Celebrating Community
The thermometer read 11 degrees at 7:05 pm, when the January meeting of the Red Hook Civic Association began in the PS 15 auditorium. A rather large crowd came to hear Gordon Jackson of CORE talk about the new homeless shelter that suddenly took over the Look Hotel on Seabring Street last December. As of the 30th, there were […]
One of the Red Hook’s social events of the year takes place next week at Pioneer Works. The 4th Annual PS 15 Spring Celebration will be held on Thursday, March 29, at 159 Pioneer Street. Anybody who is anybody in Red Hook makes an appearance at this posh event which benefits long suffering and high achieving PS 15 – The […]
The Red Hook Civic Association met on January 31 at PS 15. Attendees included NCO Officers Damien Clarke and Jonathan Rueda, Red Hook West Tenant Association President Lillie Marshall, Karen Broughton representing Felix Ortiz, and Robert Berrios from Visitation Church. Buses A major topic discussed was the possible return of the B71 bus line. Robert Berrios, Red Hook’s bus expert, […]
PAVE will be hosting back-to-school nights for their families throughout August. Dates are as follows: Wednesday, August 23rd, Middle school back-to-school night 5:30-6:30; Thursday, August 24th, elementary school back-to-school night 5:30-6:30 PS 58 parents should also make note that registration for Carroll Kids aftercare and after school enrichment programs will begin August 1. Register at ps58.org. Brooklyn Acting Lab houses […]
Big Idea Week is a program that started at PS 307 in Dumbo a couple of years ago. According to its website: “Many students have heard of Twitter but have never met an app developer. Big Idea Week is bridging that gap. For one week, students and mentors from local businesses engage in an exchange of ideas and inspiration. The […]
In February of this year, PS 15 announced it had been granted “magnet” status beginning the fall semester of 2014. A school that is awarded a magnet status gains federal funding for a specified number of years to incorporate specific focus on curriculum. A specific theme is chosen by the school and that school is allowed to chose what the […]