What does happiness sound like? As part of our Integrated Unit “The Music Lab: Sound, Story, Connection,” our Early Childhood 4/5’s class has been exploring a big question: how does music make us feel? They built playlists — songs for happy, songs for calm, songs that move them — and today, they let their happy playlist loose on the canvas. Armed with glow-in-the-dark paint and a question — “If happiness was a color, what color would it be?” — they let the music move through them. What started as a listening exercise at the beginning of the trimester has became something much bigger — a chance for each child to discover their own emotional relationship with music. #earlychildhood #handsonlearning #processart #themusiclab #sound #story #connection #progressiveeducation #peconiccommunityschool

Today, @eastendjazz — a nonprofit dedicated to bringing jazz education to life on the East End — brought live jazz and the stories behind it straight to our students. 🎤 Musicians shared the history and practice of this beloved art form, sparking curiosity and enthusiasm across all our grades, and speaking particularly to our third graders who have dedicated the semester to the Harlem Renaissance. It’s all part of our semester-long Integrated Unit, The Music Lab: Sound, Story and Connection, and exactly the kind of real-world, community-rooted learning we love. So grateful for this collaboration! 🎶 #afternoonjazz #eastendjazz #themusiclab #integratedunit #handsonlearning #joyfullearning #communitypartnerships #progressiveeducation #peconiccommunityschool

We found our new Head of School, and we can’t wait for you to meet her! ✨ We are so proud to announce that Rachel Gomez Peterson will be joining Peconic Community School as our new Head of School, beginning July 1! Rachel comes to PCS with a deep commitment to progressive education and a remarkable breadth of experience across some of the country’s most respected independent schools — including Friends Seminary, The Paideia School, and Packer Collegiate Institute. She is a relationship-centered leader who has spent her career championing the kind of thoughtful, student-centered learning that is foundational to everything we do at PCS. She also has a personal connection to the North Fork, where her parents live and where she and her husband were married — making this feel like a homecoming as much as a new beginning. We are confident Rachel will lead PCS with humility, curiosity, and integrity, and we cannot wait for you to meet her in the months ahead. Please join us in welcoming Rachel to the PCS family. #welcomerachel #newchapter #july1 #headofschool #missiondriven #passionforlearning #progressiveeducation #northforklongisland #peconiccommunityschool

What does it look like when students spend the day doing real science? Just like this! 🌊 This week, our middle schoolers visited @ccemarineprogram at Cornell Cooperative Extension Suffolk County — and the day was full of genuine science and discovery. At the scallop, clam, and oyster hatcheries, students explored algae cultures, learned about spawning and feeding processes, and witnessed live oyster reproduction up close. Then they turned their attention to the shoreline itself — counting and assessing Spartina alterniflora, the native salt marsh grass essential to our coastal ecosystems, and learning about seed stratification: the process of overwintering seeds so they’re ready to germinate when the season calls. And they’re bringing the work home with them. With 170 marsh grass seeds in petri dishes, students will determine the germination rate that informs how many seeds CCE Marine plants across their entire restoration effort this season — and they’ll grow milkweed seedlings to support monarch butterfly habitat too. There’s something irreplaceable about learning in the field, in the places where the science is actually happening, alongside the experts who dedicate their lives to it. We’re grateful to the team at CCE Marine for sharing their knowledge and passion with our students so generously. This is middle school at Peconic Community School — curious, purposeful, and rooted in the world right outside our door. Want to know more about our PCS Middle School? Join us for Middle School Preview Night, Tuesday, March 31st at 5:30pm in the Middle School classroom! #middleschoolscience #fieldresearch #realworldlearning #placebasedlearning #communitypartnerships #marinebiology #reefraisers #backtothebays #ccemarine #progressiveeducation #peconiccommunityschool

🌱Spring break is right around the corner — and this year, PCS has something new in store. Meet The Wonder Lab — a week-long spring break program for children ages 3 through Grade 3, where they explore, invent, build, and discover in an environment designed to spark genuine curiosity and wonder. The Wonder Lab is open to all children in the community — you don’t have to be a PCS family to join us! Dates: April 6–10 Time: 9am–3pm Ages: 3 through Grade 3 Spaces are limited — link in bio to register! ⬆️ #springbreak #april6-10 #wonderlab #springbreakcamp #childcentered #curiouskids #handsonlearning #northforklongisland #peconiccommunityschool

We received the kindest note. 🤍 After our students spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day packing hygiene care bags for CAST’s Food Relief Program, their team sent us words that stopped us in our tracks. Swipe to read them. At Peconic Community School, we believe the best way to honor Dr. King’s legacy is to show up for our neighbors — and we’re so proud of every student, family, and educator who made this day of service possible. Thank you, @castnorthfork , for the partnership and for everything you do for the North Fork community.

Your scientist is waiting! PCS is offering a brand new week-long Pond Keepers Field Program this summer — an immersive science and art experience where kids test water quality, sample aquatic organisms, sketch discoveries, and map ecosystems across the North Fork’s most beautiful waterways. 🌿 Pond Keepers Field Program 📅 July 27-31 ⏰ 9:30am - 12:30pm 🎓 Grades 4-7 In partnership with Citizens Science Learning Center and The Artists Nest. Limited spots. Link in bio to register.⬆️ #pondkeepers #northforksummercamp #northforklongisland #outdoorlearning #citizenscience #environmentaleducation #kidsoutdoors #summercamp2026 #peconiccommunityschool #PCSummer

🏂If you’re not shredding your way through your lunch break, you’re definitely doing it wrong! ❄️ #outsideeveryday #freetoplay #peconiccommunityschool

Some summers stay with you. PCSummer is that kind of summer.🌞 Registration for PCSummer 2026 is now open — an 8-week creative summer program rooted in play for children ages 3 through Grade 4. At PCSummer, we start with a simple belief: children know how to spend a summer well when we give them the space to do it. Days spent outside. Hands in the dirt. Building, splashing, creating, imagining. Children move at their own pace, through experiences that are hands-on, nature-centered, and genuinely joyful. This is what we believe summer should be — and we’d love for your child to be part of it. Link in bio to register.⬆️ DATES: June 29th - August 21st HOURS: 9am - 3pm (with optional extended stay until 5pm for all ages; optional half day available for children ages 3 through 5) AGES: 3 yrs old - Grade 4 (3 yr old campers must be potty proficient) LOCAL/YEAR-ROUND FAMILY DISCOUNT: 10% off tuition #PCSummer2026 #summercamp #northforksummer #summerdaycamp #joyful #rootedinplay #naturecentered #projectbased #artsinfused #anunhurriedsummer #progressiveeducation #northforklongisland #peconiccommunityschool

📣POSTPONED📣 Due to the winter storm, our Middle School Preview Night scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, February 24th will be postponed. New date to be announced soon! We look forward to meeting with you soon to talk about PCS’s wholly unique Middle School Program that includes an Internship program, Capstone Projects, Leadership Initiatives and Advisory Model. Join us to hear from the PCS teaching team, current students and recent grads about the scope, value and outcomes of the PCS Middle School experience. #postponed #middleschoolpreviewnight #newdatecomingsoon

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27685 Main Road/PO Box 752, Cutchogue NY 11935(631) 734-8290
INFO@PECONICCOMMUNITYSCHOOL.ORG