Inwood Principal Uses Art and Music to Inspire Students | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — When Maureen Guido was offered the chance to open a new elementary school in Inwood nine years ago, the Brooklyn native knew which principles would guide her. First, the mother of three wanted to make sure that she offered her students an education that was as good or [...]
Washington Heights School is Saved From Closure | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer A popular Washington Heights school placed on the chopping block by the city’s Education Department has been spared from closing. Dozens of parents and advocates rallied outside of P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte on Wadsworth Avenue Friday morning, shouting “Sí se puede” less than a month after they called on [...]
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School now has room for students to excel | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS College planning has always been the main focus at this Washington Heights high school, but for years the students had no place to do it. In the past, students at Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School were forced to meet their college counselors in the corridors. Other [...]
Ydanis Speaks: Parents Are the Cornerstones of a Child’s Education
If you are a parent with a child in a district 6 elementary or middle school, you are likely already aware of the recent conversation around eliminating zones for schools so that children are no longer guaranteed slots in their local school. Needless to say, this proposal created an uproar from parents, some for and [...]
In the Heights, a Taste of Ethiopia
Story & photos by Angela Bao Bei Bei (@AngelaBaoBeiBei) On a recent Saturday afternoon, the late-autumn sunshine heated this changing neighborhood along the Hudson River. The air just off 187th Street smelled of autumn leaves, damp earth and bus exhaust. But whenever the door to the new café swung open – and it opened often [...]
Child Care? Check the Waitlist First…
Story & photos by Angela Bao Bei Bei (@AngelaBaoBeiBei) Washington Heights – Rachel Torres finally started preschool this September after a one-year wait for a spot in a subsidized center, the only option her family can afford. Her parents, a 27-year-old food delivery man and his girlfriend, applied to the city’s Administration for Children’s Services [...]
Ydanis Speaks: Why Your Vote Matters
Many of you may have seen a similar post on my Facebook page last Friday, this is an updated and revised post with several additions, please enjoy and engage in conversation… Recently, I had the honor of speaking at the College of Staten Island to students and faculty that take part in the Black Male [...]
An Experiment in Storefront Science Education | MetroFocus: THIRTEEN
BY Lindsay Armstrong It is difficult for people to walk past Storefront Science in Washington Heights without stopping to stare. Tucked between a beauty salon and a Dunkin’ Donuts, the front window of Storefront Science is filled with specimens – a sea snail, a frog, a baby chick – all carefully preserved in glass jars. [...]
CUNY in the Heights Has A State of the Art New Home
This past Saturday, NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, NYS Senator Adriano Espaillat, NYS Assembly Woman Elect Gabriela Rosa and CUNY celebrated the opening of the brand new, state of the art building, set to house the CUNY in the Heights program. This program is a resource for students looking to continue their education, acquire professional [...]
Washington Heights Childcare Center to shutter, barring late lifeline | NY Daily News
Sept. 28 closure, which would leave 75 pre-schoolers without daycare; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, state Sen. Adriano Espillat are pulled in to find a fix By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The Washington Heights Childcare Center was fighting for its life on Thursday night. The popular daycare center on W. 175th St. could [...]
Ydanis Speaks: The Importance of Diversity in Higher Education Leadership
Hola mi gente! I hope you all enjoyed the first post of my new blog, Ydanis Speaks, and got to know a little bit about me. If you would like to get in contact with me feel free to friend me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter or contact my office. I am always open [...]
Our Schools: Special Education In Focus
Story & photos by Angela Bao Bei Bei (@AngelaBaoBeiBei) Hamilton Heights – A little past 7:30 last Thursday morning, Jennifer Low stood in the cafeteria of Public School 192, anxiously waiting her first batch of students – 10 second- and third-graders with disabilities ranging from autism to speech and hearing impairments. Low, 22, is a [...]
Community League of the Heights expects completion of long-awaited school building | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A scrappy Washington Heights school educated its students in two rundown buildings nearly three blocks apart for the past five years — but never lost sight of its dream for a gleaming new building to call home. That dream will come true for the Community Health Academy [...]
I Love Uptown Teen Festival Kicking Off This Summer
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PS 187 Principal Cynthia Chory Believes in the Positive Power of Community | DNAinfo
By Carla Zanoni When PS 187 Hudson Cliff Principal Cynthia Chory is asked how many children she has had, her answer is surprising. “I have three I go home to at night and 800 in the building during the day,” she said. Chory prides herself on a personal connection with the children who attend her [...]
Brett Kimmel: Create a ‘To-Die-For’ Place | SchoolBook
By Maria Newman In Principal’s Office, a regular feature of SchoolBook, a city school principal is interviewed for insights into school management and the life of a school leader. What do you think makes a good principal? Join the conversation below. Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School opened in 2006 with only grades 6 and 7. [...]
Home Schooling: A Washington Heights Family Chooses a Different Approach | The Uptowner
By Lina Zeldovich Karina Orton, 14, sits on the living room couch leafing through her biology textbook while her sister, Sarah Jane, 10, munches on a sandwich at the table and Alison, 12, plays the piano in the next room. Their brother Eli, 6, is building planes with his favorite Legos and their mother, Emily, [...]
A Procession to the Post Office, Carrying Envelopes Full of Hope | SchoolBook
By Chelsia Rose Marcius As dozens of seniors gathered in the fourth-floor corridor of Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning High School, each holding sealed envelopes containing college applications, Jenny Rodriguez, the school’s assistant principal, climbed onto a chair, as if to make a toast. “In some places this is such a rare step,” she said. “In [...]
Graduates of Elite New York City Public Schools Tutor Students Seeking Admission | NYTimes
By ANNA M. PHILLIPS On a Saturday morning in August, Philip Cleary stood in a white, fluorescent-lit classroom in Washington Heights, facing a dozen sleepy seventh graders he and others are training to pass an entrance exam for the city’s seven specialized high schools. “The inequality question,” he said. “Who was struggling with that?” He [...]
School-A-Palooza : FUNderDOME This Sunday @ PS/IS 187
School-A-Palooza : FUNderDOME, Premieres at PS/IS 187 Sunday, May 22nd at 2 p.m. Food-A-Rama open from Noon – 12 p.m. Hosted by: Captain Jack Sparrow School-A-Palooza, PS/IS 187’s annual parent-teacher variety show, will debut its fourth installment with School-A-Palooza: FUNderDOME on Sunday, May 22nd at 2 p.m. in the PS/IS 187 auditorium. Ticket prices are [...]
The World’s Most Expensive 'Coño'
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Washington Heights’ history teacher, Carlos Garcia, will now think twice before uttering the infamous c-word (‘coño’) ever again. Carlos ‘Coño’ Garcia, who has been a teacher for 17 years, was suspended for several months from his teaching duties at the High School of International Business and Finance popularly known as G-Dubs [...]
City awards grants to 29 schools to create or expand 'garden classrooms' | NY Daily News
By Barry Paddock The city is getting greener thanks to grants just awarded to 29 schools to create garden classrooms. “Our goal is to have a garden or access to a garden in every public school in the city,” said Marcel Van Ooyen, director of GrowNYC, which awarded the grants with the Mayor’s Fund to [...]
In Fight for Space, Educator Takes On Charter Chain – NYTimes.com
By MICHAEL WINERIP Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Joel I. Klein, the former schools chancellor, are strong supporters of charter schools. Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein have repeatedly told principals at New York City’s traditional public schools that a new age of reform has dawned, that charter schools are the cutting edge and that if [...]
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