Bank Street School for Children is a neighborhood institution and a good friend to Bloomingdale. They are known for their warm and child-centered approach to learning. So it is not surprising that when their students came to our classrooms, they fit right in. Happy interactions and high spirits abounded. Said one student about […]
Eleanor’s Bat Mitzvah Year
Eleanor Keohane celebrated her Bat Mitzvah year with a series of commitments to Bloomingdale. She came many times to volunteer in our classrooms, sometimes by herself and sometimes with her friend Phoebe. On one grand occasion, she brought many classmates to our site at W. 107th Street. They got to know the children, ate […]
Summer Volunteers 2019
Sam, Frances, and Eleanor brought their special magic to the summer session last August. Sam, now a sophomore at Bronx High School of Science, volunteered in a 3s classroom. He found it was ‘really, really fun…they were so energetic and curious.’ He found it interesting how fun was incorporated into learning, giving the example […]