Posts Tagged ‘Education’

WAITLIST UPDATE

Written by admin on July 22, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Every zoned student on the kindergarten waitlist for P.S. 166 has been given a space at the West 89th Street school. “There are no lists because the department worked with the Community Education Council to rezone the area,” said Department of Education spokesperson Andrew Jacob. In May, 31 area students were on hold for spots
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Insideschools.org on Its Way Out?

Written by admin on July 16, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

When New York City parents want to navigate the labyrinthine school system, they have three main options: try their luck with the Department of Education, hire a pricey school consultant or buy a book with the inside scoop. But for the past seven years, there has also been Insideschools.org, which has grown from a small
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Who Gets In?

Written by admin on July 8, 2009. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit

District 3, which encompasses the Upper West Side and most of Harlem, currently has no high school that gives special consideration to area students—and the local parent council doesn’t like it. On June 17, the district’s Community Education Council and Presidents’ Council approved a request asking the Department of Education to give local students priority
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Thoughts on New Brandeis High School

Written by admin on July 1, 2009. Posted in Opinion and Column

To the Editor: An ad-hoc group of parents, educators and community leaders from diverse backgrounds and experiences are working on a proposal for a District 3 priority and college preparatory high school at the Brandeis High School complex (“New Writing High School?” June 18). Hopefully to one day be named the Frank McCourt High School of
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New Writing High School?

Written by admin on June 17, 2009. Posted in Education

With Brandeis High School being replaced by three new institutions in 2009, the Department of Education is currently considering proposals and gathering community input for a fourth school to open in September 2010. Last week, officials held a community meeting on the campus, at 145 W. 84th St
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A Tribute to Teachers

Written by admin on June 5, 2009. Posted in Education, News & Features West Side Spirit, Special Sections

Everybody remembers a favorite teacher. Whether it was someone who pushed you harder, became your friend or simply cast life in a different light, educators stay with us long after the last day of school. But for individuals who can have such an impact on our lives, teachers rarely get the recognition they deserve. That’s
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Charter’s Dynamic Duo

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

Team teaching requires give-and-take. Sahba Rohani and Rebecca Williams—who completed each other’s sentences as they answered questions on speakerphone from their kindergarten classroom—clearly have this knack. Theirs is an arranged marriage that works, built on a shared passion for families and community at the aptly named Community Roots Charter School. “When we first met,” Rohani
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Love First, Teach Second

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

Carolyn Silberstein knows that curiosity thrives when students start to feel comfortable. “They need to feel the classroom is their place,” she said. “Once we’ve done that, we’re golden and we can go on to learn.” Silberstein, who has been teaching at Temple Emanu-El Nursery School for 20 years, begins every morning with hugs and
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Cooking Up Young Learners

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

Most children don’t walk into their kindergarten classroom on Monday morning to the smell of freshly baked muffins. But parent Princess Prince-McCoade describes dropping her daughter off at the Central Park East I pre-K/kindergarten classroom and finding steaming Ziploc bags wafting out the scent of freshly baked pumpkin or banana muffins. The baked goods are
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Support, No Matter What

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

For the past four years, Debra Robinson has gone to Birch Family Services Mill Basin Early Childhood Center to teach children who fall on the autism spectrum. But her dedication to helping these children and their families extends far beyond the classroom. “We spoke on the phone almost every day,” said Michele Montanez, whose 6-year-old
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