Alain L. Locke Elementary School - P.S. 208 » education http://alainllocke.org Alain L. Locke Elementary School-PS. 208, Harlem New York Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:56:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Cultural Venues with Free Hours and Suggested Admission http://alainllocke.org/2010/07/cultural-venues-with-free-hours-and-suggested-admission/ http://alainllocke.org/2010/07/cultural-venues-with-free-hours-and-suggested-admission/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:00:32 +0000 Ms. Burns http://alainllocke.org/?p=1079 NYDeptCultAff

From the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs:

New York City is home to more than 1,400 cultural venues, many of which offer free hours or suggested admission.  Click here for a list of institutions with free or low cost admission.

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From Reading Rockets:

You don’t need to have a book in hand to help your child become a better reader. Interesting experiences give kids a broader framework for new information they might encounter in books. When kids have lots of experiences to draw on, they have a better chance of making a connection with what they read!

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Volunteers from Junior Achievement visited Alain L. Locke Elementary last week.  Students learned about how their communities work and the importance of economics in their everyday lives.

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Race to the End of the Earth recounts one of the most stirring tales in the annals of Antarctic exploration: The contest to reach the South Pole. This exhibition focuses on the challenges that the two leaders – Roald Amundsen on the Norwegian side and Captain Robert Falcon Scott on the British – faced as they undertook their separate 1,800-mile journeys from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf to the South Pole and back..  Photographs, paintings, and rare historical artifacts from these expeditions place visitors in the midst of Antarctic exploration and research at the dawn of the last century.

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From On Our Minds @Scholastic:

Children who grow up with books in the home are more likely to succeed in education than those who don’t.  Well, check out the findings of this 20-year study led by a sociologist from the University of Nevada, Reno.

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From fourth grade reporter LaAsha:

On the day we released the butterflies I was ecstatic.  They were beautiful.  When they came out it was like they were so happy that they were out of the pavilion.  When some of them wouldn’t come out Ms.Munchez picked them out of the pavilion and put them on the flower.  We even named them, we named them Dawn, Raymond, Rainbow, Ricky and Lucky.  When Lucky came out of his cocoon he was feeling bad but when we let him out into the wild he started flying high but after that he fell.  I hope by now no one stepped on him. I miss our butterflies so much. I miss Dawn, Raymond, Rainbow, Ricky,and most of all Lucky but they have to be in the wild.

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From History.com:

Memorial Day, which falls on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the American military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades.

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 The fifth grade is studying Canada.  The fifth grade had to do beautiful totem poles like Eskimos from Canada.  We had to pick five animals for our totem poles and the animals had to be stacked up on each other.  I made a totem pole and the whole class did too.  I think that you would love to see these beautiful totem poles!

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