The Middle School Debate Team had an incredibly productive Saturday morning, afternoon, and evening, as they laboriously debated four challenging topics against the steep competition that New York City has to offer. Topics included: Abolish standardized testing; The “Occupy Wall Street” protests cause more harm than good; Civics classes should require students to watch presidential [...]

Barnes and Noble Bookfair On Saturday, November 19th, students, parents and teachers gathered together at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Bayside for a PTA fundraiser. Teachers and families shopped happily with proceeds benefiting Garden School. The teachers of grades 1-3 led story hour. Ms Sarran read Caps for Sale while her mother interpreted the story [...]

On Saturday, October 22nd, the 6 members of the new Garden School Middle School debate team joined students from a variety of other New York City schools to compete in the first Metropolitan Debate League meet of the year at Hunter College High School. Teams received the topics in advance but were not told if [...]

Campers at the Garden Summer Program experienced “A Night at the Museum” first-hand. On Saturday, July 23 twenty-eight campers ages 9 to 13 and their chaperones had an unforgettable sleepover experience at the American Museum of Natural History. The evening began with an awe inspiring IMAX film entitled, Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World. [...]

Become a Red Cross Certified Lifeguard at Garden School. We are administering the course, which is 40-45 hours in duration, beginning Monday, August 22 through Friday, August 26 from 8am to 4pm. Students must be at least 15 years of age and pass a skills evaluation the first day of the course. Call for details….

It’s never too early to start planning for a great summer experience, and, in fact, the Garden School Summer Program team has already begun to do just that! New and exciting activities are being specialized for the needs of campers of all ages, from the junior FAST programs to our Teen Travel Program for our [...]

Congratulations to Garden School’s Varsity Tennis Team for becoming the “Co-Champions” of the 2011 I.S.A.L. “Big Apple Conference” Varsity Tennis League! The season ended in a three-way tie for first place between Garden School, Lycee Francais and The Dwight School. On Monday, May 16th , Garden faced off against Lycee Francais in the championship match, [...]

On May 21, 2011 Garden School will introduce its first Lower Division Merit Scholarship exam, for students currently enrolled in Grades 1-4. The test will act as a complement to Garden’s Merit Scholarship Exam for students in Grades 5-9, which has been in place for more than a decade. Awards can range from 25%-100% and [...]

On Pi Day, March 14, 2011, the 6th graders visited the office of Drs. David and Gregory Chudnovsky at Polytechnic Institute of New York University. The visit began with a discussion led by a fellow of the university, Tom Morgan. The students explored math and computers through music. The correlation between music and motion as [...]

Each winter, Garden School students organize a hat, scarf and glove drive for a local organization. This year, Common Ground was fortunate enough to be the recipient of their hard work and generosity. The students leading the drive were Julia Mckenna, Gaetano Butera, Sera Butera and Maddy Rosen. Common Ground’s mission is to end homelessness [...]