New York City-based performing arts company, the Ajkun Ballet Theatre, performed Sleeping Beauty for students in St. Raymond Elementary School’s After-Care Program on Tuesday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. The performance followed a five-week ballet class for After-Care Program students in 2^nd and 3^rd Grades taught by Ajkun Ballet Theatre dancers. Twenty-five of those students performed on stage with the professional dancers in Sleeping Beauty.

 Our 4^th and 5^th Grade students had a unique chance to see and handle authentic 3,000-year-old artifacts when Marisa Horowitz-Jaffe, founder of Museums with Marisa (www.museumswithmarisa.com), presented her Discovering Ancient Rome! workshop on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 in the school’s Main Library.

Ms. Horowitz-Jaffe, an archaeologist and museum educator, discussed the Forum, the Colosseum and Roman temples, as well as lesser known buildings. Students learned interesting facts and trivia, and how the Ancient Roman culture still impacts our daily life and the images we see.They also had the opportunity to see and touch authentic 3,000-year-old artifacts from Ms. Horowitz-Jaffe’s personal collection. The Discovering Ancient Rome! workshop was offered as part of the school’s Italian Language Program.                       
                     

Congratulations to our First Place Science Fair winners in Grades 1-8.They will represent St. Raymond Elementary School at the Bronx-wide Science Fair at Mount St. Michael Academy on March 28. Thank you to all the students who worked so hard on their projects.

Grades 1-4 First Place winners with Mrs. Silvia D’Arco, Sr. Mary Cleary, SC; Sr. Josefa Marie Curcio, CSJB; and Mr. Eugene Scanlon.

Bottom step, Lucas Garcia, 1^st Grade. Next step, left to right, Laura Rodriguez, 4^th Grade; Raymond Menendez, 2^nd Grade; Alexandra Batista, 3^rd Grade.

Grades 5-8 First Place winners with Mrs. D’Arco, Mrs. Vanessa Singh and Mr. Scanlon.

Bottom step, Ariana Menendez, 5^th Grade. Next step, left to right, Isabella Guzman-Gallego, 6^th Grade; Nathan Peguero, 7^th Grade and Tiffany Lahuatte-Cedeno,
8^th Grade.

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