City Kid Corner
Finding the right school for any kid is tough, but toss special needs into the mix, and the task suddenly becomes ten times more difficult. For a select few, their zoned school is a perfect fit. For others, a specialized program that gives children both the academic and developmental supports
Bensonhurst
IS 220, 4812 9th Avenue (Source: Google Maps)Cops are searching for a creep who groped a middle schooler walking to IS 220 John J. Pershing [http://parent-portal.pershing220.org/] (4812 9th Avenue) Friday morning. After he approached the 13-year-old girl and asked her for directions, the suspect touched her
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at 22 Linden Boulevard. (Photo: Google Maps)Cast your votes today and help Flatbush students win funding for an exciting student-library history research program! We only have today to register our votes — via Facebook comments and “likes” [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/
Education
P.S. 255’s Student Council with some of their teachers, administrators and City Councilman Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Children at P.S. 255 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/22/K255/default.htm] proudly displayed the contributions for their winter sock drive — which will go to local
Central Brooklyn
The P.S. 217 Weather Club with Snowball the Hamster. (Photo: Mara Dubovici)OK, it may not feel like we’re going to have six more weeks of winter, but a highly reputable source on Newkirk Avenue has just declared it so. Snowball, the P.S. 217 [http://ps217brooklyn.org]
Central Brooklyn
There are typically three situations that parents find themselves in during the first week of February. 1) They’ve had a midwinter break camp booked for weeks now, and are sitting pretty. 2) They’re taking the week off of work for some quality family time. 3) They received the
Education
There are typically three situations that parents find themselves in during the first week of February. 1) They’ve had a midwinter break camp booked for weeks now, and are sitting pretty. 2) They’re taking the week off of work for some quality family time. 3) They received the
Central Brooklyn
Image via NYCDOE.It’s that time of year again: pre-kindergarten enrollment season. The pre-K enrollment process [http://nyc.gov/prek] for the 2016-2017 school year runs from January 25 through March 4 and is open to all New York City families with children born in 2012. This includes children
Education
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
Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].A middle school WILL be coming to the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park site, confirmed Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce talk this morning (Thursday, January 28). The much hoped-for school is estimated to
Bensonhurst
Never before have parents had so many options when it comes to choosing a pre-kindergarten program. With the rapid expansion of the free UPK (Universal Pre-K) program — including its most recent re-incarnation, known as “Pre-K for All” — a great majority of pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds are free, and full-day free
Education
Image via Google Maps.The anticipation for the redesigned MS 313/Satellite West has been mounting since the change was announced months ago and now the Department of Education will finally be unveiling its plans at a meeting tonight at 6pm inside the gym of the current building at 209