"The Frog Bride" Lincoln Center Education Workshop & Performance at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

P.S./I.S. 217 and Lincoln Center Education held another free family event on May 28^th, that included a workshop on story-telling through acting followed by The Frog Bride performance by Master Storyteller David Gonzalez.  Students pre-K through 5^th grade had fun pretending to be witches, frogs, and princes, performing little sketches facilitated by the Lincoln Center educators.  The workshop concluded with an amazing performance of a hip family-friendly adaptation of the classic Russian fairy tale, The Frog Bride.  The story was beautifully told to the music of Prokofiev and original jazz/rock compositions.  Master Storyteller David Gonzalez told this tale of a dreamy (and prideful) young man’s journey into manhood with a comic spark that swells to the outrageous.

"Tu Maraca" Lincoln Center Education Workshop & Performance at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

P.S./I.S. 217 and Lincoln Center Education held a free workshop “Tu Maraca” by Scott Kettner and Maracatu New York on Wednesday, May 14th. Lincoln Center educators used percussion instruments to help students pre-K through 5th grade explore traditional rhythms from the Northeast of Brazil. The workshop was followed by a life performance of Maracatu New York – New York’s first and only Maracatu ensemble dedicated to the performance and knowledge of traditional Maracatu de Baque Virado, while fusing these rhythms with New Orleans Second Line and Mardi Gras Indian rhythms. Band leader and musicologist Scott Kettner and his musicians enthusiastically presented various Maracatu rhythms with Portuguese lyrics, and the program culminated in an audience parade in the school auditorium.

International Dinner at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

International Dinner at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

3rd Graders' African Dancing Performance at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

 

Money Machine for Cherrydale Catalog Highest Sellers at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

5th Annual Silent Auction "Flower Power" at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

Thank you to all the supporters of P.S./I.S. 217 who came to our 5th Annual Silent Auction!  We raised over $13,000 for enrichment programs that benefit our children every day.

5th Annual Silent Auction at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

Pajama Drive Update - We Did It!

Thank you to all the families of P.S./I.S. 217 who contributed to Pajama Drive this year!  We have met and exceeded our goal of 300 pajamas!  Thank you for supporting our kids' wonderful effort to help others in need - this annual drive is so special to them and they worked hard to make it happen!

Family Workshop at P.S./I.S. 217 (Roosevelt Island School)

Workshop for families of Pre-K children and all interested families: "Effective Consequences for Dealing with Misbehavior".  It is helpful to know a few different strategies because a strategy that works for one child might not work for another and no one strategy will work all the time.  Join Don Duerr, Early Childhood Social Worker, on Monday, December 16 at 8:36 am in P.S./I.S. 217 Cafeteria.