The glorious magnolia tree in full bloom!

Remember that school is closed for Easter on Friday, April 18th and Monday, April 21st.

 Spring Gala

 Remember to buy your tickets here: school’s auction site by Friday April 25th. We can’t wait to celebrate with all of you!

Picture Day

 Picture Day is on Tuesday, April 22nd. Children should come to school at their usual scheduled times. Throughout the school day, each class will have a designated time for their photo sessions.

Please note that the Pineapple Room 3 AM class, which meets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, will have their pictures taken on Tuesday at 1:45 pm. For families in the Pineapple Room M/W/F, please bring your children to school at that time and we will guide you to the appropriate location where they will have their pictures taken.

 Lost and Found 

Our Lost and Found bin is full! We will put everything out on a table by the front door during Parent Teacher Conferences, so have a look - you may find that missing mitten! We will be donating any remaining items to the Underground Thrift Shop at the end of this month.

Important Dates to Remember

 April

18 & 21- School Closed for Easter

22 - Picture Day

22 - School Open – Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences

 May

2 - Spring Gala

23 - 12:30 Dismissal for Big Green Room

26 - School Closed for Memorial Day

 June

6 - Farewell Sing – Dismissal for summer follows the Sing

Spring Gala

 Join us on Friday, May 2nd to celebrate Plymouth with fabulous cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a seated dinner in Hillis Hall. We will have both a silent and live auction to benefit the PCS Capital Campaign. We hope everyone will join us for this joyful and celebratory event. You can purchase your tickets and donate items through the school’s auction site. Tickets will be on sale through Friday, April 25th.

  Parent Teacher Conferences

 Parent Teacher conferences are coming up on April 15th (all day) and April 22nd (evening). You have already received an email from your child’s teachers to sign up for a conference. School will be closed for conferences on Tuesday, April 15th, with no children in attendance. During your conference time, childcare will be available in the gym between 8:30 am and 3:00 pm.

 School is open on April 22nd with a regular schedule. There is no childcare for evening conferences.

 Conferences are a wonderful opportunity to gain insights into your child’s life at school and help formulate goals for the school year with your child’s teaching team.

Picture Day

 Picture Day is on Tuesday, April 22nd. Children should come to school at their usual scheduled times. Throughout the school day, each class will have a designated time for their photo sessions.

 Please note that the Pineapple Room 3 AM class, which meets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, will have their pictures taken on Tuesday at 1:45 pm. For families in the Pineapple Room M/W/F, please bring your children to school at that time and we will guide you to the appropriate location where they will have their pictures taken.

 Lost and Found 

 Our Lost and Found bin is full! We will put everything out on a table by the front door during Parent Teacher Conferences, so have a look - you may find that missing mitten! We will be donating any remaining items to the Underground Thrift Shop at the end of this month.

 Remember that school is closed for the Easter weekend on Friday, April 18th and Monday, April 21st.

 Important Dates to Remember

 April

15 – School Closed for Parent/Teacher Conferences

18 & 21- School Closed for Easter

22 – Picture Day

22 – School Open – Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences

25 – Family Chapel

 May

2 – Spring Gala

Cozy quilts from the Red Room

Parent Talk with Rachel Hass – Friday, April 11th 9:15am

Holding Space for More Than One: Navigating Sibling Life and Relationship 

It can be hard to emotionally, as well as physically, hold space for two or more children at the same time. You may feel pulled in many directions, eager to provide each child the support and connection they are asking of you. You may notice an escalated sense of competition of needs or struggles between siblings during certain times of day that you want more support with. You are not alone. In this session, we will explore sibling dynamics and siblinghood from the perspective of attachment. We will identify dynamics between siblings that may cause more stress and tension within the household as well as strategies towards connection and less competition.

 Parent Teacher Conferences

 Parent Teacher conferences are coming up on April 15th (all day) and April 22nd (evening). You have already received an email from your child’s teachers to sign up for a conference. School will be closed for conferences on Tuesday, April 15th, with no children in attendance. During your conference time, childcare will be available in the gym between 8:30am and 3:00pm.

School is open on April 22nd with a regular schedule. There is no childcare for evening conferences.

 Conferences are a wonderful opportunity to gain insights into your child’s life at school and help formulate goals for the school year with your child’s teaching team.

 Picture Day

Picture Day is on Tuesday, April 22nd. Children should come to school at their usual scheduled times. Throughout the school day, each class will have a designated time for their photo sessions.

Please note that the Pineapple Room 3 AM class, which meets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, will have their pictures taken on Tuesday at 1:45 pm. For families in the Pineapple Room M/W/F, please bring your children to school at that time and we will guide you to the appropriate location where they will have their pictures taken.

 Office Hours with Kate

We have added additional office hours with our psychological consultant Kate Wechsler in April and May. Kate has worked with Plymouth for over 25 years and has helped many families tackle the conundrums of parenting. Plymouth hosts monthly open office hours with Kate, which allow you to meet with her individually to discuss issues and concerns you might have and get support. The upcoming dates are April 11th and May 16th. Half-hour appointments will be available between 9:30 am and noon. Please email Silvia at pcsadmin@plymouthchurch.org to book an appointment. 

 Spring Gala - May 2, 2025

Save the Date for this year’s Spring Gala. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

 Lost and Found 

Our Lost and Found bin is full! Please have a look in the blue bin on the lower level. You may find that missing mitten! We will be donating any remaining items to the Underground Thrift Shop at the end of this month.

Important Dates to Remember

April

11 – Parent Talk with Rachel Hass 9:15am

15 – School Closed for Parent/Teacher Conferences

18 & 21- School Closed for Easter

22 – Picture Day

22 – School Open – Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences

25 – Family Chapel

May

2 – Spring Gala

 

Wishing everyone a very happy spring vacation!

Picture Day

 Picture Day has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 22nd. Children should come to school at their usual scheduled times. Throughout the school day, each class will have a designated time for their photo sessions.

 Please note that the Pineapple Room 3 AM class, which meets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, will have their pictures taken on Tuesday at 1:45 pm. For families in the Pineapple Room M/W/F, please bring your children to school at that time and we will guide you to the appropriate location where they will have their pictures taken.

Office Hours with Kate

We have added additional office hours with our psychological consultant Kate Wechsler in April and May. Kate has worked with Plymouth for over 25 years and has helped many families tackle the conundrums of parenting. Plymouth hosts monthly open office hours with Kate, which allow you to meet with her individually to discuss issues and concerns you might have and get support. The upcoming dates are April 11th and May 16th. Half-hour appointments will be available between 9:30 am and noon. Please email Silvia at pcsadmin@plymouthchurch.org to book an appointment. 

 Parent Talk with Rachel Hass – Friday, April 11th 9:15 am

Holding Space for More Than One: Navigating Sibling Life and Relationship 

 It can be hard to emotionally, as well as physically, hold space for two or more children at the same time. You may feel pulled in many directions, eager to provide each child the support and connection they are asking of you. You may notice an escalated sense of competition of needs or struggles between siblings during certain times of day that you want more support with. You are not alone. In this session, we will explore sibling dynamics and siblinghood from the perspective of attachment. We will identify dynamics between siblings that may cause more stress and tension within the household as well as strategies towards connection and less competition.

 Summer Camp

Please see the attached flier from our good friends at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue Preschool who have a summer camp this year.

 Important Dates to Remember

 March

24 - 28 School Closed for Spring Vacation

31 – School Closed for Eid-al-Fitr

 April

1 – Classes Resume

11 – Parent Talk with Rachel Hass 9:15am

15 – School Closed for Parent/Teacher Conferences

18 & 21- School Closed for Easter

22 – Picture Day

22 – School Open – Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences

 May

2 – Spring Gala

Affinity Groups

Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey about affinity groups at Plymouth. Based on the responses we formed one group - Families of Color/Multiracial Families - who are meeting several times this spring. We know they had a wonderful first meeting and will be meeting again next month.

Gala Art Nights

The Plymouth Spring Gala will take place this year on May 2nd and the Gala Committee is already planning for this celebratory event.

Spend a night out helping create Gala decor.

Art Around Plymouth 

From our Art Specialist Kara: 

Across our Plymouth classrooms, the children are busy exploring, experimenting, and creating. Through hands-on, process-driven learning, they are discovering new ideas and ways to express themselves. Our classrooms and hallways are filled with their creativity, highlighting the joy of making and learning together.         

 

As you step into our building, you are greeted by vibrant ink and chalk pastel explorations created by the Willow Room children. This project reinforced the foundational concept of printmaking, which is creating multiples, whether through marks or images. Each child used a piece of cardboard to print and repeat bold, black ink marks on their paper, experimenting with both intentional and spontaneous mark-making. Once the ink dried, the children layered in color with chalk pastels to bring their compositions to life.  

 

      The Cranberry Room children explored another exciting form of printmaking—collagraphy! This technique involved creating prints from textured collages. After selecting and arranging various recycled textured shapes to compose their collages, the children used a brayer to carefully roll ink over their designs. The moment of revealing a print is always magical and it was a joy to watch each child light up as their shapes and textures transformed into inked impressions!  

We recently used more of these repurposed cardboard shapes to decorate nests for the bird study that is underway in the Cranberry classroom! The nests will be decorating their classroom tree very soon! 

The Little Green Room children have been studying the process of recycling and repurposing. Our exploration began with sculpting creations using cardboard tubes from the Materials Center and designing wearable art from repurposed Plymouth ID badges. The children recently toured the Materials Center, gaining firsthand experience about how to sort donations and learning how materials enter our school through generous family contributions.  

We took our investigation a step further this week, asking - what if we made our own paper?  

Our journey into papermaking has just begun! We started with a collaborative, hands-on experience: tearing recycled paper into pieces, laying the foundation for our next steps. In the coming weeks, we will continue with paper making and think about the many ways we can give new life to old materials!   

 

The Purple Room children have been engaging in an expanded exploration of dirt! Did you know that clay is a very special kind of dirt? Our journey began with pinch pots, one of the oldest forms of pottery making.  Each child rolled, pushed and pinched their clay to create a pot and experienced how their hands could be used as excellent clay shaping tools! The pinch pots were painted shades of purple this week. 

As our exploration continued, we introduced the technique of slip and scoring—an essential practice in ceramics for joining pieces of clay. Collaborating as a community, the children rolled coils, scored surfaces and used slip as a binding agent to construct a large vessel. Now, as the clay dries in the Purple Room, the children are observing its slow transformation, noticing how time continues to change their creation as the water evaporates from the clay. 

 

The Big Green Room has begun to explore the variety of sea life that inhabits the East River. We looked at the artwork of author and illustrator Leo Lionni, focusing on the beautiful illustrations he created for Swimmy. The children have been captivated by the story of Swimmy, a brave little fish who inspires his friends to be courageous and appreciate the wonders of the sea.

 We observed that Lionni used a variety of techniques to bring his story to life, which inspired our own multi-step artistic process. The children began by applying a watercolor wash to create an underwater world, sprinkling it with salt and dabbing plastic wrap to add texture and depth. Next, they used a mono-printing technique to create rocks and coral for the seabed. Finally, they collaged their printed rocks onto their backgrounds and added printed fish to complete their ocean scenes.  

 

 The Blue Room children have been nurturing their classroom babies, sparking discussions about what infants need to feel safe and content. Inspired by these conversations, we decided to create mobiles for their cribs! 

 We explored the work of Alexander Calder, the artist who transformed sculpture with his kinetic mobiles. His bold colors, geometric shapes and playful sense of movement inspired our own. Together we created mini mobiles, experimenting with balance and color. These are now outside the Blue Room, dancing in the air, bringing movement and joy to our hallways. 

  The accompanying collages and prints on display were also inspired by Calder’s enthusiasm for primary colors and shapes.  

 

 The Red Room children have been tenderly caring for their teddy bears, thoughtfully creating cozy beds in their classroom. As they tucked their bears in, they realized something was missing—a blanket! This realization led us to explore quilt making, drawing inspiration from the extraordinary women of the Gee’s Bend quilting collective in Alabama. 

We studied the vibrant, improvisational patterns of these masterful quilters who have long repurposed materials to create one-of-a-kind textiles. The Purple Room children embraced this spirit and carefully designed their own quilts for their beloved bears using felt and fabric scraps that have been donated to our Materials Center.  

 

There is always so much more to share, as inspiration and conversations are ever-growing and evolving in our collaborative spaces. Wishing you all the best as we continue to explore, grow and learn together!  

 Important Dates to Remember 

 March 

21 - Family Chapel 

24 - 28 School Closed for Spring Vacation 

31 - School Closed for Eid-al-Fitr 

 April 

1 - Classes Resume 

11- Parent Talk with Rachel Hass

15 - School Closed for Parent/Teacher Conferences 

16 - Picture Day 

18 & 21- School Closed for Easter 

22 - School Open – Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences 

 May  

2 - Spring Gala