Education is many things. But, to me, it is, in some large measure, about learning to try. It’s in the attempts that we uncover the lesson. Like many things, best to get this lesson as early as possible. But, young… old… succeed… fail, in many respects, the relevance of these things begins to dissolve with [...]
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Learning to Try
Posted in Culture, Sports, Uncategorized, tagged Sports, track on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Algebra 2 in the news
Posted in Math, Science, Uncategorized on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Do students need Algebra 2? Should students be required to take Algebra 2 to graduate high school? Burke thinks so; all students take three years of high school math to graduate, including Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and Geometry. We make this possible for all learners, offering three levels of instruction to students encountering what the [...]
Good Irish Tunes – March 16, 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Irish green was out with fine fiddling at Burke assembly today. -Mike Messinger
Another Fantastic Visit to Food & Friends!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last Thursday, February 24, I took a group of 7th graders to Food & Friends for our service learning work. It is always amazing to see the kids out of their normal element and interacting with the larger world. The students were asked to write sample fund-raising letters requesting support for Food & Friends. They [...]
and Laurens said “Let There Be Sound”!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We added sound tonight! That means the band is in, and we’ve starting mic’ing up the actors. Sound check took a while (around 90minutes!) but we’ve been running the show from the top and things are sounding great! We’ll get through Act I and Act II tonight, and then do Act III tomorrow, as well [...]
Sunday Rehearsal ?!?!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You read it right, it’s 11:51am and we’re just about 2 hours in to rehearsal for “The Boy Friend” at Burke! Today we’re starting with something called the Costume Parade. This is when the director gets to see all the actors in each scene in costume together. The costume designer and crew are hard at [...]
Go See Touch
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In order to not bury the lede… if you haven’t already, make sure you go see Touch, a funny, poignant, and well, touching, play produced by The No Rules Theater Company. This is its last week at the H Street Playhouse. It’s a portrait of what it takes to rebuild your life in the wake [...]
What’s In A Name…
Posted in Literature, Uncategorized on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The English Department may want to check out Better Book Titles. It’s the daily blog for people who do not have thousands of hours to read books, book reviews or blurbs or first sentences. In other words, it’s what a book might look like in graphic Twitter form, enabling you to read the greatest literary [...]
Middle School Play Photos
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Middle School thespians did a great job in the play this past weekend. There was music, dancing, singing along with some fabulous acting. Obviously, our students had worked very hard to produce the play and their work was terrific. Congratulations to all our actors and stage technicians! The pictures are in the Media Gallery on [...]
An Elvish skit
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a scene from Star Wars Episode III, presented in Quenya (the Elvish dialect I teach during lunch periods). Visible are Jacob Bernhardt, Allie Segal, Noah Gladstein, and Nick Connolly.
Losing the Bronze: The Story So Far…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[Click to read earlier Chapters of Losing the Bronze] 11 The story so far… Jerzy Kocerka is a retired Polish boxer and WWII veteran living in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in the mid-1990s. Though Jerzy and his son don’t get along anymore, his grandson and namesake, Jersey, practically worships him, partly to get back at his own [...]
Making Digestion Easy to Swallow!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Our bodies are a constantly operating factory, continually processing the food we eat, breaking it down into its useful constituents, and getting rid of the waste. There are many moving parts to this efficient machine, and the food we eat travels through clearly defined stages. Initially, food is chewed and partially digested by saliva in [...]
They Blinded Me with SCIENCE!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This past November, 7th grade science students created fantastic science expo projects. The students posed questions subject to experimental testing, such as “Do dairy foods affect speech?” and “Are dogs affected by music?” The students came up with the questions, then progressed from these initial seeds through development of experiments, conduct of experiments, and presentation [...]
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