This year we have an afterschool arts club focused on school beautification. Today they took to our hallways and used ribbon to weave designs into the lockers. Check out their beautiful work! Continue reading
Category Archives: BCS News
2/11-15 – Highlights of the Week!
Our Robosharks Robotics Team made last adjustments and bagged this year’s robot – ready to go, ready to win! Last month’s Family Book Club was a success – the book was Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. This month’s Family Bool Club is at the end of February – please join us in reading Aristotle … Continue reading
2/4-8 – Highlights of the Week!
A busy start to February! 2/6 – Our junior interns engaged in practice interviews with each other before they set off next week to meet their site supervisors! 2/8 – We held Town Halls for Grades 6-8 to re-establish positive norms for spring semester. We even had a funky dance initiative to start … Continue reading
1/28 – 2/1 – Highlights of the Week!
A busy week during inter-session between semesters! 1/28 – Several teacher-leaders joined with the Support Team and admin in our mid-year Restorative Practices check-in, a day of learning and reflection facilitated by Dionne and Marieke, staff developers from Morningside Center. 1/29 – While our Upper Grades was on campus visits, our Lower Grades had … Continue reading
Congratulations to seniors Marco and David!
Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Marco Hermida & David Hudson as 2019 New York Times Scholarship Semi-finalists!! They were selected from several hundred eligible applicants enrolled in public, private and parochial schools in the five boroughs of New York City, demonstrating outstanding academic achievement, community service and a commitment to learning in the face of adversity. Continue reading
1/29 – UG Campus Visits!
Our annual College Campus Visits took place today! This is our annual rite of passage for Crews 9, 10, and 11 on the first day of the spring semester. Our Grades 9-11 students, along with their crew leaders, visited a myriad of institutions stretching from Ithaca, New York to Washington, DC, representing a diversity of … Continue reading
1/22-24 – Lower Grades Intensives!
January Intensives are one of the favorite parts of the year for our lower grades students. After a semester of hard work, often culminating in PBATs, final projects, and other summative assessments, students have the opportunity to dive into one topic of their choice for the week. During intensives they engage in field work, hand … Continue reading
1/11 – Community Feast was amazing!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us and made our first everBCS New Year’s Potluck Community Feast: A Celebration of Hope such a memorable evening of performances, reflection, and community building. It was wonderful to see so many families, students, staff, and alumni (200+) come out and fill our cafeteria with celebration, laughter, warm conversation, … Continue reading
1/22-25 – Highlights of the Week!
1/22-25 – Lower Grades had Mastery Support and Intensives. Stay tuned for the longer post with tons of pictures! https://www.smore.com/wpm48 1/24 – Brooklyn Collaborative welcomed Drag Queen Story Hour in our library! DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. We LOVED hosting! … Continue reading
Letter to BCS Parents about our CSI designation from NYSED
Last week, we were notified by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) that our school, Brooklyn Collaborative Studies, has been designated a Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) school. This means that according to State criteria, our school has not performed as well as other schools in New York State on the MS state examinations … Continue reading
Another great admissions season!
We’re so happy to know our applicant numbers at the end of this great admissions season. We did well this year in terms of our applicant numbers. INCOMING GRADE 6: Total: 1084 students in D15 elementary schools applied for our incoming Grade 6 (class size of ~90 seats). INCOMING GRADE 9: 88 of our current students applied to … Continue reading
1/14-18 – Highlights of the Week
A great week to end out our first semester! So proud of our hardworking students! Check out senior Emily F’s tribute to the music program at Brooklyn Collaborative!! Beautiful!!! So grateful for Emily and our wonderful Music teacher Christine F: https://photos.app.goo.gl/bSWPQjAp3EjZC6PM9 Career Week – our 6th grade crews welcomed our graduates and … Continue reading
1/7-11 – Highlights of the Week!
A very busy week at Brooklyn Collaborative! 1/7 – Our Upper Grades Yoga class is starting to move into more advanced moves. Check out junior Stephan R doing a super advanced pose called “Wild Thing”! 1/7 – Stephen took several seniors on a special invitation from The Grey Rock Company to see a play put … Continue reading
