Go Public: Inside Arts & Letters
Making our thinking, and our work, public.
View our new blog here to follow our vision, and our day's work.
We need you for our Winter Roundtables
on Jan 25, 26, or 27!
11:45 to 3:10pm on each day Sign up here
Chancellor Walcott visited us in September...
to see just how we were becoming such a familiar name in the discussion of great public schools. Read his speech about NYC middle schools, and his comments about Arts & Letters, here in one of his first major policy addresses.
We need EVERYONE to participate! Donate today! Click here to see the current status of our campaign and what we've funded thus far! Click here to learn more about the budget cut, our response, and how you can help. If you would rather give by check, please make it out to Arts & Letters with "I Love A&L" in the memo line.
A big THANKS to all donors and all bidders... and a big CONGRATS to all winners! We raised $6,000 for Arts & Letters! Stay tuned for our larger spring auction in conjunction with our gala! Curious what all the hype was about? Check out the sold items here!
View our latest Parent Blast
We send home new Parent Blasts every Friday to keep you informed of what's most important right now. View this week's Parent Blast, below. There is always a section with special NYC and Brooklyn programs for your kids!
Parent Blast January 20, 2012.pdf
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Purple Book!
Fill out this 3 minute survey today, so we know your talents and resources!
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Admissions for Kindergarten,
First, & Second Grade
Arts & Letters is now a K-8 school. For the Fall of 2012-2013, we will be be opening two classes of Kindergarten students, and beginning a waitlist for First and Second Grades, should spots become available. If you are interested in finding out more, please sign up for a tour date at the link below. Need the application? Download it at the link below. For additional information, please view the Lower Grades Admissions tab on your left.
Click here for tour sign-up
Click here for the 2012 Kindergarten application.
Get a feel of our school with this fun slideshow!
Click here to view.
Where We Are Now
Thank you all for such a terrific turn-out at our kick-off Parent Association meeting! For an overview of where we are now as well as our fundraising efforts, view the comprehensive hand-out by clicking here
Arts & Letters on TV!
Telemundo of NBC Universal visited Arts & Letters as part of their Education Nation coverage on successful middle schools! View the clip (in Spanish!) by clicking here!
Shop Amazon & Target and they give to us!
They will give a % of each purchase amount to our school! Click the "Shop Amazon" link above to start shopping (the link will automatically tell Amazon you are supporting A&L). Bookmark the shopping page it takes you to for future shopping as well, and whenever you shop, make sure the address at the top of the page includes wwwuaaalorg in its long address! That's how you'll know rewards are coming to us! And read here about Target! Get a Target REDcard and designate our school, or if you have a REDcard already, go here to designate A&L!
6th graders did a walking tour of Ft. Greene brownstones, and all were amazed at the incredible architecture and detail they had never really noticed before! Afterwards, they sculpted their own brownstone out of clay.
"Pic(ture) of the week" shines some light on the powerful learning that is happening, each and every day, inside of our classrooms. Just an image and a caption. Short and simple.
Photography!
View the spectacular work that Visual Arts concentration students are doing with Ms. Bennett! Check out the Arts & Letters Photography class Flickr page, below. Some of these photos have already been featured by The Local, the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill New York Times blog!
Read about our Roundtables in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle!
Curious what Arts & Letters is all about?
Watch this video, created a few years ago... but still relevant! The core of Arts & Letters transcends time!
Arts & Letters - About Us.wmv
Photojournalists among us!
Arts & Letters students' photos have been published by The Local @ The New York Times! Check out their story and their photos produced during this innovative photojournalism program! The group visited The New York Times building on their last day and had their 5 best photos critiqued by a Times photographer! He loved their work!
Moved or changed your phone number? Please contact Mindy Giraud at mgiraud@schools.nyc.gov or (718)222-1605 ext 3044 and remember to always keep your contact information up-to-date!