The moment letters and sounds become words and meaning!
The science of reading is so magical. Kindergarteners are working with CVC words to blend letters and phonemes together to make words.
Maps Tell a Story
5th graders are using maps and primary sources as a portal to dive deep into the story of Seneca Village β a story they uncovered as they explore the process of mapping and how maps can be physical representations of the history of human decisions.
Revision and Rubrics: Leveling up Writing Across Grade Levels
Writing is an iterative process, but too often students have a βone and doneβ approach. We caught up with classes across grade levels about where they are in incorporating revision and rubrics to reflect on and develop their writing work.
A Self-Made, Child-Directed Outdoor Playspace
Fewer predetermined structures many more opportunities for open-ended exploration and imagination.
Numeracy and Number Sense on the 100th Day in Kindergarten
On the 100th day of Kindergarten, mathematicians worked to compute and express the number 100 as a numeral and a value.
Maker Monday!
Maker Monday: a constructive start to the week that gets students deeply engaged first at the start of the week.
No grades?!?!
Biannual Narrative Student Reports are out β and they paint clearer, more comprehensive pictures of our students as learners, friends and school community members than a letter or number grade ever could.
Project-Based Math in the Primary Classroom
* This* is integrated, project-based math: a wingspan scatterplot depicting data on mean, median, mode from third and fourth gradesβ Birds of Cutchogue study.
Authentic Literacy in Early Childhood: Writing Letters to Friends
Writing real letters to friends to mail next door at the post office is inspiring literacy learning in Early Childhood.
Middle School Science Lab Bubbles Over
Ending the day with a β¦ bang? β¦blast? β¦ bloom? β¦bubble? in the Middle School Science Lab.
Social Justice in the Classroom
How our third and fourth graders understand the role of Restorative Justice in their classroom.
Transformative Clay Play in Early Childhood 4/5's
Clay play in Early Childhood 4/5βs letβs children unleash their powers to transform the world around them with their bare hands β just look what they can shape and create!
Why We're Not Afraid of Skill Work at a Progressive School
Before you panic at the sight of a word pyramid and a worksheet in a progressive school, read this β¦
Documentation Foundations
The best documentation isnβt the most elaborate or even the most creative β¦ itβs the documentation that makes learning most clearly visible!
First Annual Dr. MLK Jr. Day Justice March and Community Celebration
Our First Annual Dr. MLK Jr Day Justice March and Community Celebration organized by the PCS Student Council was a huge success!
A Middle School Designed for Student Leaders
Learn more about the PCS Middle School program. Now in itβs third year, the PCS Middle School is a program intentionally designed to foster independent thinking and leadership initiative in our oldest students.
We're home! First Day of School at our new campus!
Weβre home! And weβre so happy! Look at our beautiful new home!
Welcome Home Ceremony in Cutchogue, January 6, 2024
Opening the doors with families and friends to our new permanent home campus in downtown Cutchogue! We couldnβt be more excited for this next chapter in PCS history!
Celebration of Learning: the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Celebration of Learning, Fall 2023: UN Sustainable Development Goals
Preparing for Magic: The Day Before the Celebration of Learning
Students put the finishing touches on a trimesterβs worth of study around the United Nationβs 17 Sustainable Development Goals leading up to the Celebration of Learning, December 14th.