Educators focused in on Morningside's issues, including the open space classrooms. More sessions are planned in developing the master plan for the school.
Educators focused in on Morningside's issues, including the open space classrooms. More sessions are planned in developing the master plan for the school.
The school raised about $5,000 to benefit their students through a virtual jazz party on Monday hosted by five-time Grammy Award-winning musician Questlove, who is the frontman for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon s in-house band The Roots. It kind of fell into our laps, fourth-grade teacher Rebecca Nicholson said. With a lot of planning on the lesson end of it, but a little bit of luck with how it came to be. The event titled Rent Party Jazz was inspired by the children s book of the same name by author William Miller about New Orleans in the 1930s. Rent Party Jazz is required reading in Morningside s curriculum, as it deals with issues such as poverty, racial inequalities, and eviction.