Academics Archives - Poly Prep Country Day School

Matt Rosenberg with students Brianna Sylvain ’27 and Lucas Basham ’24

New York Times Reporter Shares Experiences with Students

Clarence Haynes with student

Author Clarence Haynes Discusses Novel, Storytelling, and Finding Inspiration

Infinite Stem

InFInite STEM Spotlights Women Nobel Prize Winners

Lower School Journalism

More After-School Enrichment at Lower School

John Reed author visit

Author John Reed Visits New English Elective Class

Lower School After School play - children on slide

After School Fun & Enrichment

Asian American Course student-teacher collaboration

Independent Study to Become Asian American History Course

Scoutmaster James Vavas ‘93

The Scoutmaster

Japanese Class Kent Leeklymenko

New Course Alert: Introduction to Japanese

Faculty Summer Professional Development Maite Iracheta

More Enriching Summer Professional Development

Summer Professional Development in Argentina

Poly Faculty Are Lifelong Learners

NYU Summer Courses teacher with students

Summer Partnership with NYU School of Engineering

Shaza Mousa

Senior Speaker Shaza Mousa ’23

Rory Schoenberger

Joseph Dana Allen Award Winner Rory Schoenberger ’23

Ms US Major Awards 2023

Upper and Middle School Major Awards 2023

Cum Laude 2023

2023 Cum Laude Inductees

Poetry Pals

Poetry Pen Pal Project

Poly Context Amit Prakash

PolyContext: Historian Dr. Amit Prakash

Grade 2 NYC history

Grade 2 Celebrates All Things NYC

class of 2023 college matriculation list

The Class of 2023 Heads to College

Lower School Women's History Oratory Content

Championing the Words of Women

Polygon story about female-identifying tech clubs

Students Grow Their Love for STEM

Pi Day students with Rich Nolan

Poly Loves Pi Day 2023

Camryn Garrett author visit

Author Camryn Garrett Visits Poly

Upper School Riezi group

Upper School Rienzi 2023

Afternoon of Tech students with Blue Devil mascots

Interactive Fun at Afternoon of Tech

HBCU Alumni Student Mixer panelists and attendees

First HBCU Alumni Student Mixer

Middle School Rienzi 6th Graders

Middle School Celebrates Rienzi Showcase

Karyn Parsons with Myka Modeste '23, Mia Edwards '23, and Sundiata Gittens '23

Actor and Author Karyn Parsons Delights Poly

Lower School Great African History Museum student Sloan M.

Lower School’s Great African History Museum

NY Times journalist Emily Bazelon speaks with students and faculty

NY Times Reporter Visits Students

Poly students attend International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly at the UN

International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly at the UN

Lower School Blue Devil high-fiving Students

Lower School Read-a-Thon

Climate Conference students shaking hands

Poly Students Tackle Climate Change

NYC History Film Festival

Premiere of NYC History Films

Class of 2023 Early College Decisions

Class of 2023 Early Decision College Results

John Patrick Green visits Lower School

Cracking the Case with Author John Patrick Green

Alumni Polygon editors visit current journalism students.

Former Polygon Editors Revisit “How We Talk When We Talk About Race”

Middle School Clubs Green Devils Lantern Fly Trap

Spotlight on Middle School Clubs

David Gauvey Herbert ’03 speaks to journalism students

Alumnus Shares Stories of His Life as Investigative Journalist

News NYU and Robotics students

NYU Grad Students Mentor Robotics Team

Julissa Velazquez and Cinthya Sanchez dancing

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage at Upper School Assembly

US Clubs Fair Collage

Upper School Clubs Fair 2022

Writing Center Opens

Grand Opening of New Writing Center

Susan Beiles

Susan Beiles: 43 Years of History

Polygon Conference story

Preseason for Student Journalists

Geometry Class with Ira Feldman

New Ball Field Measures Up

Commencement 2022

Poly Celebrates 165th Commencement

Jake Zrihen ‘22

Joseph Dana Allen Award Winner Jake Zrihen ’22

Senior Speaker Ryantony Exuma ’22

Senior Speaker Ryantony Exuma ’22 Reflects on Lessons Guiding Him Forward

Cum Laude 2022

Congratulations to Poly’s Class of 2022 Cum Laude Inductees

$Much Ado About Math 2022$

Much Ado About Math

Major Awards 2022

Upper and Middle School Major Awards 2022

College Matriculation 2022

The Class of 2022 Heads to College

AP Chem Lab experiment

What Color Is Spinach? AP Chem Lab Breaks it Down

Computer Science Alumni

Computer Science Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Afternoon of Tech robots

Techies Unite at Poly’s Afternoon of Tech

Dr. Micha Tomkiewicz Holocaust presentation

Holocaust Survivor Is Guest Speaker at Assembly

Computer Science graphic

Computer Science & Information Skills Ignite the Imagination

Lower School Computer Science girls working together

Life Is a Boolean Logic Statement Inside a Conditional

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein with The Disordered Cosmos book cover

Cosmologist Highlights Intersection of Physics and Social Justice

Lower School Women's History Oratory Contest

Lower School’s First Women’s History Oratory Contest

National History Day Triola and Dorsch

Two Students Earn Honors in NYC History Contest

Black Power-Black Arts - Mia Edwards artwork

Black Power-Black Arts

Early College Decision Polygon

Exploring Early Decision

Stellene Volandes '89 Context

Poly Context: Alumna Illuminates Dazzling Jewels in History

Lola Pitman

Mile-High Adventures

José Oliveras

Art & Science: Teacher Explores Jorge Luis Borges and Quantum Physics

Journalism class

US Journalism Class Publishes The Prep

HBCU week students taking virtual tour of Howard University

Poly Hosts Its First HBCU Week

Jamelle Bouie

Poly Context Features New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie

R. Zamora Linmark Author Visit

Middle School Hosts Author R. Zamora Linmark

Read-a-Thon 2021-22

25,000 Minutes of Reading and Counting…

Poly Prep Class of 2022 Early College Admissions Results

Early Decision College Results Are In

NYC Slavery Tour story

NYC Slavery and Underground Railroad Tour

Middle School Students Build Robots

Grade 6 Tech Class Builds AI Computer Vision Kits

Ramesh Laungani

Dr. Laungani’s Strategies to Make Science Approachable

$Zach Udin at British Museum$

Math History Student’s Quest Led to British Museum

AI scholars program social media icons

Marisa Triola ‘24 Completes A.I. Scholars Program

Dr. Robert Aston

Dr. Robert Aston Guest Lecture to Graduate Students in London

Maite Iracheta summer professional development in Mexico

Maité Iracheta Connects with Mexicayotl Movement in Summer Professional Development

Climate Change professional development

Climate Change Education

Clubs Fair 2021 First Aid Club

Creative Pitches at the Upper School Clubs Fair

Students receive letter from President Biden

President Biden Gives Advice to Grade 2

Dr. Ramesh Laungani, Science Chair

Meet Dr. Ramesh Laungani, New Chair of the Science Department

Getting Ahead by Exploring the Past: History Club

Middle School and Upper School Final Assembly of 2020-2021

End-of-Year Assembly Celebrates Perseverance & Achievements

senior capstone 2021

Senior Plan Capstone Project 2021

Commencement 2021 cap

Poly Prep Celebrates the Class of 2021

Gauri Purohit joseph dana allen award winner 2021

Joseph Dana Allen Award Winner Gauri Purohit ’21

Talia Marash Senior Speaker 2021

Senior Speaker Talia Marash ’21 Reflects on Her Poly Experience

Class of 2021 Heads to College

The Class of 2021 Heads to College

2021 Cum Laude Inductees

Class of 2021 Cum Laude Induction with Guest Speaker Kwame Anthony Appiah

2021 Major Awards

Major Awards Ceremony 2021

Middle School Bearns 2021 Poly at sunset

Bearns: A Speaking Tradition Goes Virtual

Upper School Rienzi

Upper School Celebrates World Languages and Poetry

Middle School Rienzi 2021

Middle School Celebrates Rienzi 2021

Michael Buckley Middle School Author Visit

Best-selling Author Michael Buckley Visits Grades 5 & 6

Nobel Prize Science Forum

Nobel Prize Lunch Forum

Lower School Women's History Month Assembly 2021

Lower School Celebrates Women’s History Month