick moody visit image

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Author Rick Moody Visits Poly

Lego robotics image

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Students Explore Tech With Lego Robots, Virtual Locomotives, and Giant Tetris

Computer design challange

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Middle School Technology Students Create 3D Locomotives

Philadelphia trip

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The Grade 7 Trip to Philadelphia’s Historic Sites Included A “Rocky” Moment

Nicholas Buccola image

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Context Series: Nicholas Buccola

Alexandra Penfold image

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Lower School Gets Visits From Their Favorite Authors

Rothenburg image

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Middle School Book Club ‘Wild Riders!’ Talks to Author Jess Rothenberg

Lincoln center jazz

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Jazz at Lincoln Center Comes to Middle School

Billion oyster image

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Middle Schoolers Dive Into The Billion Oyster Project with a Service Trip to Governors Island

Westville school visit

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Visit from South African Students

New harlem renaissance festival

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Grade 7 Harlem Renaissance Festival

Ken Berlin image

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Nathan and Estelle Feldman Sustainability Prize Awarded to Shania Smith ’19

Curricular travel

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US Curricular Travel to Argentina Included Hiking Glaciers and Dancing the Tango

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Brooklyn Poet Laureate Tina Chang Tells Poly Students About Creativity… and Her Phone

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Context Series Speaker Min Jin Lee, Author of ‘Pachinko,’ Fills Poly’s Theater