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Expeditionary Learning School At Lafayette Campus Celebrates Graduation Rate Gains During College-Bound March

Students celebrated a successful march to deliver their college applications. More than 300 students from the Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders (2630 Benson Avenue), formerly Lafayette High School, signed, sealed and delivered their college applications to a United States Post Office truck in front of their school on Friday

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Growing Leaders Greenmarket Kicks Off Today On Benson Avenue

Source: Natalie Maynor / FlickrGreen-thumbed students from the Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders aren’t letting summer vacation get in their way of helping area residents stay healthy throughout the year. With guidance from the school’s Garden Coordinator Arielle Hartman, pint-sized cultivators of the land have set up what

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Bensonhurst School Gets $80K Worth Of Fancy New Additions

Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Expeditionary Learning SchoolThe Brooklyn Expeditionary Learning School (2630 Benson Avenue) received a library makeover and a College Access Center as part of an $80,000 grant from Capital One Bank and the Heart of America Foundation. According to a press release, the grant covered a full

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Local Schools Receive Passing Grades

Source: District 21 via Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=175563475855789&set=a.143953382350132.38674.143932519018885&type=1&theater] Every year schools across New York receive report card grades, much like the ones they send schoolkids home with. According to the Schools.nyc.gov [http://schools.nyc.gov/

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Lafayette High School Sent The Most Players To The Major Leagues

Source: Wikiwatcher1 via Wikimedia CommonsIn a recent New York Times “Answers to Questions About New York [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/nyregion/answers-to-questions-about-new-york.html?_r=1] ” article, a reader asked which NYC high school sent the most players to play baseball in the Major Leagues. The answer is