Unsafe Playground Has Parents Worried

Written by Joanna Fantozzi on March 7, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, West Side Spirit

Design of W. 89th St. playground makes kids more likely to get injured Most kids get bumps and bruises during playtime. But at P.S. 166, recess has turned dangerous. In the past year, four kids have gotten concussions, and several more were sent to the hospital, all because of the West 89th Street playground’s
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Make Way for West Side Ducklings

Written by admin on June 2, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Alexandra Waldhorn With help from students at P.S. 166 on West 89th Street, five little ducklings made their way from the shade of a schoolyard evergreen bush to a lake in Central Park, near West 100th Street. Last month, a wild female mallard duck unexpectedly chose to lay six eggs in the school’s Reading
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Exciting Young Minds

Written by admin on June 2, 2010. Posted in Education, Special Sections

In her 4th-grade class, McIntyre’s love of learning is contagious By Shannon Geis Lauren McIntyre, 25, says she loves teaching 4th grade because students are just old enough to be independent, but young enough to still be excited by education. “They are like sponges,” said McIntyre, who has been teaching at P.S. 166 for four
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Make Way for Upper West Side Ducklings

Written by admin on May 20, 2010. Posted in Blog

By Alexandra Waldhorn With the help from students at P.S. 166 on West 89th Street, five little ducklings made their way from the shade of a schoolyard evergreen bush to a lake in Central Park, near West 100th Street
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