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2024

  • Bronxville Earns Platinum Distinction on AP Honor Roll

    College Board announced that our Bronxville campus has been named to the 2024 Advanced Placement Program School Honor Roll, earning the highest Platinum distinction. The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools whose AP programs are delivering results for students while broadening access. Schools can earn this recognition annually based on criteria that reflect a commitment to increasing college-going culture, providing opportunities for students to earn college credit, and maximizing college readiness. FlexSchoolers had 100% of seniors who took at least one AP Exam during high school, 100% of seniors scoring a three or higher on at least one AP Exam, and 50% of seniors who took five or more AP Exams! Way to go, Bronxville!
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  • FlexSchool Launches 2e 101

    Have you seen our adorable new 2e explainer animation? We know our FlexSchool families are well-versed in 2e –  but we bet you know someone who isn’t! That’s why we’ve launched a new outreach and education initiative called 2e 101, designed to raise 2e awareness in the world beyond FlexSchool. So if you know someone who could benefit from learning about 2e, please use the links below to help us spread the word far and wide among your favorite parenting groups, social media groups, community, family and friends.

    2e in Two Minutes | Take the 2e Quiz | Visit 2e 101 | Subscribe | Facebook | Instagram

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  • Congrats 2024 Grads!

    We're proud to have graduated fifteen students from our ACES program and our Berkeley Heights, Bronxville, and Cloud campuses. Family and friends came in droves to help us celebrate, and our community enjoyed rousing speeches, musical performances, and delicious potluck dishes. Our seniors were sent off in style!
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  • FlexSummer and ESY 2024

    We excitedly welcomed new and returning students to our summer programs this July! FlexSummer students on our Cloud campus enjoyed courses such as Chess, Video Game Design, and Improv. Berkeley Heights students were treated to Extended School Year classes and experiential learning trips to the Turtleback Zoo, Gravity Vault, and more!
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  • Creative Writing on the Cloud

    Lynne visited Dan Greene’s Literary Studio class this week and left inspired! Students are working on their creative writing this trimester and shared some really interesting writing projects. Lynne was quite impressed with their work, which included an original screenplay, song lyrics interpretations, a hand-made bound book, video game fan fiction, and a “spec script” for a current TV sitcom. These students have certainly hit their creative stride by harnessing their strengths and interests!
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  • Cloud Students Share Their Passions Through GPP

    Cloud students are gearing up to share their Guided Passion Projects (GPP) after a year of exploration, planning, experimentation, and hard work! GPP is a year-long exploration of a topic that is of interest to the student, culminating in the development of a tangible expression of the knowledge gained during this exploration. This year, Cloud students’ GPP choices ranged from choreography and graphic design to coding and engineering with Arduino. GPP presentations will begin next week during Town Hall! 
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  • SNL Comic Responds to Bronxville students’ “Deep Thoughts”

    All year, students in Jackie Silvestri's Creative Writing Through The Arts classes at FlexSchool's Bronxville location have been studying the art of writing comedy. So, when it came to considering the notion that "Brevity is the soul of wit”, students looked to the writings of Jack Handey, specifically, his Deep Thoughts, which were featured on Saturday Night Live in short, faux-meditative segments, and for which Jack Handey was a writer for many seasons.
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  • Volunteering for a Better Earth

    On Friday, our Bronxville students traveled to Rye Nature Center for an afternoon of cleaning up litter and clearing out invasive plant species such as garlic mustard — a plant that is not harmful to humans but contains a chemical that kills the roots of native plants and quickly takes over the forest floor.
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  • Cloud Students Get Hands-On for the Earth

    Cloud students in Liz’s Environmental Science class are focusing on innovations to help mitigate environmental concerns. Recently, the class designed an experiment to test the rate of decomposition of various materials used to make straws including plastic, paper, bamboo, agave, and coconut fiber.
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  • Bronxville Bizarre Bazaar Raises Over $1,400!

    Thank you so much to everyone – our students, parents, and faculty, and especially the Bronxville student council and fearless leader Jenna – who came together to make this event such an incredible success! We are so proud of our students, who displayed amazing initiative, professionalism, and creativity as they provided a delightful array of food, handmade wares, games, and activities at the first-ever Bizarre Bazaar.

    Congratulations to our hardworking students on raising $1,457 for the student council in just two hours! 
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  • See, Think, Wonder at FlexSchool

    Our fifth and sixth-grade students recently learned about temperature changes in the Middle Ages through the 20th century in Europe and made inferences about them from a graph by completing a “See, Think, Wonder” – a Visual Thinking Routine from Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

    During the activity, our students were deeply engaged while looking at, analyzing, and taking notes on the graph. 

    Here's what they had to say about the experience:
    • "I wanted to let you know that this isn't my least favorite class anymore." 
    • "Yeah, I agree. It's nice that students get to talk and lead the class to examine stuff like this graph. I can see what it's about and make observations about it even if it's not always right. It's more fun than sitting while a teacher talks at you about what you should know." 
    • "Yeah, I like that too! That's why this is my favorite class."
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  • Digital Quilt

    One of the most fruitful lessons of the Civil Rights Movement was that it takes everyone working together to achieve significant social change. Another was that American diversity is a strength and something to be proud of. In that spirit, FlexSchool’s Cloud Campus students came together from multiple locations around the globe to create a digital quilt commemorating the events of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, and honoring the diverse contributions of history-makers in Black political, athletic, religious, cultural and creative communities.
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  • FlexSchool Goes To Broadway!

    Last week, FlexSchool students were invited to embark on a special multi-campus field trip, making the journey by train to New York City to witness the enchanting Broadway musical "How to Dance in Ohio." This thought-provoking production, which stars seven autistic actors, explores the universal themes of self-discovery, acceptance, and the joy of embracing life's challenges. Here’s what some of our students had to say about the experience:
    • "I liked it a lot."
    • "It was incredible!"
    • "I'm sad that it's not continuing on Broadway for longer."
    • "Favorite musical ever. I loved it! It is good for the public to see a musical about autism."
    • "I really like that the actors were really nice after the show when we got to meet them. I also liked how they represented some different traits of autism and mentioned that there are many more."
    • "I felt very seen."
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  • FlexSchool Core Values In Action At Bronxville

    FlexSchool Bronxville has been learning about the current housing crisis in New York City. Over 100,000 people are seeking temporary shelter, and many are refugees of the climate crisis. Our community came together to respond, collecting several boxes of nonperishable foods, and over 40 items of winter clothing like coats, hats, and sweaters. On top of that, Haleigh's Cooking Up History class made 52 bagged lunches to distribute, using ingredients that were generously donated by Geoffrey Fischer, a chef and FlexSchool parent. All donated goods are being dispersed at emergency shelters throughout the Bronx and Manhattan. The winter clothing and food drive will continue through the cold weather, and we are especially looking for boots and socks right now. The FlexSchool community is doing our best to live our values of respect and exploring the interconnectedness of all people.
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