MS 50 Weekly News: 1/23/23
January 23, 2023
College Awareness Month
January celebrates College Awareness month where students are participating in events that consist of a career cluster raffle, interacting with college students & graduates via a panel, and this Friday students will attend a culminating pep rally and basketball game to get a feel of what Homecoming feels like! MS 50 believes it’s never too soon to speak to our students about college and the possibilities that are available to them down the road!
Keep reading for additional updates and things to look forward to at MS 50!
In this Issue:
- Classroom Spotlight: Partnerships
- D14 Events
- Upcoming Events
- PTA Updates
- CEC Election Information
Urban Word
Our Urban Word Residency provides a platform for critical literacy, youth development and leadership through free and uncensored writing, social impact and performance workshops & opportunities. Urban Word is the founder of the National Youth Poet Laureate Program, a renowned program that celebrates youth for their excellence as writers and their impact on their communities. Through the transformative power of the written and spoken word, Urban Word provides young, creative voices, often those who are marginalized, the tools, training, and platforms to rewrite the narratives that shape their lives and their communities.
Freedom Song Choir
This year, we began a new partnership with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, piloting a new freedom song chorus with our 8th Grade Social Studies classes. Students have learned traditional freedom songs like "Wade in the Water" and "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round," while tracing their historical usage from the Underground Railroad to the Civil Rights Movement and into the present day. The chorus will perform for the school community at our Black History Month Showcase in February.
Brooklyn Boatworks
Our Brooklyn Boatworks residency is designed to replicate boat building techniques used in shipyards throughout the world. Students learn to work from blueprints, and use marine tools and materials. Students are also responsible for every aspect of the boat building process, ensuring that they learn from their mistakes and take ownership and pride in the successful completion of each phase of the boat build.We’re excitedly looking to launch our boat in the late spring of 2023 with MS 50 students onboard as the crew!
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