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The Museum of Chinese in America is featuring 30 M.S.131 digital artists’ artwork in Five Senses of Chinatown exhibition from December 6, 2023—May 26, 2024. In M.S.131 Mr.Wang’s Digital Arts class, students used the design industry standard software, Adobe Photoshop, to create incredible digital artworks about NYC Chinatown, Asian American culture, and historical landmarks. Students …
On Dec.1, Mr.Wang taught a special theme art lesson, “Power, Wealth, and Protection” to the dual language digital art class students (803/804) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This special art lesson featured 3 artwork, “the Altar Set”, “Gusoku”, “Armor for man and horse” from the Met Chinese Art, Japanese Art, and Arms and Amor …
MS 131 was featured on the national program, Good Morning America by ABC News! New York City’s Deputy Chancellor of Teaching and Learning, Carolyne Quintana along with two of our teachers, Ms. Ren and Ms. Moulinos, discuss working with English Language Learners and the benefits of bilingualism. M.S. 131 offers opportunities for all of our …
From principal Mr.Geballe: MS 131 celebrated our students’ creativity during arts week. The Dragon Dreamers bass club rocked the house with a some classic tunes, getting everyone cheering, and showing that our teachers and staff can really shred on the electric guitar. Our musicians performed a variety of pieces, ranging from classical to contemporary on instruments as …
From Ms. Halton: The Billion Oyster Project (BOP) is restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor in collaboration with schools and other community organizations. Oyster reefs provide habitat for hundreds of species, and can protect our city from storm damage — softening the blow of large waves, reducing flooding, and preventing erosion along the shorelines. This …
On June 1st and June 2nd, 601, 602 and 603 (split into two groups) visited the Egyptian Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a part of their study of Egyptian society. They completed a scavenger hunt while exploring the mummies, tombs, statues and all the glory of the Egyptians!