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: Has it only been a little over two weeks since we last greeted your children’s happy faces in the big yard? It feels like an eternity and as we look around... Read More
Dear Families: I have no words of consolation, no idea how to process where we are in the midst of this social isolation. And my heart is broken at the thought of not seeing... Read More
Dear Families: It seems like every day the news about the Coronavirus is changing with Governor Cuomo’s declaration of a state of emergency on Saturday only furthering our sense of uncertainty. Despite this,... Read More
Dear Families: Your children are the ones who inform us, teaching teachers and all of you what is important. Two stories from last week illustrate this idea. AvaRue Tang, a child in... Read More
Dear Families: The past few weeks at BNS have been chock full of business. Walking around the building, you are struck by the activity. The third floor hallways are full of children and... Read More
Dear Families: On Mondays and Thursdays, third graders spend their recess time in the Big Yard. Some play on the climbers up top, some play tag throughout the yard, and some focus in... Read More
Dear Families: A day at Brooklyn New School is a busy one. A week, even more frenetic, and in a month and a year, a lot happens. Through it all, teachers work together... Read More
Dear Families: On Tuesday, January 14, Claudia and Malika’s third grade classroom was filled with many big feelings. The class had experienced a loss: one of their guinea pigs, Milky Way, had passed... Read More
Dear Families: Last Monday, we began our day with great sadness, as we’d just learned that beloved BNS Pre-K educational assistant Pauline Headlam passed away over the weekend. As the news made its... Read More
Dear Families: Welcome to 2020. As we enter into a new decade, we start the year with the monthly PTA meeting, scheduled for this Thursday after drop off. This is a reminder that Thursday... Read More
Dear Families: During the summers of 2017 and 2018, several 3rd and 4th grade teachers participated in a weeklong workshop on “Imaginative Inquiry” (which was generously paid for by the PTA). “Imaginative Inquiry” is... Read More
Dear Families: We were struck by the power of this article in The 74 in which a Bard High School Early College student, Sylvie Goldner, is giving free lessons to teach her classmates... Read More
Dear Families: On Wednesday, November 27th, we had our annual parent safety meeting. Every two weeks, the administration from BNS and BCS meets to talk about building wide issues. Once a year, we... Read More
Dear Families, On Thursday November 14th, while many families and teachers were meeting to discuss children’s progress and set goals at parent teacher conferences, a group of fifth grade students made their way... Read More
Dear Families, Thursday mornings are “Parent Mornings” at BNS, and this past Thursday, our Parents as Learning Partners topic was a special one: Library Love. Usually, we meet in the Art Room for our... Read More
Dear Families, November is the month in which we begin the process of sharing what we know about your children with you. Fall parent teacher conferences are an opportunity for teachers to convey information... Read More
Dear Families: We have resumed our annual tradition of distributing awards for perfect attendance the previous month. These small acknowledgements serve two purposes. We want to recognize and celebrate the importance of “showing up”... Read More
Dear Families: On Saturday, BNS and BCS families came together to celebrate for our annual fall AppleFest. Whether it was the music or the food, the crafts or the games, the dancing or... Read More
Dear Families: Many thanks to all of the second grade families who got together to prepare for AppleFest, our big celebration, which takes place on Saturday, October 19 from 11 AM to 4... Read More
Dear Families: As administrators, Diane and I have the pleasure of visiting throughout the school and observing teaching and learning in action. In these early days of fall, we witness the coming together of... Read More
