Traveling Back In Time at Forest Hills School’s Centennial

By QNS Editorial Posted on May 29, 2014

Students and faculty at P.S. 101 in Forest Hills Gardens turned back the clock to the 1910s to celebrate the school’s centennial last Tuesday, May 20. Youngsters enjoyed a variety of activities popular among their peers when the school opened 100 years ago last Tuesday, including dancing around the maypole (as shown in right photo). Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña stopped by to offer best wishes to “The School in the Gardens.” The chancellor is pictured with students, teachers and Principal Monique Paniagua; as pictured, some of the attendees dressed in period costumes for the occasion.

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