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First Graders Have a St. Patrick’s Day-Themed Math Activity

In Jennifer Horowitz’s first grade class at Todd School, St. Patrick’s Day is not just about soda bread, leprechauns and shamrocks…it is also about math.

On St. Patrick’s Day, Ms. Horowitz found a unique way to incorporate the holiday into a math lesson.

As part of their measuring unit, students used unifix cubes, which are math manipulatives, to measure green classroom objects such as crayons, pipe cleaners and dominos.

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Briarcliff Students Attend the Prideworks Conference

From choosing a college, to life before Stonewall, to implicit bias, to how to be a trusted adult…

There was no shortage of informative workshops at the 20th Annual Prideworks conference, which recently took place at Pace University. The conference, which is geared towards LGBTQ+ Youth and their allies, typically serves students from over 70 middle and high schools, as well as several colleges and universities in the area.

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Student Teaching Assistant Shares His Expertise in Photography and Film With Fellow Students

Seven years ago, when Briarcliff High School senior Alex Southern went to summer camp, little did he know that it would change his life.

At camp, Alex took a film class and “caught the bug” for filming, editing and, most importantly, photography.

These days, Alex, who plans to attend Vassar College in the fall, is a Student Teaching Assistant in Jamie Mandel’s College Introduction to Film and Digital Editing class. 

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