Check out some highlights from our week! In 6th grade Social Studies, students engaged in a “back-to-back” pair initiative with one student describing a mystery image to the other.  The student listening to the description then attempted to draw the image, just from the description alone.  When finished, students compared the original image to what … Continue reading →

We’ve had a great first full week of academic classes! Students in 7th grade science started the year by engaging in a discussion about what it means to collaborate in class. They then participated in a spaghetti tower challenge and had the opportunity to reflect on how their team worked together to achieve their goals. … Continue reading →

At Brooklyn Collaborative, we begin every year with two All Crew days. These days give students a chance to connect or re-connect, and develop community within their crew before the start of academic classes. For 6th and 9th graders, this is also a chance to tour the school, become familiar with school policies, and adjust … Continue reading →

Are you interested in learning more about Brooklyn Collaborative for incoming Grade 9?  Here is our tour sign up link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4ba8ab2ea2f49-high – We look forward to seeing you!   *Note: if you are interested in coming to Brooklyn Collaborative for middle school, please sign up here instead.  Our MS and HS tours are separate. Continue reading →

This year, we are proud that we had over 30+ students from our Grade 8 attend the NYU Social Justice Expo on 5/26 to celebrate and present the work and creative social justice projects they’ve researched this year including about women’s rights, climate change, LGBQT issues, and much more!       Continue reading →

Milo’s crew competed courageously and won the city-wide Crewlympics against all the NYC Outward Bound schools in the city!  (Milo’s crew won our internal Crewlympics at our school level to earn the privilege of representing us city-wide!) Brooklyn Collaborative is bringing the golden shoes home, which we will proudly display for one year, until next … Continue reading →

The Model Job Fair is a true rite of passage for all students at Brooklyn Collaborative.  Over the past 10 years, we’ve had over 900 students working with over 100 businesses, non-profits, schools and universities across our great city. So many of our interns have taken full advantage of their internship experience, parlaying their school … Continue reading →

There were so so many wonderful interactions between our junior interns and the Blackstone employees during our visit on 5/31, we’re certain it was an experience our students will remember perhaps forever.  And aside from getting excellent tips & practice about interviewing, improving Model Job Fair speeches, they have now all been in a beautiful … Continue reading →

Our science team designed an extensive array of fieldwork today (5/24/17) for our upper grades students! Check out our photos below! Biology students toured a variety of sustainable buildings and green roofs in NYC, including the 5 Boro NYC Parks Center, the Kickstarter building, the Javits Center, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor’s Center, the PS … Continue reading →