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Resilient Red Hook is organizing a children’s Climate Strike event at Coffey Park, from 12-2 pm on Friday, September 20th, to coincide with the march on the UN led by the Swedish child activist Greta Thunberg. Climate change is an issue that’s even more critical for the next generation, and building awareness and support among children is a fantastic catalyst for change to […]
Summit Academy got good news from the New York State Board of Regents in May. Earlier in the spring, the future of Red Hook’s Summit Academy Charter School (grades six through 12) was unknown, but a new partnership with the Center for Education Innovation (CEI), a self-described “non-profit education organization and recognized leader in advancing meaningful reforms in public education,” […]
When students go home for the summer, sometimes the excitement surrounding vacation trips and other plans might make them forget what they’ve learned in school all year. So, to beat the ‘summer brain drain,’ here are five summer reading challenges and activities – with prizes – that might give your kids the extra incentive to pick up a book and […]
During the summer at the Red Hook library young kids get the chance to improve on their reading skills in an interactive and fun way in a group setting. Team up to Read is happening this summer at the Red Hook Library for the first time and is a free program designed to enhance comprehension and fluency in the reading […]
It’s almost time to swap your favorite bathing suit and beach towel for new school outfits and accessories. Some parents will take their kids’ “back-to-school” photos this year on Sept. 5 when the kids hold up chalkboards that say what grade they’re in now. For students, it’s the opportunity to make a statement through their ensembles and start the new […]
Parkside Preparatory Academy student Ariel Granger may still be in middle school, but she knows as much about stocks, bonds and mutual funds as her friends do about emojis and apps. Now she’s been nationally recognized for combining her commitment to sustainability with financial analysis. The incoming eighth-grader won first place in the SIFMA Foundation’s Spring 2019 InvestWrite competition after […]
School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean it still isn’t on people’s minds. A large group of parents, students, teachers, advocates and elected officials stood on the steps of City Hall on June 11, demanding smaller class sizes for an hour. They also urged the Department of Education (DOE) and Mayor Bill de Blasio to allocate […]
The last day of school in New York City is June 26. Congratulations, students and teachers! When classes start again in September, the city’s elite specialized high schools, Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, will welcome 895 and 803 new freshmen, respectively. As nearly everyone who follows local news must already know, at Stuyvesant High School, only seven members (0.78 percent) of […]
Families from PS 295 and the South Slope area had the chance to explore and sit behind the wheels of more than 15 special vehicles at the school’s 9th annual Touch-A-Truck fundraiser. The vehicles lined up on 18th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, this year included an FDNY fire truck, NYPD smart car and van, PSVAC ambulance, DOS garbage […]
Nine-year-old Ethan Weitz, from Carroll Gardens, recently got to experience what it’s like to be a doctor for a day – with the official white coat and all. Ethan broke his ulna during Labor Day weekend when he jumped off a swing while playing with a few other kids. “As a parent it’s such a scary and stressful situation for […]