Getting out of the classroom and heading into our city or beyond is a hallmark of our Speyer curriculum, and lately, it seems our students are everywhere! We gathered details on just a few of the latest field trips Speyer students have embarked upon — read on to find out about all of the fun!
Read MoreRecently, our Speyer Chess team competed in two tournaments: the 2022 All Girls NYC Chess Championship and the New York State Championship…and all we have to say is one word: Champions! We're so proud of all of our students – read on for the details!
Read MoreTalk of advertising claims, the impact of geopolitical issues on the economy, and wage estimates floated through the Boulevard as the Middle Schoolers welcomed professionals from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) during the first of their three visits to Speyer, as part of our financial literacy curriculum. This year the instructor teams included Speyer Parents and Staff to assist in the program as the PwC team has not yet returned to full in-person work. Taking a break from their usual morning schedule, each grade explored various financial topics.
Read MoreThe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards just came out and Speyer had 11 individuals win 25 awards. Yes, 25 awards! We have never had so many awards or so many winners! We are so proud of our eighth graders — read on for all of the details on this historic happening.
Read MoreSpeyer Basketball recently kicked off the competition part of their season with back-to-back games with grit, determination…and big steps outside of comfort zones! Read on for the highlights of the Dragons’ first games on the basketball court since 2020!
Read MoreHenri Matisse said, "Creativity takes courage." If we take this as truth, then our Speyer students are courageous every day, especially when they are exploring Art. Art is infused into every corner of our Speyer curriculum under the thoughtful and challenging guidance of Mr. Fortunato in Lower School and Mr. Sherry in Middle School. Check out a few of our latest Art highlights!
Read MoreFrom welcoming award-winning authors to exploring Pascal’s Triangle, from kicking off our all-school art project to celebrating National Chess Day, our gifted learners have been busy since the first day of school. Read on to find out what’s been happening at Speyer!
Read MoreWe are back! A few snapshots to show what we’ve been doing in the first few days of the 2021-2022 school year. What will our Speyer students discover this year?
Read MoreIn April, our Middle School Math Team took part in the annual Purple Comet Math Meet, an annual online competition that brings together hundreds of schools from across the world, while Speyer eighth grader Rohan S. represented New York State at the National MATHCOUNTS Competition — find out how they did!
Read MoreSpotted on the Boulevard: Speyer fifth graders sharing their passions with the world as they filmed their Ted-Ed talks! Some of the topics they tackled: promoting quality education, LGBTQ+ acceptance, the climate crisis, sustainable energy, the water crisis, and more — and now you can watch them on the TED-Ed YouTube Channel!
Read MoreThe Scholastic Award Winners were announced recently and once again, our Speyer eighth graders brought home awards. This year, we had three Speyer students win multiple awards! Not only are these are wonderful awards, there is something else to consider: our students compete in the 13-18 age group, going up against thousands of high schoolers from around the region. It is extremely impressive that Speyer eighth graders do so well in this esteemed competition!
Read MoreSpeyer Middle Schoolers were treated to their own "backstage chat" as we welcomed a panel of folks with, collectively, decades of experience in multiple roles (pun intended!) in the world of theater. This "Broadway on Ninth!" assembly was the first in a series launched for our Middle School students that will expose them to different fields and perhaps incite hidden passions – or capitalize on current ones.
Read MoreSpotted off the Boulevard and Zooming into California State University, East Bay: our Speyer girls at their first "Rocket Girls" workshop! Joined by Dr. Danika LeDuc, a chemistry professor specializing in biophysical chemistry and Associate Dean at College of Science at Cal State East Bay, this was the kick-off event for a series of workshops just for our girls launched by the Affinity Group for Parents of Girls!
Read MoreA few days before Winter Break, our eighth graders were joined on Zoom by their parents, teachers, and Speyer administration as they presented the final project for their World War I unit. During this immersion into the study of World War I, they considered how different assignments, all of which tasked them to delve deep into analysis, tells the story of war best and which tells the truth of war best...and what the difference between those two questions truly means.
Read MoreAt the end of 2020, our Speyer Math-letes competed in two math competitions. Though the events looked a little different this year due to COVID, this didn't deter our Dragons, who once again dominated (with denominators and more)!
Read MoreFrom writing newsletters to discovering the history of NYC, all of our students have been hard at work! Check out a few of the highlights happening at here in our Speyer News Round-Up!
Read MoreSpotted on Zoom: That's best-selling author Veera Hiranandani visiting with Speyer fifth graders to talk about the summer book they read: The Night Diary. The Night Diary received many awards including the 2019 Newbery Honor Award, the 2019 Walter Dean Myers Honor Award, and the 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature.
Read MoreOver the summer, Speyer students had to contend with a global pandemic, leading to the cancellation of nearly all plans (no camp, limited travel, not able to see relatives). We challenged the oldest students, our eighth graders, to think about how they might respond to this sudden gift of time. Read on to see how the Class of 2021 tackled their summer assignment, taking the oft-asked essay question "What did you do on your summer vacation?" to a whole new level.
Read MoreWords are powerful tools, but right now, they’ve been more difficult to utilize. Sometimes we just don’t have the words to convey what we are feeling, how we are doing, or just the world at this moment. However, something pretty amazing happened (virtually) at Speyer on Friday that gave us a restored hope in finding words to help us cope with what was happening. Speyer’s eighth graders held (perhaps the first-ever) 8th Grade Zoom Poetry Recitals During COVID-19 Social Distancing. They were the culmination of their Distance Learning poetry unit, during which they tackled three key questions: Is it a poem? Why did she write it? and, Is it any good?.
Read MoreSaving and investing, long-term budgeting and financial planning, debt management, environmental stability…all of these topics (and more) were tackled last week when the folks from PricewaterhouseCoopers took over the Boulevard and Middle School classrooms to work with Speyer's students for the second session of this year's Financial Literacy curriculum. Moving beyond the "what" to the "how," each grade explored a different financial concept.
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