Education

Allerton Coops Art Exhibit Shows African American Histories of Early Bronx Interracial Housing Complex

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In celebration of “Black August,” and as the first offering of a multi-year, research project at The Bronx County Historical Society, the Museum of Bronx History opened “The Allerton Coops, In Living Color” exhibit on Saturday, Aug. 12. According to representatives of the museum, the exhibit recovers the histories of African American and multiracial residents of the Allerton Coops, located at 2700 Bronx Park East, one of the earliest interracial housing complexes in The Bronx.

Health Check: Fun Ways to Learn Breastfeeding Facts during National Breastfeeding Month

By CLAIRE GARON
Happy National Breastfeeding Month! By now, you’ve likely heard about the many benefits of breastfeeding. Breastmilk is the ideal nutrition for baby’s growing brain and body. Breastfeeding can also improve mom’s health, lowering her risk for diabetes, some cancers, and heart disease. In fact, people like to say that breastfeeding is a superpower! This National Breastfeeding Month, we’re sharing (fictional) stories of how popular superheroes made breastfeeding work, by following four important tips.

Volunteers Clean VCP Pond as “Daylighting” of Tibbetts Brook Advances

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
For most of the year, visitors to Van Cortlandt Park’s Hester & Piero’s Mill Pond are usually entertained by throngs of duck and geese flying and landing on the water. However, when the weather gets warm, an unwelcome, invasive guest makes an appearance, hindering the fowls’ routine of take-off and landing. That invader goes by the name “water chestnut.”

P.S. / M.S. 95 Students Hone Governance Skills   

By P.S. / M.S. STAFF
UNDER THE DIRECTION of Principal Serge Marshall Davis, a multi-layered, student government is currently active at P.S./M.S. 95, The Sheila Mencher School, located in Van Cortlandt Village. Instructional coach and student council advisor, Andrea Faulkner, says students are encouraged to join the student council to broaden their educational experience.

2nd Food & Farm Walking Tour Takes in Bedford Park & Norwood  

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The 2nd Bronx Food & Farm Walking Tour of 2023 around the historic Bedford Park and Norwood neighborhoods took place on Saturday, July 22, in conjunction with New York Botanical Garden/Bronx Green-Up, Montefiore Einstein, Friends of Mosholu Parkland, The James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center, and B Blossom Catering, a plant-based gourmet food company.