On June 12th, incoming families and students had a chance to get to know a little bit more about Brooklyn Collaborative. Families participated in circles facilitated by our school support team where they were able to reflect on what it means to be raising a middle or high schooler. Students got to meet their future … Continue reading →

Brooklyn Collaborative gets a big shout out in an article in AMNY last week!  Go BCS!   Here’s the article: “There are ways to make schools more diverse” 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 →

Last Friday, 6th grade ELA students wrapped up their work with Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Connections at a convocation in the BPL’s Dweck Center auditorium. They were represented by Xavi, Jada, and Stefanie who presented their work on Gentrification: Who Owns a Neighborhood? Brooklyn Connections is the school outreach arm of Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Collection and offers … 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 →

Over 75 of our 9th graders attended Crew Orientation camping this week in Fishkill, NY with their crews! The Crew Orientation Course is a unique feature and benefit of attending a NYC Outward Bound School. It is an important bonding experience for students, their peers and crew advisor, as they work with the guidance of … Continue reading →

Last Thursday BCS lower grades students spent a full day improving their math skills in our first ever lower grades Mathlympics competition. Students participated in a wide variety of math based initiatives that helped them build their numeracy and critical thinking skills as well as the EL design principle of collaboration and competition. Continue reading →