K-8 Newsletter May 2013

The Albright Knox Future Curators with Saraphina Masters!

CAPTURED: 2013 AK TEENS: FUTURE CURATORS EXHIBITION OPENING

On Thursday, May 2, the 2013 Future Curators opened their exhibition In: Introspection, Interaction to a packed crowd of friends, family, and community members at the Albright Knox Art Gallery. 

AKAG Future Curator's Exhibit Featured Tapestry Students.

This exhibiiton features Tapestry Senior Saraphina Masters, as curator, and Junior Howard Vance, exhibiting artist. The show is on display through June 16, 2013. Vance's work (bottom) is featured at the exhibit entrance. 

"The Albright-Knox Art Gallery and First Niagara Bank have teamed up to create a program to educate teens about the work and finances that go into running a museum. The Future Curators is part of the AK Teens program and is a group of 14 teens from Western New York and Southern Ontario that meets weekly at the Albright-Knox to learn about art and how a museum functions."

Spring!

Dancing Around the Maypole!

Please Donate to Tapestry's Annual Campaign 2012-13!

TCS 1st Annual Golf Tournament! Click for details!

Diamond Hawk Golf Course

255 Sonwil Drive | Cheektowaga, NY 14225

Tuesday June 25, 2013

Registration 8:00am   First Tee-off 8:30am

Contact:  Marc LaMorticella,Tapestry Athletic Director at marc@tapestryschool.org

Close reading strategies at Tapestry.

Students in Andrew Hossack's 5th grade class use close reading strategies to determine the main idea and important details from a newspaper article about the Seneca people.

Jessica Kauffman, 5/6 Teacher Authors Article in EL Signpost!

Jessica Kauffman shares the Common Core literacy practices that have deepened her teaching and helped our students become more engaged readers.

Great Caesar's Ghost!

Members of the High School Actor's Workshop performed monologues for the 9th grade.

Expeditionary Learning in the news!!

NY City Dept. of Education Recommends Expeditionary Learning’s Common Core ELA & Literacy Curriculum for Grades 3-8!