Posts Tagged ‘Blackboard Awards’

Taking Students to the Source

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

Daniel Freund did not always want to be a teacher. And during his first few months of teaching 9th graders, he faced his share of challenges, with exhaustion ranking high on the list. But now, just as his second year at Bard High School Early College is winding up, he said he is more than
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An Advocate in the South Bronx

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

Julie Anne Schwartz, a native Upper East Sider, has a lifelong passion for history, having studied it as an undergraduate at Columbia and in a master’s program at SUNY Stony Brook. “I wanted to be a history professor, but was strongly advised against it by many different people because there were so few tenure track
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Creating an Orchestra from Scratch

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

When Barry Stern started teaching music at Louis D. Brandeis High School—a school of more than 2,500 students—the majority had never touched an instrument. Today, Brandeis boasts not one, but three different orchestras. The school is home to well over 200 string players, and scores of others practice the flute, clarinet, trumpet, saxophone and percussion
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A Harbor for the Most Vulnerable

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

Mott Haven Academy Charter School opened last year with a mission to serve the most vulnerable of students: those who are currently in the city’s child welfare and foster care systems. Many of the children have been victims of abuse and trauma, and often unsteady family lives leave them craving a learning environment that is
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From Band-Aids to Break-Ups

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

From the time she was a 1st grader at Convent of the Sacred Heart, Gail Trano wanted to be a nurse. Four years ago, she returned to the city’s oldest independent girls’ school to keep its more than 680 students healthy and ready to learn. As school nurse, Trano doesn’t just put ice on pulled
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Gifted Teacher Leads Precocious Group

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Special Sections

During the 24 years that Connie Williams Coulianos has spent at Hollingworth Preschool, she has passed her love of learning like a torch to hundreds of students. That includes both the 3- to 5-year-olds enrolled in the small program and the adults teaching here during their Columbia Teachers College graduate work
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HIGH SCHOOL BLACKBOARD AWARDS 2008

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit, Special Sections

High schools are responsible for putting the finishing touches on students before they head off to college, the workforce or other life-broadening endeavors. Good schools know how to push teens to their limits, while keeping their feet planted firmly on the ground and giving them the support they need to develop into young adults. The
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Ph.Ds AND COLLEGE PREP

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Outstanding Public High School The nomenclature of Hunter College High School is no mistake. In many respects, the school more closely resembles college than a high school. Hunter employs Ph.D. faculty, offers electives in astrophysics and has an open campus, allowing students in grades 7-12 to leave the building during their free periods. “Teaching them
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EMBRACING INNOVATION AND DEBATE

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Outstanding Private High School Tucked behind trees not far from bustling Borough Hall Park are the stately Gothic revival windows of The Packer Collegiate Institute. In front of the school, three bikes of varying sizes are chained to the shiny black iron fence. A single stroller is parked. A large maroon and white “Packer” flag
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FOSTERING THE IDEA OF PLURALISM

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Special Sections

Outstanding Religious High School Abraham Joshua Heschel High School strives to cut through divisions like a ship at sea, the building’s salmon-colored façade and stainless steel trim winking in the sun. “The thing we’re most proud of,” said Carol Weintraub, director of institutional advancement, “is that we foster the idea of pluralism. We take students
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