Anna Murray Douglass Academy No. 12

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Who's that staff that You Better Recognize this week? Congratulations to another winner! #StaffAppreciation #TeacherAppreciationWeek

Here's a glimps of our 2024-2025 Arts Show! A HUGE shout out to our art and music teachers who organized this and all of the staff who helped to make it come alive. Let us know which projects are your favorite in the comments! @RCSDNYS

Can you believe how INCREDIBLE our PTA is? Not only have they been celebrating Teacher Appreciation week by spoiling our staff with treats and fun activities, they also are celebrating our bus drivers who get our scholars to and from school SAFELY! @RCSDNYS

NBL is rooted on three foundations – academic growth, holistic, wellness & community connection -including our natural beings. You have to take risks to learn. Moving our bodies in nature is good for our 🧠, our ♥️& our bodies. (1/2)

We wrapped up our week before spring recess at AMDA12 with an exciting performance by Mrs. Plandowski's 1st grade HOLA class! A big shout out to Mr. Padron, the owner of Hipocampo Children's Books and a former AMDA12 teacher, for always volunteering 💛🖤

We are so grateful for our Assistant Principals, Margaret Crowley, and Faith Hart, for their dedication to maintaining a safe and friendly learning environment for us. Thank you for all that you do!

Last week, our school celebrated Autism Acceptance Month with an amazing Spirit Week! We wore red to show our compassion for individuals with autism & highlighted the importance of support within our community. 💖 Check out the pictures filled with love and unity! @RCSDNYS

As a Nature-Based Learning School, we’ve been highly encouraged to participate in Senator Cooney's Earth Day Celebration! 🎉🌱 Students can create a poster, write a poem or essay, or draw a picture with the theme: 👉 Our Power, Our Planet!🌎 Due date is April 9th! #EarthDay

🎉 Huge shoutout to @UofR for an amazing partnership this year! Our students have been thriving in the Young Scientist Club every Saturday! 🌟 Thank you, Nashae Prout for making this possible. Here’s to many more years of collaboration! #YoungScientists #UofR

This is a literacy lesson! #naturebasedlearning #literacy #urbaneducation @RCSDAMDA @RCSDNYS

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ATTENTION AMDA12 FAMILIES! Are you looking for a summer camp that your child can participate in? We have two incredible opportunities for you to consider that have scholarships to make summer learning affordable. Links for more information will be in the comments.

Next week we will be celebrating our community with Autism Acceptance Spirit Week. April is Autism Acceptance Month, which celebrates and honors the experiences and identities of Autistic individuals. #CelebrateDifferences #AutismAcceptance #SpiritWeek

Mrs. Little's 5th grade class became experts on our solar system and shared their knowledge with Mrs. Morrison's 2nd grade class. Finding ways to bridge learning across grade levels creates a stronger school community. #SchoolCommunity #LearnTogetherGrowTogether @RCSDNYS

Today marks our very own Anna Murray Douglass' 212th birthday! Join us in celebrating and honoring her commitment to abolition and women's rights. Thank you, Anna, for being a role model for the scholars at AMDA12. #AnnaMurrayDouglass #WomensHistoryMonth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">x.com/notifications#…

Who's that staff that You Better Recognize this week? #TeacherAppreciation #StaffAppreciation

6th grade students in Mrs. Bennett & Mrs. McCann's class have been loving the reading buddy program with Mrs. Richard's Kinder students. They chose books they think the Kinders would like, practice their oral reading and are learning to ask questions as they read. @RCSDNYS