Grade 6 worked with Nature & Greenhouse Educator Jacob Kose ('08) to apply a bed of wood chips to help Heschel's rooftop trees stay warm and feed the soil. The students learned how the wood chips break down into "food" for the soil and provide the trees with different types of nutrients

Grade 6 visited the American Museum of Natural History to supplement their study of evolution in science class, and their unit on early humans in humanities.

Another GR8 DAY for Grade 8! Heschel 8th graders took to the sky for an awesome day at a ropes course!Another GR8 DAY for Grade 8! Heschel 8th graders took to the sky for an awesome day at a ropes course!

Grade 6 Science labs this week focused on studying and dissecting smoked fish—students learned about musculature, bone structure, and how aquatic bodies function.

Seventh graders enjoyed a two-day Staycation, featuring a scavenger hunt on Governors Island, a view from the top of the Freedom Towers, row-boating in Central Park, and dinner, glamping, and Tefillah on the roof of Heschel.