Congratulations! We completed our first weeks of school together! We are already off to a great start. Thank you to all our families for joining us on our annual Hayground Apple Picking adventure and to those who made it to our parent gathering.
Read MoreThe beginning of the school year is all about laying a solid foundation upon which we build our learning. At the end of the first full week of school we are encouraged by the ground we have already covered. First day jitters have quickly given way to budding friendships, joyful smiles, and a growing culture of kindness and hard work.
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The Hayground School’s proposal for a new classroom building, which has been on the drawing board for the better part of six years, will be the subject of a public hearing for site-plan approval before the Southampton Town Planning Board on September 12.
Read MoreThe first three days of school were as lovely as the weather. The senior learners enjoyed some beginning-of-the-year icebreakers, swam in the pool, created charts for their classroom, played telephone, arranged their binders, began our read-aloud, Lord of the Rings, learned about different kinds of words, and discussed our work together for the year. And, of course, we had fun and rekindled friendships.
Read MoreOur first three days of school were a great success. We spent time getting to know who we are individually and as a class community. We set norms that will help us maintain a class environment that works best for all of us, played games, and created beautiful art to brighten our walls. The kids had a great time swimming in the pool as well!
Read MoreThe Hayground School is planning a major capital project that will add a new arts and science building and an amphitheater to its 12.8-acre campus in Bridgehampton.
Read MoreLucy’s group is finishing this school year feeling beyond proud as they complete the inaugural Hayground Museum opening. About 200 visitors attended the museum in just one month! They ensured each visitor had an enjoyable experience, from the first greeting at the ticket box office to the smooth journey and farewell as visitors exited the museum.
Read MoreThey say that time flies when you're having fun and I wholeheartedly agree! Our class had a wonderful time visiting ARF of the Hamptons. We were able to interact with animals and learned so much about the new state-of-the-art training center at ARF
Read MoreOur end of the year trip to Boston marked and celebrated the senior learners' growing autonomy and independence. We began the school year with off-campus apprenticeships to seek mentors and new and exciting learning opportunities. The apprentices developed skills related to their work and a burgeoning sense of responsibility to their mentors and education.
Read MoreOpening Sunday, May 19th, in the Marks Family South Gallery at Guild Hall, East Hampton. By 2022 – 2024 Guild Hall Community Artists-in-Residence (CAiR) Wunetu Wequai Tarrant and Christian Scheider.
First Literature Project proposes to support Native nations in their efforts to maintain and further their languages, narratives, and oral traditions. Employing a new immersive storytelling platform, 3D video is mixed with virtual reality to re-create the timeless experience of sitting face-to-face with a storyteller.
Read MoreSo many projects, so little time. We are nearing the end of our school year, but our projects are still in full effect. As we plan for the final Hayground Market sale on June 6, students are inventing or making unique toys to display and sell.
Read MoreSpring is in full swing and before we know it we’ll be packing our bags for beach day! Until then, we are busily working on the final phase of our class project, which we look forward to sharing with you at our end-of-year celebration on May 30th—details to follow.
Read MoreLucy’s group is getting ready to debut the Hayground Museum for the first time on May 6, 2024! One of the many tasks they have done in preparation for the museum was analyzing every yearbook Hayground has ever had and pinpointing exceptional takeaways from each school year.
Read MoreApril is here! We started out the month with the solar eclipse. It was so special to share that moment as a community! This month has also brought a new activity for our class—reading buddies with Amy's group (ages 7-9). Once a week we join the big kids in the gathering space and they read books to our little ones. It's wonderful to see the connections being made across ages.
Read MoreDo you remember having a reading buddy as a child? I can remember my mom reading Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak to me. She read it to me as many times as I asked her to read it to me and I asked a lot! Do you have favorite books from your childhood?
Read MoreNor’easters, earthquakes, and an eclipse, oh my! Never-the-less, spring is in the air and the classroom is buzzing with activity. Alongside their teachers, the children have begun researching their chosen prehistoric animal and each child is keeping a research folder where they collect their notes.
Read MoreWe sure deserve this beautiful day, after a week of flooding, earthquakes, and a solar eclipse!
This year, each student was given their own calendar to keep track of our class projects. As a class, we set deadlines, plan timelines and keep track of the work we have to finish.
Read MoreStudents are putting the finishing touches on the final drafts of their Budding Authors books. This year, the kids embraced the writing and revision process, and crafted fun, interesting and unique stories.
Read MoreWe learned a great deal from our workshop with Ava Locks and Elka Rifkin of Access Ambassadors on demystifying disabilities by building awareness, empathy, and action. This was an interactive workshop in which the kids learned that "disability" is not a bad word and ways to communicate respectfully and appropriately through scenario-based explorations of visible and non-apparent disabilities.
Read MoreLucy’s group has been keeping busy with curating the Hayground Museum! After meeting with experts in the curating field, the students developed ideas on what the layout of their museum should look like. They have been discussing what materials they will need for different aspects of their museum and how Hayground history should be displayed.
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