Social Groups @ The Brooklyn New School - Private Parent Community

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Weekend Activities

Exchange information about local fun activities.

(Max: 500)

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Being a parent is the hardest and the most important job you will ever have in your life. Share your insights. Ask questions.

(Max: 200)

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Afterschool activities/questions/news

(Max: 500)

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Summer camps/activities

Discussion about summer camp possibilities and activities

(Max: 500)

Using this thread as a space to post kid related stuff to give away- if folks would like to claim item (donated) contact lister directly to coordinate details. Be as specific in detail regarding item (age range/size/quality etc). Let's see how this goes.

(Max: 1000)

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Mindful Mondays

We can keep in touch here about the weekly sit, as well as share practice tips, events in the city, retreats, etc. I will send out messages about changes to times and space as well.

(Max: 100)

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Spring Auction Fundraiser Party planning

Join the party planning committee and help organize the second biggest fundraiser of the year

(Max: 100)

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Kensington & Windsor Terrace Families

This is a new social group established to allow communication to all BNS families in the Kensington and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods. In the long term, this will be a way to connect with your neighbors and let them know about things that they can participate in, like donation drives, meetings, and parties. For the short term, this will be a way to communicate for mutual aid as we organize around COVID-19 and use our neighborhood bonds to solve problems and make things easier for everyone.

(Max: 100)

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Bed-Stuy Families

Hi Bed-Stuy families! Let’s connect here for park meet ups, information sharing, and support

(Max: 100)

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Park Slope Families

For families living in Park Slope

(Max: 100)

Fort Greene & Clinton Hill Families

For BNS families living in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, this is a place to share resources and ideas, to offer support, and to help each other out during this period of school closure and public health crisis.

(Max: 100)

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Anti-Racism & Equity Resources

A place to share useful resources you've found, find new resources and connect with other BNS families working to address racism and inequality at home, in our community and country.

(Max: 100)

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Bococa Area Families

Network of Bococa area families at BNS

(Max: 100)

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Families (IEPs/special needs)

Connecting families of children with special needs, IEP kids-We ask all members to respect the privacy of other families and not to share information discussed in this group.

(Max: 100)

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Flatbush/East Flatbush/Canarsie Families

Connecting families living in Flatbush

(Max: 100)

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Sunset Park/Greenwood Heights Families

Group for families living in Sunset Park/Greenwood Heights

(Max: 60)

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Biking Families

A forum for parents who bike (with) their kids to BNS or want to do so to share ideas, safest routes, weatherproofing advice, traffic anxieties, etc.

(Max: 600)

BNS parents, claim the items we found at school, volunteer for bi-weekly spruce-ups and monthly deep cleaning.

(Max: 250)

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5th Grade Middle School Talk 2022-2023

Share information and logistics about middle school

(Max: 150)

Discussion around expanding chess programming

(Max: 100)

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Bay Ridge Families

BNS families who live in Bay Ridge to connect. Let's get a bus stop!

(Max: 100)

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5th Grade Middle School Chat ‘23-24

A place for us to share resources, logistics and information about the middle school process.

(Max: 100)

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Williamsburg & Greenpoint Families

Hello, are there any families commuting from Greenpoint, Williamsburg? We've identified a private bus option if anyone would like to commute together - available for Pre-K-5th grade and Middle School!

(Max: 100)

Rainbow Families

To connect BNS families with queer family members.

(Max: 100)

An informal Dad-Based fundraising/meetup group, all are welcome!

(Max: 100)

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https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/summer/summer-rising

(Max: 60)

Families of Color

This is a space for BNS families who identify as people of color (parents or children) to share, communicate, organize and build community.

(Max: 100)

Afterschool Shredders (Skateboarding at Harold Ickes)

Seeking experienced and novice skateboarders interested in afterschool shredding at nearby Harold Ickes Skatepark.

(Max: 60)

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Screens, Phones & Social Media

A place to exchange information about the impact of screens, phones, and social media on our kids and identify ways we can be supporting children in our digital world.

(Max: 100)

Downtown Brooklyn Families

Group for families residing in the downtown Brooklyn area to connect and share

(Max: 60)

Brazilians at BNS

This community is to anyone with connections with Brazil.

(Max: 60)

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Crown/Prospect Heights Families

Group for BNS families in Crown Heights or Prospect Heights

(Max: 60)

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2024-2025 5th graders///middle school applications

Place to share notes, upcoming tours and questions about the middle school application process for 2024-2025 year.

(Max: 60)

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NCDC summer camp

Connecting with parents whose kids go to New country day camp!

(Max: 90)

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Red Hook and Columbia Waterfront Families

A group for BNS Families in the Red Hook and Columbia Waterfront area

(Max: 60)

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Second Grade Swim Program

Questions/updates regarding 2nd Grade Swim Program @ Asphalt Green and YMCA Dodge

(Max: 100)

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Dyslexia Support (for parents of dyslexic children)

The group is a community of support and continuous conversation on all sorts of different aspects of the journey that is having a dyslexic child. The group can be used to exchange advice and service recommendations such a tutoring, sharing “cliffs notes” on books, discussing middle schools, and providing recommendations on children’s books that include characters with dyslexia, podcasts, resources, etc. We can also brainstorm ways we can partner with the school to better support dyslexic students and be more inclusive.

(Max: 100)

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2025-2026 Middle School Talk for 5th Grade Families

This is a group intended for 5th Grade families to share information about middle school admissions - tours, notes, etc. Please avoid personal opinions about specific schools and personal info such as lottery #s, etc.

(Max: 100)

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