Teaching & Learning Blog

April 2025 Posts

Language Arts at PS1 is designed to prepare students for any reading and writing task, fostering lifelong, confident readers and writers. Our program is grounded in the science of reading and writing, using research-based methods to meet the individual needs of each learner.

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November 2024

November SEL

On Thursday, November 14, Lori Getz, a technology expert, visited our campus to discuss digital citizenship, including topics like privacy and control, appropriate language, healthy habits, and screen time. Building on this, last week’s social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons focused on helping children understand what kinds of language are acceptable and what are not.

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October 2024

September 2024

Dear families,

The 2024-2025 school year is in full swing. The challenge, the wonder, the curiosity, is palpable in all of the classes. Children and adults alike are learning and growing, as we all seek to become the best versions of ourselves. A rich calendar of PS1 Parent Ed events are also planned for this year, to help all of us enrich our understanding of our children and how to best support their growth.

Our faculty and staff are honing not only their abilities to allow for richer and deeper math discovery, but how to expand their skills in social and emotional learning to have even more of a profound effect on all the subjects taught at PS1.

New books are being read, new forays made out into our community, new questions are being posed that require collaboration, research, and problem solving. Welcome to a fabulous year of discovery and may our Learn Team News give you more insights into the why and the how of what we do here at PS1.

Deirdre Gainor
Director of Teaching & Learning

September Math

This year, K-5 students will be engaging in our new curriculum, Contexts for Learning Mathematics, while our 6th grade students will continue to use Illustrative Mathematics.

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September SEL

At PS1, social and emotional development is at the heart of everything we do. Since our founding in 1971, we've been committed to cultivating compassionate, responsible students who interact with empathy and respect.