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Ceramicist Brianna Kwan ’23 Wins Two Scholastic Art Awards
Ceramics artist wins not one, but two Scholastic Art Awards!
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Stakes Are High at The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Get your dictionaries ready, it's time for the "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
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Advanced Concert Choir Shines in NOLA
“They performed beautifully and embraced every new experience."
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Photographers Win Scholastic Art Awards
Click! Poly photographers win Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
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NYC Street & Subway Art Legend Lee Quiñones
Renowned artist Lee Quiñones talks about his life in NYC and the birth of the graffiti movement.
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Middle School Students Create DEIB Mosaic
Sharing in an environment of belonging inspires unity.
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Art & Social Change Hosts Community Projects
Time to de-stress with Art & Social Change's community projects.
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String Ensemble to Perform Work by Poly Student Composer
“Iridessa” by Jordan Millar '24 to be performed at Winter Concert 2022.
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Dan Doughty to Receive 2022 Spirit Award
It's music to our ears. Dan Doughty is Poly's 2022 Spirit Award winner.
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Pirouettes and Philosophy with the New Dance Teacher
Trying something new can shift one's perspective beyond expectations.
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How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
Four Lower School students were selected to play at Carnegie Hall Link Up Virtual Concert.
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Students Win Scholastic Art Gold Key Awards
Students earn prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing awards.
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“Curtains” Is a Mystery Wrapped in Musical Comedy
Get ready for a rousing in-person performance of the whodunnit parody!
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Digital Winter Visual Arts Exhibition
Explore more than 140 student works from our Winter Visual Arts Show.
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Artist Sarah E. Brook’s Sculpture Installed
New sculpture becomes part of Poly's landscape.
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PolyARTS Presents a Holiday Classic
No "bah humbugs" here... Grades 7&8 bring "A Christmas Carol" to life.
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Preview of the Grades 11/12 Play “Museum”
The Poly community is invited to visit Tina Howe's comedy, "Museum."
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Professional Artists Return for In-Person Middle School Dance Classes
Professional artists return for in-person dance classes as part of Poly's Arts Partnership program.
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Poly on Film Looks at a Uniquely Asian-American Sport
Framed in Chinatown history, this documentary brings viewers into a gripping 9-Man streetball battle.
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Live ARTs Is Back: Grades 9&10 Play “The Outsider”
The Richard Perry Theatre is ready for its grand return to in-person performances! Poly Arts is excited to present our…
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Sarah E. Brook’s Artist Residency Illuminates Poly
“I want my work to make you think about how you see...”
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Art Meets Activism: Michael S. Robinson Garment Wows at Met Gala
Head of Arts Michael Robinson's garment wows viewers at the Met Gala red carpet.
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Dan Doughty’s New Role as Director of Music
Dan Doughty will lead N-12 music programs and align co-curricular opportunities, such as our Poly Conservatory.
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Spotlight on Poly’s Middle School Musical “Godspell Junior”
Imagine learning dance steps by Zoom and keeping your right and left foot straight...
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Visual Arts Debuts Virtual Exhibition in May
Poly Prep Visual Arts to debut first-ever school-wide virtual art exhibition...
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Preview of the US Musical “Songs for a New World”
Poly's Upper School Musical "Songs for a New World" debuts virtually on March 26.
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Middle School’s Grades 7 & 8 Play Goes Virtual
Enjoy a preview and cast comments from our upcoming Middle School play.
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Poly Context: Artist Tawny Chatmon on Celebrating the Beauty of Black Childhood
The Poly community was treated to a unique glimpse into the creative process and inspiration behind the work of acclaimed…
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Competitive “Speechies” Succeed in Virtual Events
Competitive Speech is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the virtual stage...
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With New Technology & Resilience the Winter Concert Will Go On!
Poly's Performing Arts shares a sneak peak of our 2020 Winter Concert.
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How Love, Shakespeare Conquers All Obstacles
The upcoming Grades 11 and 12 play, Love Shakespeare, offered challenges unlike any other Upper School production, beyond learning the…
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Prepare for a Scare: “Ghost Story,” the Grades 9/10 Play Debuts
Grades 9 and 10 perform six original plays commissioned by Poly...
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Poly Conservatory Is Part of Vision of Poly as a Cultural Center
Poly Conservatory aims to strengthen the school's performing arts program and help establish Poly as a cultural center.
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Photography Class Documents Outdoor Poly
Upper School photography class collaborates on a photo documentary project of our outdoor learning experience.
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Grade 4 Creates Pure Joy on Xylophones
Lower School music teacher Jennifer Nelson delights with an xylophone concert on the steps...
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Heard on Campus: Dance
What's it like for students at Poly during outdoor and online learning?
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Exploring the Language of Light
What makes a photograph most interesting, most successful as a work of artistic interest? That is a question visual arts…
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Advanced Dance Class Is New York Tough
In the Advanced Dance class final video project, “NY Tough,” dancers expressed their lives during quarantine, accompanied by the words…
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Original Play by Hallie Stephenson ’20 Accepted into Winterfest New York Theater Festival
Aspiring actor and playwright Hallie Stephenson ’20 often performed on the Poly stage, and now, her original play, The Virgin’s…
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Grades 3 & 4 Find New Ways to Collaborate in Music and Dance
Collaboration was key to bringing to life this year’s Grades 3 & 4 Spring Concert and Dance performance on June…
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Night (or Day) at the New Virtual Poly Museum
This week, Poly opened the doors to its first art exhibition in the Virtual Poly Museum. To kick off this…
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Upper School Students Earn Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Creativity runs through the rooms and hallways of Poly, so when it’s time to put it to paper, our teachers…
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Afternoon of Student Choreography
Movement… color… sound… leaps and pirouettes… every year, it all comes to life in Poly’s annual Afternoon of Student Choreography.…
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Upper School Advanced Drawing and AP Art Classes Make New Connections With Art Editor Elizabeth Meryman
Another reason a Poly Arts education is so special: Elizabeth Meryman, art editor during the 1990s for the nationally recognized…
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Middle School/Upper School Create A Mosaic Treasure Garden
Have you seen the the beautiful Mosaic Treasure Garden yet, near the greenhouse? It’s the result of an inspired, creative…
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Grade 4 Students Take on the Great Art Stool Project
Bursts of color, foreign landscapes, classic portraits. Surrealism, realism, still lifes. Our fourth graders choose artwork that speaks to them,…
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Creating and Curating with the Brooklyn Museum
As part of a new class, Creating and Curating with the Brooklyn Museum, June D. ’23 was inspired by the…
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Grade 8 Drama Class
Poly’s Middle School drama students excelled among over 150 students from New York State who competed for two days in…
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Screening of ‘On the Basis of Sex’ Leads to Lively Panel Discussion
On a cool evening in March 2019, the Poly community gathered in the Richard Perry Theatre for a screening of…
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US AP History at MET for Art of Native American exhibit from the Charles ’52 and Valerie Diker Collection
As part of their visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Poly’s AP Art History students and their teacher Laura…
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