News

Middle School AAPI Club Fairs

Community

A Look Inside Poly’s AAPI Middle School Group

Middle School musical Newsies JR.

Arts

Strike Up the Spotlight: Newsies JR. Closes the PolyARTS Theater Season With Heart

Poetry class

Academics

Find Your Creative Voice: Lee Marcus Brings Harvard Expertise to Poly

Mandarin Class

Academics

A Look Inside Poly Middle School: Mandarin with Chenyi Zhou

Middle School Urban Farming students in greenhouse

Academics

Grade 7 Urban Farming Revitalizes Campus Greenhouse

Grade 8 London trip

Academics

Page Meets Stage: Grade 8’s Literary London Excursion

Marrus Family Darkroom

Arts

Through the Lens of Legacy: The Marrus Family Media Lab and Darkroom

$Middle School math class students$

Academics

A Look Inside Poly Middle School: Grade 5 Mathematics with Dr. Corinna Brathwaite

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)

Middle School play Rosemallow House

Arts

Venture into the Mysterious Mansion of “Rosemallow House”

New faculty part 1

Academics

Meet the New 2024 Poly Faculty (Part One)

Camp Mason students

Academics

A Poly Middle School Tradition Returns: Grade 8 Goes to Camp

Middle School reading challenge 2024

Academics

Return of Reading for Fun in Middle School

Summer PD

Academics

Summer 2024 Faculty Professional Development

First day of Lower School 2024

Community

Welcome Back to School 2024

2023-24 Major Awards

Academics

Upper and Middle School Major Awards 2024

Book Club

Academics

New Middle School Reading Club

Oliver Jr. Middle School Musical

Arts

Come Home to Our Middle School Musical: “Oliver! Jr.”

Afternoon of Student Choreography 2024

Arts

Dancers are Stars at the New Poly Arts Center Debut

Middle School Grade 5 students at Museum of Natural History

Community

How Fifth Graders Are Supported Through Transition to Middle School

Clarence Haynes with student

Academics

Author Clarence Haynes Discusses Novel, Storytelling, and Finding Inspiration

Max Stossel Visits Poly

Community

Max Stossel on the Impact of Social Media

Asher Blumberg ‘30

Community

Get to Know: Asher

Friends First Day of School 2023

Community

Picture Perfect First Day

Dan Doughty

Community

Meet Dan Doughty: Poly’s New Head of Middle School

Ms US Major Awards 2023

Academics

Upper and Middle School Major Awards 2023

Bye Bye Birdie

Arts

Middle School’s Exuberant “Bye Bye Birdie”

Middle School March Madness fans

Community

Middle School Mini March Madness

Afternoon of Tech students with Blue Devil mascots

Academics

Interactive Fun at Afternoon of Tech

Middle School Rienzi 6th Graders

Academics

Middle School Celebrates Rienzi Showcase

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

Academics

Actor and Author Karyn Parsons Delights Poly

Girls Basketball Briana Robles

Athletics

Celebrating Girls and Women in Sports

Jordan Millar ’24 artwork

Arts

Winter Visual Arts Competition

Middle School students work on their mosaic pieces

Arts

Middle School Students Create DEIB Mosaic

Human solidarity rainbow flag on the oval at Poly Prep

Community

Poly Celebrates Solidarity Week

Middle School Clubs Green Devils Lantern Fly Trap

Academics

Spotlight on Middle School Clubs

Middle School Character in Action Awards - Celia C.

Community

Character in Action Awards

Writing Center Opens

Academics

Grand Opening of New Writing Center

$Much Ado About Math 2022$

Academics

Much Ado About Math

Major Awards 2022

Academics

Upper and Middle School Major Awards 2022

Afternoon of Tech robots

Academics

Techies Unite at Poly’s Afternoon of Tech

Computer Science graphic

Academics

Computer Science & Information Skills Ignite the Imagination

R. Zamora Linmark Author Visit

Academics

Middle School Hosts Author R. Zamora Linmark

Middle School students with dean

Community

Combatting the Arrival to a New School

Winter Art Show Sigourney Heaton work

Arts

Digital Winter Visual Arts Exhibition

Lama Tenzin creating mandala 2022

Community

Lama Tenzin Returns with Message of Compassion

Read-a-Thon 2021-22

Academics

25,000 Minutes of Reading and Counting…

Grades 7&8 play A Christmas Carol

Arts

PolyARTS Presents a Holiday Classic

Poly PM Spectacular STEM

Community

Poly PM Is a Hit

Middle School Students Build Robots

Academics

Grade 6 Tech Class Builds AI Computer Vision Kits

Dancer and choreographer Winston Dynamite Brown instructs students

Arts

Professional Artists Return for In-Person Middle School Dance Classes

Sabina Laricchia MS Food Drive

Community

Sabina Laricchia P’21 Is the 2021 Spirit Award Winner

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

Dr. Ramesh Laungani, Science Chair

Academics

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

Academics

Getting Ahead by Exploring the Past: History Club

Middle School and Upper School Final Assembly of 2020-2021

Academics

End-of-Year Assembly Celebrates Perseverance & Achievements

2021 Major Awards

Academics

Major Awards Ceremony 2021

Middle School Musical Godspell Junior.

Arts

Spotlight on Poly’s Middle School Musical “Godspell Junior”

Middle School Bearns 2021 Poly at sunset

Academics

Bearns: A Speaking Tradition Goes Virtual

Dr. Donald Earl Collins Poly Connected speaker

Community

Poly Connected: Tackles ‘Cancel Culture’

Middle School Rienzi 2021

Academics

Middle School Celebrates Rienzi 2021

Michael Buckley Middle School Author Visit

Academics

Best-selling Author Michael Buckley Visits Grades 5 & 6

Nobel Prize Science Forum

Academics

Nobel Prize Lunch Forum

Confronting Anti-Asian Discrimination

Community

Confronting Anti-Asian Discrimination

Poly Connected Dread Scott

Community

Poly Connected: Social Change through Art

Poly Connected Camille Rich

Community

Poly Connected: Other People’s Stories

Middle School Read-a-thon January 2021

Academics

Middle School Read-a-Thon Clocks Over 1,000 Hours

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Arts

Middle School’s Grades 7 & 8 Play Goes Virtual

Author Helen Phillips and her book Here Where the Sunbeams are Green

Academics

Author Helen Phillips “Zooms” with Middle School Students

Leo's Grade 5 Solar System

Academics

Heard on Campus: Science

Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar and her book Never Caught

Academics

Social Historian Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar Is Context Speaker

New Faculty September

Academics

Meet Our New Faculty: September

Lower School Opening Day

Academics

Poly Is Open and Together Again

Welcome to Poly

Academics

Meet Our New Faculty: August

12 Notable Guests

Community

Guest Speakers Roundup: Highlights from 2019-2020

Lunch & Learn Workshops

Community

Lunch & Learn Workshops: A Space for Students to Discuss Racism

Grade 7 Art & Activism Project

Academics

Grade 7 History Responded to Murder of George Floyd by Creating an Art & Activism Gallery

Class of 2024 Moving Up

Community

Grade 8 Moves Up

$Middle School math competition$

Academics

Middle School “Mathsmanship”

Major Awards 2020

Academics

Students Honored at Annual Major Awards Ceremony

Reading Challenge Top Readers

Academics

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

Grade 6 Spanish Algunas Noticias Buenas

Academics

Algunas Noticias Buenas from Grade 6

Middle School New Yorker magazine cover art

Arts

Night (or Day) at the New Virtual Poly Museum

National History Day Middle School

Academics

History Club Members Advance in National History Day Competition

Grid of upper school students

Academics

Middle & Upper School Adapting to Virtual Poly

Virtual Poly Tech Hero: Charles Polizano P'18

Academics

Virtual Poly Tech Hero: Charles Polizano P’18

Winter arts concert

Arts

Winter Arts Festival

Lego robotics image

Academics

Students Explore Tech With Lego Robots, Virtual Locomotives, and Giant Tetris

Computer design challange

Academics

Middle School Technology Students Create 3D Locomotives

Philadelphia trip

Academics

The Grade 7 Trip to Philadelphia’s Historic Sites Included A “Rocky” Moment

Rothenburg image

Academics

Middle School Book Club ‘Wild Riders!’ Talks to Author Jess Rothenberg

Lincoln center jazz

Academics

Jazz at Lincoln Center Comes to Middle School

Billion oyster image

Academics

Middle Schoolers Dive Into The Billion Oyster Project with a Service Trip to Governors Island

Mosaic garden tiles

Arts

Middle School/Upper School Create A Mosaic Treasure Garden

New harlem renaissance festival

Academics

Grade 7 Harlem Renaissance Festival

creating and curating

Arts

Creating and Curating with the Brooklyn Museum

8th grade thespians

Arts

Grade 8 Drama Class