Anna Allanbrook, BNS principal, writes a weekly letter that typically comes out on Monday or Tuesday of each week and is sent out via email to all families.
Not getting Anna’s letters? Please contact amy.sumner@bns146.org
Dear Families: In this year, Anna’s last as principal, we have had many moments of reflection and many an opportunity for pause. More than one person has commented on how sad it is that... Read More
Dear Families: We want to thank former parents, Takiema Bunche Smith and Amy Plattsmier for joining us yesterday at our third to fifth grade parent meeting on assessment and standardized testing. Malika gave an... Read More
Dear Families: As we return to school and to our BNS community, we want to express our solidarity with our Asian staff and families, as instances of anti-Asian hate and violence cross our news... Read More
Dear Families, In light of recent events, it is essential to center the messaging this week from a member of the Asian community at BNS. We are fortunate to have a guest writer share... Read More
Dear Families: Last Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we spent each morning watching a video of Graham Fletcher, an engaging educator who works with math teachers throughout the country. At BNS, we are... Read More
Dear Families: We want to congratulate our teaching artists from the Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Donna and José, on the most unique and powerful Fourth Grade Musical, performed on the evening of March 3 on... Read More
Dear Families: We enter the second half of the 2020- 2021 school year in a reflective mood, being struck by how much has changed in the past eleven months. We look towards the anniversary... Read More
Dear Families, “Human beings are more alike than we are unalike. The minute we begin to understand just the slightest part of that, we recognize ourselves as family. The moment I see a fifteen... Read More
Dear Families: BNS is committed to anti-oppressive, anti-racist, inclusive language and teaching that values all identities and supports student learning and understanding, both inside and outside of the classroom. This year, we are intentionally... Read More
Dear Families: Wednesday was a special day, a day that brought back memories of January 20th 2008, a day that reminded us about the power of education and the importance of teaching the story... Read More
Dear Families: Yesterday we took the time to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., listening to his words and reflecting sadly on how little has changed since his passing in 1968. Tomorrow we look... Read More
Dear Families: We are grateful to Amy Tate, co-president of the PTA, for having the wonderful idea to use this semester as a grand moment of reflection – to take stock of the story... Read More
Dear Families: We wanted to take a moment to wish you a happy, healthy, restful holiday break in the coming days. We know that December is a month in which families traditionally get together.... Read More
Dear Families: Recently, Catherine Kunicki, mother to Theodora Kunicki, reached out, sharing the featured photographs. Theodora is remembered fondly even though it appears that she graduated from BNS almost twenty years ago in June... Read More
Dear Families: As our school building closes yet again, sending us back into full time remote education, let us take this moment to reflect and celebrate the positives of our current program. Third grade... Read More
Dear Families: We wanted to celebrate the work our fourth grade teachers are doing. Every year, fourth grade studies about Native Americans, zeroing in on the Lenni Lenape. This is a curriculum that is... Read More
Dear Families: We learned that New York City public schools would be going completely remote on Wednesday afternoon, November 18th. We immediately sent an email to families and informed our staff. Shelley graciously came to... Read More
Dear Families: We wanted to take a moment to give thanks, thanks for all of your children and thanks for your support as we work together to create a school year unlike no other.... Read More
Dear Families: Pandemic school and remote learning has given us lots of opportunities for reflection and processing. It has also opened up the world via the internet and Zoom. Last week, we wrote to... Read More
Dear Families: A few weeks ago, Kemala Karmen, parent of BNS graduates Asha and Talya, sent us an email. She wrote, “I don’t see everything Talya writes, but we were talking about the “Food Pathway”... Read More
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