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Sisters affinity group

Community

An Affinity for Nurturing Success: The First Year of S.I.S.T.E.R.S.

Grade 3 debates

Academics

Reading, Research, and Rhetoric: Grade 3 Debates

Sustainability SLT works with students at Poly Lower School

Academics

Upper and Lower School Students Collaborate for Sustainability

Jennifer Nelson Kastendieck Lecture

Academics

The Kastendieck Lecture: A Harmonious Tale of Music and Environment

Lower School United Voices group photo

Academics

Lower School Affinity Group ‘United Voices’ Visits Brooklyn Museum

Lower School Mindfulness Class

Academics

Lower School Students ‘Find Their Mindful Bodies’

Lower School Parents' Association COMET presentation

Community

Navigating Technology Together: A Parent/School Partnership Formed

Solidarity Week rainbow flag of students

Community

Celebrating LGBTQ+ Youth and Allyship: Solidarity 2024

New Faculty 2024-25 Part 2

Academics

Meet the New 2024 Poly Faculty (Part Two)

LS Mock Election student with vote sticker with ballot box

Academics

Cookies or Krispie Treats? Lower School Votes in Mock Election

New faculty part 1

Academics

Meet the New 2024 Poly Faculty (Part One)

$LS math story teacher with student$

Academics

A New Year of Math at the Lower School

Summer PD

Academics

Summer 2024 Faculty Professional Development

Lower School teachers attend conference in Italy

Academics

Nursery Teachers Attend the Reggio Emilia Program in Italy

First day of Lower School 2024

Community

Welcome Back to School 2024

Lower School Words Matter initiative

Academics

Words Matter

“My Hair a Mi Modo''

Academics

Learning Through Language: “My Hair a Mi Modo”

Lower School Journalism

Academics

More After-School Enrichment at Lower School

Lower School After School play - children on slide

Academics

After School Fun & Enrichment

Friends First Day of School 2023

Community

Picture Perfect First Day

Summer Professional Development in Argentina

Academics

Poly Faculty Are Lifelong Learners

Poetry Pals

Academics

Poetry Pen Pal Project

Grade 2 NYC history

Academics

Grade 2 Celebrates All Things NYC

Lower School Women's History Oratory Content

Academics

Championing the Words of Women

Afternoon of Tech students with Blue Devil mascots

Academics

Interactive Fun at Afternoon of Tech

Lower School Great African History Museum student Sloan M.

Academics

Lower School’s Great African History Museum

Lower School Blue Devil high-fiving Students

Academics

Lower School Read-a-Thon

John Patrick Green visits Lower School

Academics

Cracking the Case with Author John Patrick Green

Human solidarity rainbow flag on the oval at Poly Prep

Community

Poly Celebrates Solidarity Week

Poly Cultura

Community

PolyCultura 2022 Celebrates Belonging

Lower School Carnegie Hall

Arts

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

Lower School Computer Science girls working together

Academics

Life Is a Boolean Logic Statement Inside a Conditional

Lower School Women's History Oratory Contest

Academics

Lower School’s First Women’s History Oratory Contest

Lower School salsa dancers greet students at lower school

Community

Lower School Celebrates Hispanic/Latinx Heritage

Blue Devil Night September 24, 2021

Athletics

Blue Devil Night Brings It

New roles, new faculty 2021-22

Community

Taking on New Roles at Poly This Fall

Students receive letter from President Biden

Academics

President Biden Gives Advice to Grade 2

Lower School Women's History Month Assembly 2021

Academics

Lower School Celebrates Women’s History Month

PolyCultura

Community

PolyCultura: A Celebration of Diversity Through The Art of Storytelling & Connection

Lower School MLK and African-American History Month Assemblies art

Academics

Lower School Celebrates MLK and African-American History Month

Lunar New Year ox

Community

Kindergarten A Shares Lunar New Year Celebration with Lower School

Lower School PreK Rosa Parks Civil Rights Lesson

Academics

Pre-K Reenacts Rosa Parks’ Bus Protest in Civil Rights Study

Lower School Virtual Festival of Lights

Community

Virtual Festival of Lights Shines Brightly

Anti-Racist Read-Aloud book collage

Academics

Lower School Anti-Racist Read-Aloud Initiative

Time for Kids collage of covers

Academics

There Is Always ‘TIME for Kids’ in Grade 3

Diwali artwork

Community

HUGs API Hosts Lower School Celebration of Diwali

LS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Academics

Lower School Celebrates Latinx Heritage

Lower School Ally Week 2020

Community

Lower School Celebrates Ally Week in Rainbow Colors

Poly Prep Grade 4 students play

Arts

Grade 4 Creates Pure Joy on Xylophones

Lower School Opening Day

Academics

Poly Is Open and Together Again

12 Notable Guests

Community

Guest Speakers Roundup: Highlights from 2019-2020

Class of 2028 4th Grade Graduation

Community

Lower School Celebrates the Class of 2028

Grade 3-4 Virtual Spring Concert

Arts

Grades 3 & 4 Find New Ways to Collaborate in Music and Dance

Reading Challenge Top Readers

Academics

Grade 5 Lands Top Spot in Poly Read-a-Thon Challenge

Neel Nayak of SpaceX visits Nursery

Academics

SpaceX Engineer Takes Nursery on a Journey into Space

Virtual Lifer's Lunch

Community

Oh, How They’ve Grown: Poly Seniors Look Back

Lower School Author Visit Mac Barnett

Academics

Lower School Literati

Virtual Poly Tech Hero: Charles Polizano P'18

Academics

Virtual Poly Tech Hero: Charles Polizano P’18

Lower School Virtual Poly thumbnail

Academics

Lower School in Virtual Poly

Festival of lights at poly prep

Academics

Lower School Festival of Lights

Prospect park clean up project

Community

Lower School Prospect Park Cleanup

Alexandra Penfold image

Academics

Lower School Gets Visits From Their Favorite Authors

Diwali Kindergarten

Community

LS Celebrates Diwali in Kindergarten

Arts stools project

Arts

Grade 4 Students Take on the Great Art Stool Project