Academy of Arts and Letters

Fort Greene’s sought-after Arts & Letters might move to Bed-Stuy in a merger with P.S. 305

By Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/10/15/fort-greenes-sought-after-arts-letters-might-move-to-bed-stuy-in-a-merger-with-p-s-305/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] The Academy of Arts & Letters, a highly sought-after progressive elementary and middle school on the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill border, might have a new home next year in

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Bklyn Incubator Grant Funds Brooklyn Podcasting Club And Clinton Hill Library Garden

Image via CUNY.It’s good news for the mixtape and podcasting fans. Bklyn Mixtape Podcasting Club is being funded at Central Library. The podcast is an oral history project that will teach adult participants how to collect, adapt, record, edit, and produce people’s stories as radio-style podcasts that

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Bklyn Incubator Grant Funds Clinton Hill Library Garden And Brooklyn Podcasting Club

Photo by plherrin [https://instagram.com/p/2GLr0sRZZb/?taken-by=plherrin].A garden WILL grow in Brooklyn! More specifically, our own Clinton Hill Library will be launching an outdoor gardening program built from the ground up by students of PS/MS 492 Academy of Arts & Letters, in partnership with Teen Librarian

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Vote Now Through February 3 To Fund A PS/MS 492-Student-Run Outdoor Garden At Clinton Hill Library

Image via BPL Brooklyn Incubator [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynPublicLibrary/photos/a.10153748528380250.1073741836.8544515249/10153748836055250/?type=3&theater] .Get your vote on — for a student-library outdoor gardening program that needs our help in winning funding! We only have today and tomorrow to register our votes — via Facebook comments and

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NYCDOE To Allow Academy Of Arts And Letters To Increase Student Diversity Through Admissions

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Fort Greene’s Academy of Arts and Letters [http://www.artsandlettersbklyn.org/] (225 Adelphi Street) will now be allowed to increase student diversity by giving priority for 40 percent of seats to students who qualify for free-or-reduced lunch. The move goes into effect for the

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Photo Finish: Fort Greene Kids Giving Thanks By Giving Back To Their Park

Photo via Fort Greene Park [https://www.instagram.com/p/-euxiyjnyc/?taken-by=fortgreenepark].“We had an amazing day of service and volunteering with students from the Academy of Arts and Letters this morning! Over 70 new friends and their parents learned about composting, mulching, and stewardship, and raked up a

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Common Core Opt-Out Movement Hits All-Time High In Local Public Schools, Including District 13

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The growing opt-out movement from Common Core testing in New York City public schools continues to expand, and according to a new report, one local school is among the top of those where students choose to not take the tests. Figures from the city shared