Summit Academy Charter School is collecting water that will be sent directly to Flint, Michigan, where the water supply has been contaminated since early 2014. “Sharing is caring,” the school wrote in a Facebook post. “Help us help our brothers and sisters in Michigan.” The initiative started with Devon Smith, a Park Slope resident and neighbor to Summit’s Executive Founder, […]
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Big Idea Week comes to PS 15, by George Fiala
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 […]
Summit Academy banquet a huge success, by George Fiala
The Summit Academy one of Red Hook’s two local Charter Schools. They work to be a college preparatory academy, teaching grades 6 – 12, including special education students. Summit was founded in 2009 by Executive Director Natasha Campbell and is located in the former PS 27 building on Huntington Street. Their first ever awards dinner was held on Saturday, April […]
Editorial: Our Red Hook Thanks & Hopes
Thanksgiving is the holiday of thankfulness. This year the Star-Revue will acknowledge some things that it feels our communities might be thankful for, and at the same time we mention things that we are hopeful might happen next year. We invite readers to send us their own list which we will publish next issue. Simply add your comments. 1. We are […]
Education Beat: PS 15 is now a magnet school, by Kimberly Gail Price
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 […]
Artisan to Entrepreneur graduates speak, by George Fiala
On September 8th, ten local business owners gathered at Atelier Roquette for a graduation ceremony. They were all members of what all agreed was a tremendous learning experience. For many, it was an emotional experience as well, as they got to know their fellow merchants even better, as well as understanding what made them tick, and how they could further […]
Updated – UPK application period extended
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS MENCHACA | 38th District Dear District 15 Families: Earlier today the Department of Education announced that seven new pre-k classrooms at the former Bishop Ford High School would immediately provide over 100 seats to school district 15 families. After working closely with the Mayor’s Office, the Dept. of Education, and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, I am proud […]
BASIS School to open in Red Hook this fall, by George Fiala
The BASIS Independent School received permission to run a Red Hook School at a March 25 hearing of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA). The school, which will be located at 556 Columbia Street, is located in an IBZ manufacturing zone, and needed the approval to begin construction. They immediately announced their opening this fall, despite the fact that […]
BASIS Independent School’s for-profit strategy, by George Fiala
The initial controversy surrounding the BASIS Independent School stemmed from their under-the-radar approach in entering our community. While they assured a Community Board 6 (CB6) committee that they had done sufficient groundwork, it turned out that very few in the community had any idea of their plans, nor anything about them. For this reason, their initial application for approval was […]