Spring Break 2020

We put out a challenge to see whose Crew could work together to find the most items in our collaborative scavenger hunt. With a list of over 50 items, competition was fierce!

Congrats to our winners, who collected ALL of the objects

• Lower Grades: Candice, Charene, and Devon's crews
• Upper Grades: Beth, Brittany, and Chrissy's crews

Staff organized virtual meet-ups for students to play games, get creative, focus on wellness, practice life skills, or learn something new. There was something for everyone!

• Mindful Breathing (Todd)
• Start to Farm Your Own Food (Scott)
• Play Scattergories Online (Sarah)
• How to Cook Pancakes (Tom and Liz)
• Bring Nature Indoors with Houseplants (Beth)
• Make a Lip Sync Music Video (Lauren and Kori)
• Yoga: Stretch your body and mind (Jane and June)
• Friday Brunch Cooking Sesh (John)
• Kobe Bryant’s Career Documentary (Jose and Ron)
• Let's Play UNO! (Thomas and Charene)
• Virtual Drama Club (Lauren and Kori)
• Art Doodles (Maryam Mir and Stephen)
• ‘Rona Mask-Making Tutorial (Rytva, Chrissy, Christine, Norma, Melissa and Jill)
• Our Planet (Brian)
• Sports Trivia (Alex and Mark)
• TYPE.TYPE.TYPE (Jesse)
• Physical Challenge (Sheryl and Andrew)
• Digital Pictionary (Magen)
• Anime/Manga Meet-Up (Amanda)
• Movie Trivia (William and Brittany)
• FutureReady: Questions to Ask on Campus Tours and Virtual College Visits to NYC Campuses (Karlette, Scill and Imani)
• Political Discussion w/ Shahana Hanif, candidate for 39th council seat (Stephen)
• Fiber Arts Club (Beth)
• Sports Talk (Brandon)
• 3D Design Fun with Google SketchUp (Brittany)
• Wildlife Explorations (Betsy)
• Classic Basketball Game (Josh and Vibert)

Although they can't fully capture the energy of the experience, check out the screenshots below from some of the meet-ups!

Thanks for everyone who submitted TikTok dances, shared magic tricks and pet tricks, and felt the burn in the push-up competition! Congratulations to our winners:

Monday TikToks

• Stiven Vasquez Nunez (11th grade)

Wednesday TikToks

• Adam Chawansky (math teacher)

Friday TikToks

• 3-way tie between Tomas/Carmen/Z'yanah (11th/9th/8th grade)

Best Magic Trick

• Milo Gutierrez (7th grade)

Best Pet Trick

• Hazel Seki (6th grade)

Most Push-Ups

• Scott Henstrand (history teacher)

Thanks for all the beautiful artwork you submitted as part of the #MathArtChallenge. We tallied the votes, and here are the winners:

• Kaiya Katz (6th grade)
• Louis Houget-Walsh (7th grade)
• Claire Skrivanos (math teacher)
• Julian Atkinson (7th grade)

Brooklyn Collaborative is a NYC Outward Bound School serving students in grades 6-12. We use the EL Education school model, which has its roots in Outward Bound.

Email: adamc@bcs448.org
Website: bcs448.org
Location: 610 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone: 718-923-4700