ACROSS-THE-BOARD TALENT

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Brooklyn’s Rising Star Public Middle School For the past 10 or 15 years, Park Slope’s M.S. 51, William Alexander, has been known for its outstanding performing arts program. Students in the 6th-through-8th grade school study visual art, photography, instrumental music, chorus, drama, dance or show choir for four periods every week. But since Lenore DiLeo-Berner
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MIDDLE SCHOOL U.

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

New And Noteworthy Public Middle School In just a year of existence, Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science and Engineering has changed the landscape of middle schools in northern Manhattan, and created buzz throughout the city and beyond. That’s the advantage of having the heft of an Ivy League school behind you, and a mission
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A BIG FAMILY OF NATIONS

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Rising Star Religious Middle School Around the world, Christian virtues transcend the barriers of language and culture. Within the walls of the Blessed Sacrament School, those same Christian values bring together a student body whose roots reach across the globe. “We are special because we are diverse,” explains Imelda Engel, now in her eighth year
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BUILDING INDEPENDENT LEARNERS

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Charter Renewals In 2003, the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning held its first classes with just 50 students in the basement of a church. Now, the kindergarten-through-5th grade school has nearly 400 students and much more space: an annex next to P.S. 111. Principal Shubert Jacobs, who has worked at Bronx Better Learning since
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A PARTNER FOR THE FUTURE

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Charter Renewals A school day at KIPP STAR College Prep Charter School is longer than a typical workday. Students arrive at 7:25 a.m. and attend class until 5 p.m., a schedule that even adults would find exhausting. Students also attend class every other Saturday and for three weeks in the summer. But KIPPsters, as students
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A COLLEGE PREP CULTURE

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Charter Renewals At most schools, class names are mundane, usually a no-nonsense series of numbers with a letter or two thrown in. But at Harlem Village Academy Charter School, classes are named after American universities. Students are not a part of class 101 or 503, but Manhattanville, Cornell or Yale. According to Matt Scott, the
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A FOUNDATION FOR ACHIEVEMENT

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Charter Renewals The Bedford-Stuyvesant building that houses Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School is state of the art. Every classroom has a computer station and a DVD projector. At home, parents can log on to the school’s website to track their children’s grades or chat with a live operator. Brooklyn Excelsior, which is a member of National
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BUILDING OVER BARRIERS

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Charter Renewals Like most areas of New York City, Highbridge, in the Bronx, is a home to a diverse group of immigrant families. Some hail from Mexico and the Caribbean, others from South America and Africa. So it’s no surprise that nearly 40 percent of students at Family Life Academy Charter School, located in Highbridge,
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THE PRIDE OF EAST TREMONT

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Turnaround School Guitar club. Political debate. Pumpkin picking. Mosaic art. Cooking. Fashion design. Ballroom dancing. Welcome to…The Pratt Institute? The New School? New York University? Not even close. Welcome to P.S. 32, in the Bronx. Principal Esther Schwartz favors an energetic approach to learning. Students at her K-5 school choose from a thrilling array of
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DR. KING'S DREAM, ON E. 96TH STREET

Written by admin on October 23, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Diversity Citation Manhattan Country School was founded in 1966, at the peak of a period remembered largely for its social ideals. Today, the school continues to reflect that vision, and that of the school’s founders, who sought to emphasize diversity, equality, social justice and the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I think we
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