Xaverian plans a new wing with classrooms, labs and a chapel, with construction starting this year and completion set for 2027.
When it comes to running – make that indoor or outdoor competitive track – no one comes close to Paul Robeson Campus High School.
The system, installed in the basement of the school, uses repurposed cooking oil refined into diesel fuel to power four boilers.
Fort Hamilton High School unveiled a new first-floor Hall of Fame wall honoring alumni, with an official induction ceremony set for April.
Transit Tech was a threat to be undefeated with wins against Jamaica, Christopher Columbus, Grand Street Campus, and Campus Magnet.
Xaverian’s girls placed five all-stars on the CHSAA Tier 1 squad, and Bishop Loughlin had the same amount on the Tier 3 team.
Howard Adelson could stay away for only so long — until his grandson lured him back into coaching. Back to his love: basketball.
Two student interns from Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design were joined by six French Preservation Volunteers were put to work restoring a piece of New York’s Civil War
BY JULIETTE TUGANDER At the end of the school year, two student athletes from the Class of 2013 were honored at Bishop Ford High School. Rockaway resident Devin Rocks received
There was good news for students at McKinley Junior High School, on Monday, June 24 who were able to rejoice after receiving word that their Beacon program would be saved.
Just a few months ago, the city proposed axing the program at McKinley, 7301 Fort Hamilton Parkway, and other Beacon pr …
In an act of civil disobedience, on Monday, May 27, high school students and guerilla media activists placed banners at high-visibility locations all over Brooklyn and Long Island to increase
Cobble Hill High School for American Studies is one of three Brooklyn high schools that will receive additional educational programs as part of a two-year, $400,000 grant to Classroom, Inc.,
The Bella Voce Singers are warming up their voices and getting ready to enlighten their enthusiastic audiences with melodies of love, life and peace in what will be three upcoming performances in two neighborhoods in Brooklyn and, for the first time ever, one in Staten Island.
The group is …
Three officers from the 62nd Precinct were honored for nabbing notorious burglars at the 62nd Precinct Community Council meeting held on Tuesday, March 19 at the stationhouse.
The officers snagged Cop of the Month awards for two separate incidents.
The first to …
For the first time ever, Community School District 20, Councilmember Vincent Gentile and State Senator Marty Golden partnered to hold an essay contest for eighth graders at I.S. 201.
The winners, who wrote about prescription drug abuse and litter, won internships at Golden and Gentiles o …
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Samantha Wong is the high school senior member of the Community Education Council in School District 20, which she enjoys because it is an opportunity to attend meetings with prominent adults in the community and learn how major issues are ha …
Two-legged individuals werent the only ones stealing the spotlight on Thursday, February 28, opening night of Brooklyn Fashion Weekend at Industry City in Sunset Park.
The audience was in for a treat when four-legged creatures joined the models on the catwalk displaying the intricate des …
Two-legged individuals weren’t the only ones stealing the spotlight on Thursday, February 28, opening night of Brooklyn Fashion Weekend at Industry City in Sunset Park. The audience was in for
Without the contributions of the masters of fashion, fashion trends would not be what they are today. The theme, therefore, for this year’s Brooklyn Fashion Week[end] (BKFW) introducing the fall/winter
State Senator Marty Golden was sworn in for his sixth term during a lavish ceremony at Kingsborough Community College on Wednesday, January 30.
Nearly 100 local leaders from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Gerritsen Beach and Sheepshead Bay came to the event in Manhattan Beach. Golden said he chos …
Our city needs all the help it can get to recover from Hurricane Sandy, which is why last Saturday morning, kids from different parts of Brooklyn showed up to give a hand in cleaning up the areas surrounding Kings Highway where days after the storm, the streets were still filled with downed branc …
It was about an hour into the 38th annual Atlantic Antic when the rain arrived. But that wasn’t enough to stop the fairgoers – who descended on the commercial strip
It’s only October, but fashion designers were more than ready to feature their spring/summer 2013 collections during the four-day-long Brooklyn Fashion Weekend in Industry City. “It gets better and better
Jo Ann Chester, former principal of Fort Hamilton High School, has retired after 42 years of working in the city school system.
She will be replaced by Interim Acting Principal Kaye Houlihan, appointed by the Department of Education High School Superintendent Karen Watts. Houlihan comes fr …
Bishop Ford High School is slated to celebrate its 50th anniversary this month. Opened in 1962, the school has played a huge role in shaping the surrounding community, educating over
Community members are fighting to keep the Beacon Community Center at McKinley I.S. 259 alive, after the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) announced that it would be pulling the plug on eight centers throughout the city, including that one, as of July 1.
The center, whic …
The March 12 event was billed as a forum on school turnarounds where parents, students, teachers and alumni could make statements directly to Department of Education (DOE) officials about why they dont want the DOE to close their schools. Out of 33 schools on the turnaround list, however, only …
Education is a right. Fight, fight, fight!
This was one of many rallying cries shouted by the nearly 2,000parents, students, educators, union leaders and elected officialsgathered outside and inside Brooklyn Technical High School onThursday, February 9, in protest of the city Department ofE …
BROOKLYN MARCHERS SALUTE COLUMBUS
Under bright sunny skies and summer-like warm weather, the 30thannual Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade kicked off on 18th Avenue, alsoknown as Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard.
Several years ago, the Federation of Italian AmericanOrganizations (FIAO), spons …
Wednesday afternoon at Shallow Junior High School was a slamdunk.
It was on that day, September 28, that Knicks legend John Starksand pro Troy Bowers led a basketball clinic for 75 excited Shallowstudents. The day was made possible by the NIA Community ServicesNetwork and State Senator Mart …
As any of the over 100 graduates of New Utrecht High School’sClass of 1961 who returned to Brooklyn to mark their 50thanniversary reunion could tell you, there was a song for everymemory in the 1950s and 60s, and a dance, as well.
Those tunes, those memories and those moves were on full di …
Some good news for the students, parents and teachers in SunsetPark!
Students from Sunset Park High School (SPHS) and BrooklynProspect Charter School (BPCS) will not be sharing a schoolbuilding come September. Instead, students from Brooklyn Prospectwill be moving into empty classrooms at …