The Anderson School P. S. 334 is a K-8 public gifted & talented school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. If you would like to learn more about The Anderson School, please explore the links above and scroll down for photos!
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ANDERSON
February 13th Is the 100th Day of School!
Respect for All Week
February 9-13 is Respect for All Week in the NYC public schools. During this week, schools have the opportunity to highlight and build upon ongoing diversity programs. Schools also have the opportunity to embark upon
new initiatives that promote respect for diversity and engage students in
meaningful lessons that focus on preventing harassment, intimidation and bullying. At The Anderson School, students are working on the concept of respect as part of our year-long character development program, and are paying special attention to it this month. Staff and students discussed the idea of bucket-filling: everyone carries an invisible bucket that holds our good thoughts and feelings. When our buckets are full, we feel happy and content, and when our buckets are empty, we feel sad or upset. Kind, caring, considerate actions and words fill buckets; mean, inconsiderate, disrespectful actions and words empty the buckets. Even our kindergartners understand that their words and actions can either fill a bucket or empty it. We have created an Anderson bucket, hanging outside the main office, and classes will work to fill out slips that capture times when they do something to fill someone else's bucket, and will decorate the wall around the bucket with them.
The Little Mermaid Is Coming to Anderson!
Mr. Shaheen, Ms. Prusasky, Mr. Nahabedian, and the amazing cast, crew, and set designers of this year's school musical, The Little Mermaid Jr., are putting finishing touches on the production as the performance dates approach. Friday, March 6th is the evening performance (7 p.m.) and Saturday, March 7th, is the matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are ten dollars each, available at brownpapertickets.com (limited tickets may be available at the door, depending on online sales volume). Search "Anderson School" on the ticket site, or click here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1168838.
Anderson Student Is Jeopardy Champion!
ABC Jeopardy!
Congratulations to sixth grader Cerulean Ozarow, who competed in the
Jeopardy! Kids Week competition televised on December 1st. Cerulean
performed phenomenally, taking home the amazing sum of $25,158!
Cerulean aced the geography category and did well in the vocabulary and
"long things" categories. He wagered 11,000 dollars on a vocabulary question
in a true Daily Double and doubled his money. What an exciting game!
Well done, Cerulean!
See video of Cerulean answering questions posed by Jeopardy staff here.
YouTube
Respect for All Poster Competition
Students in the elementary school and middle school worked individually and in groups to create posters that celebrate Respect for All. Students worked with our Art teacher Mr. Nahabedian on the characteristics of successful posters (both the message and the graphics). Many older students used technology for some poster components.
Click below to view selected highlights of the submitted posters. Click on each poster to enlarge.
A judging committee selected the six posters below to represent The Anderson School in the citywide competition.
Clockwise from top: Dasha Smirnova and Natasha Michaels, Grade 3;
Lunne Wang, Kevin Lin, and Ela Gulson, Grade 8; Kristoff Misquitta, Grade 6.
Clockwise from top: Gabriella Ramirez, Grade 4; Liam O'Neill, Grade 3;
Giles Mitchell, Grade 6.
SPIRIT WEEK AT ANDERSON
Pajama Day in Mrs. Unger's class, above.
See Spirit Week photo slideshows below.
Have you seen our newly updated main office?
The finest reupholstery by Tania Kovalenko LTD, who donated her services.
Thank you to Cindy Parra, Joli Golden, and Mindy Wigutow for making the couch project happen.
Thanks to custodian John P. for reassembling the couches.
And here is a beautiful custom rug, donated by the Graduating Class of 2014.
