Community
- On Nov. 19, Garden hosted a speaker from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Read about it here.
- Garden’s 2008–2009 theme of Citizenship went into full throttle when U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley paid a visit to address our entire student body.
- Dig This! Our 2008 fall Big Bulb Bash, in partnership with the Jackson Heights Beautification Group, was a huge success. Garden and Jackson Heights community members of all ages picked up shovels, rakes, and brooms to lay down 500 daffodil bulbs. We look forward to next spring’s blast of yellow. (Photos of this great day can be found here.)
- Garden School Writing Project
- On September 13, Garden School was the host of The Taste of Jackson Heights, “flavors from around the neighborhood and the world,” a delicious part of the Jackson Heights Food & Film Festival.
- Queens Garden Stage makes it home at Garden School.
- Thanks to the efforts of neighborhood community groups, on temperate Sundays our “backyard,” 78th Street, is closed off so that Jackson Heights’ residents can use the street for car-free play, socializing, and a green market. Storytime Hour with Miss Stephanie at 11 o’clock is Garden School’s contribution to the fun.
- Jackson Heights Poetry Festival. Click here and here for buzz on this fantastic event that also calls Garden its home and was developed by Garden School teachers and administrators along with other Jackson Heights literati!