Mary Clancy

Director
Rachel Munz
Assistant Director
Rachel Munz
Site Director
Kate McGough
Assistant Director

COOKE CENTER SUMMER ACADEMY 2014
August 1, 2014
Dear Families:
This ast !ee" has #een $ull o$ e%citement& Stu'ents tra(ele' to #oth The )roo"l*n Grange in +,- an'
The Ri(er .ro/ect at .ier 400 1e ha(e continue' to e%lore the theme o$ science in the cit* an' ho! to #e the
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7 ;al$ Da*72oon Dismissal
ART T.ERA$Y U$DATE
Artists were asked to take a mental picture (squishing your face and
raising your eyebrows and making a click sound, who needs digital
cameras!) of their favorite New York attraction !hey sketched their
image, then imprinted it onto a special styrofoam scratch paper to
then make an ink print! !he best part of ink printing is that if it
doesn"t come out how you like it, you can do it again (#ust like a
computer printer, we could make millions!) !his repetitive process
not only helps the artist maintain a sense of control over their work
but parallels the repetition of things we see over and over in the
city
Mary Clancy
Director
Rachel Munz
Assistant Director
Rachel Munz
Site Director
Kate McGough
Assistant Director

COOKE CENTER SUMMER ACADEMY 2014
Rachel Munz < Kate McGough
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Thank you to the
SKILLS students for
replacing our
basketball nets.
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Trippers Class
Please continue to visit our class weebly throughout the
summer!
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.ass!or': ,n'een'ence
Ms. Josies Class
This week Ms. Josie's class read the book "ow !id That "et In My Lunchbo#$" and learned all
about where the food fro% our lunch co%es fro%. Most of the food we eat co%es fro% a far% &
either a plant or fro% an ani%al' Then we did an acti(ity where we looked in our lunch bo#es to
see what e(eryone had' )e then talked about if the food in our lunch bo#es was a healthy
choice. )e glued pictures of our lunch ite%s into a lunchbo# to show our lunch for the day'
)e also read a book called *o%post stew. )e learned that the word "co%post" %eans+ a %i#ture
of rotting and unused food and garbage that turns into healthy dirt for plants. )e learned about
all of the things that %ight go into co%post... , thing beginning with each letter of the alphabet'
-fterwards. we %ade our own alphabet list of foods that we like to eat and discussed if those
foods were healthy or not.
It has been a great week' Making self&to&te#t connections is i%portant' So when you're at ho%e...
talk about where food co%es fro% when you're eating or if you see a garden. talk about why
plants are healthy for the earth' a(e an aweso%e weekend'
Mary Clancy
Director
Rachel Munz
Assistant Director
Rachel Munz
Site Director
Kate McGough
Assistant Director

COOKE CENTER SUMMER ACADEMY 2014
Ms. Liebovs Class
!eam &ose worked hard this week with our new unit 'rban (cience! )e
worked on sequencing skills and reading comprehension! )e continued
working on facts vs opinions and answering the * )h questions! )e also
learned about bar graphs in math! )e learned a fun new song called
&educe, &euse, &ecycle! +t was a great week!
Mr. Greens Class & Ms. Gs Class
,ur middle school classes have been learning about local produce After
reading, -ow .id !hat /et +n 0y 1unchbo23 )e have a better
understanding of how fruits and veggies got from the garden, orchard, and
groves, into our lunches ,n )ednesday, we took a trip to the 'nion (quare
4armers market to buy local fruits and vegetables )e found the ripest fruits
and freshest vegetables to use in our special snacks ,n !hursday, we had
a special guest, 5hef 0iriam, 6oin our class to teach us how to prepare the fruits and vegetables as sweet and
savory snacks 4or our vegetable based dish we prepared a beautiful salad and made our own dressing )e
then combined the fruits and created a colorful and delicious dessert of peaches, blueberries, brown sugar,
and a dollop of yogurt )e are looking forward to our trip to the 7rooklyn /range, an urban farm in 8ueens
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