PCS parent, Stephan Roussan speaks at PCS Event
We are so grateful to Stephan Roussan for sharing his thoughts on why a PCS education matters. Check out the video of his speech below.
View ArticleThe tradition of Morning Gathering
Every Monday morning at 9am, our entire school community - students, teachers, administrators, parents, siblings, grandparents and visitors- gather together for Morning Gathering. Every gathering...
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An Ode to Teachers
Did you happen to catch our Facebook posts all week? If not, you can see them all below. In honor of Administrative Professionals Day & Teacher Appreciation Day (or week, depending on who you...
View ArticleSHARE: Your Dreams for Education
PCS's annual fundraiser, SHARE: Your Dreams for Education was held on Sunday, August 21st from 5-8pm at Hallockville Museum Farm. The event honored Patricia Eckardt & Jane Smith. Read on for...
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El Colegio del Cuerpo
"Through dance we can teach children to inhabit their own bodies as a territory of peace and dignity." Álvaro Restrepo Field trips for a community school are not really about escaping school bounds;...
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mud play
“passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart.”Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from...
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heart map share
"heart mapping is a metaphor for what all writers know: to write is to delve into what matters to us, to keep our feelings alive, to be vulnerable, to tell the truth, to question, and to speak what...
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PCS "Makes" This Winter
Cardboard boxes, paper towel tubes, masking tape, pliers and wires, gears and hot glue guns – winter trimester at Peconic Community School is inspired by Making and the Maker Movement as we gear up...
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Making, Maker Movement, Maker Faires
What is Making, anyway? “Making” is making. No, really, it is. “Making” with a capital M and/or quotation marks really does mean making, like making things … with your hands … out of … stuff....
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About Maker Education
history of maker educationInterestingly, Eric Seigel of the NY Hall of Science describes the experience of a Maker Faire as a “model for learning,” and specifically, a model for “a tacit, lived kind of...
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CREATE: A Maker Fair 2017
This past Saturday, March 25, 2017, Peconic Community School lived and breathed its mission, vision, and name at CREATE: A Maker Fair. Students, staff, parents, our school board, and many, many...
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Maritime History/Waterways Unit
Emergent Curriculum: Our Integrated Unit of StudyThere are so many ways to approach a unit of study. The integrated unit of study at Peconic Community School is emergent: the specific direction of our...
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Stemming the Tide
68 pounds You may already have heard -- 68 pounds of trash in one hour, one pound per minute -- that’s how much garbage Peconic Community School cleaned from the shore of our nearest beach last...
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Upsculpting
Last Thursday night, PCS faculty visited the studio of artist and Upsculpter, Cindy Pease Roe, for some emergent, place-based professional development. With the help of some serious glue guns, we...
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