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Middle school applications for the 2015-2016 school year are now available at elementary schools across the city. How to apply Students in 5th grade and 6th grade (for K-6 elementary schools) can apply to middle schools in their district, as well as certain boroughwide and citywide schools. Each student will
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Catch a showing of Eddie Murphy’s “Coming to America” this Sunday, June 22 at Habana Outpost at 757 Fulton Street. (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Don’t sit inside on the couch all summer. You can hang with your neighbors and get your pop
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Kudos to the kids from the New Visions Charter School for Advanced Math & Science III, one of the publicly-funded charter schools that moved into the Sheepshead Bay High School campus (3000 Avenue X) last fall. These kids took to the streets around the school last week, cleaning sidewalks and
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Source: schools.nyc.govThe planned protest of a co-location proposal at I.S. 281 Joseph B. Cavallaro Junior High School (8787 24th Avenue) drew hundreds of concerned parents, students and educators to the Monday evening hearing. The proposal is one of many last-minute attempts by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to shove
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A Notorious B.I.G. mural sits above Fulton Street with the caption “Comandante Biggie”. (Photo by Jason Bisnoff)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, The hot weather and heat advisory have stuck around for one more day, giving us our first official heat wave of the summer. But
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It’s clear from the heat this week that summer is on the way. In a few weeks, school will be out until fall and you’ll see more kids playing outside around the nabe. (Photo by Patrick Wall)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The heat wave that
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe Panel for Educational Policy, which has the final say on closing schools in New York City, voted last night to approve plans to phase out and ultimately shutter Sheepshead Bay High School and 21 other schools at the end of this semester. Much like the closure hearing
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Enraged parents from the overcrowded Intermediate School 303 in Coney Island are taking immediate legal action to stop a similarly cramped charter school from moving into their building, 501 West Avenue at West 5 thStreet, the Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2011/06/06/
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Courtesy of WikipediaWe haven’t been able to confirm it, but GerritsenBeach.net [http://www.gerritsenbeach.net/2010/01/31/sheepshead-bay-high-school-going-to-close/] is reporting that Sheepshead Bay High School, John Dewey High School, William E. Grady High School, and FDR High School are set to close by the end of 2010.