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
5/7 – Meet and Greet for Incoming Grade 6!
Dear Accepted Students and Families, We are so excited to welcome you to Brooklyn Collaborative! Please save the dates below to learn more about your new school! Incoming Grade 6 Meet and Greet Date: Tues May 7, 2019 Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm Place: Brooklyn Collaborative, 610 Henry Street, Auditorium Come hear more about Brooklyn Collaborative, talk with … Continue reading
6/11 – New Student and Family Orientation!
Welcome to all our new families who recently received notification that you will be joining Brooklyn Collaborative in Sept 2019! Please save the date of Tues June 11 at 12:30pm for New Student/Family Orientation in our auditorium (610 Henry Street, Brooklyn). We’ll see you then! Please expect a letter in the mail with more details. … Continue reading
4/8-12 – Highlights of the Week!
What a super busy week at Brooklyn Collaborative! 4/5 – During afterschool PD for our teachers, we held a student panel. We were so eager to hear what students had to share about mastery grading and how they feel their identities are reflected in our school program and curriculum. 4/5 – Javier R (Class of 2018) … Continue reading
4/2-3 – UG ELA and Social Studies Fieldwork!
Check out our April Expeditionary Fieldwork in ELA and Social Studies classes! Continue reading
4/11 – LG Mathlympics!
3rd annual LG Mathlympics Competition On Thursday, students worked together with their math cohort during a full-day math competition. Students competed in a variety of activities: free throw shoot-outs, solving KenKen, coding challenges (LightBot), BreakoutBCS (an escape-room type challenge), and a variety of other competitions (24, 7-ate-9, Nim, SuperCircles, chess, folding origami, and more!) At … Continue reading
4/1-5 – Highlights of the Week!
A super busy week to usher in April! 4/1 – Mr Guy, from the Mayor’s Participatory Budgeting office, joined Tamika, Stephen, and the Period 2 Economics class to review the our school’s efforts this year. After a competitive vote, students voted to spend $2000 to purchased sport equipments for all sports teams and our PE Department. Thank … Continue reading
3/25-29 – Highlights of the Week
Congratulations to Maria Belen Flores (Grade 11, Abbey Crew)! She submitted the winning photo in the citywide New York City Outward Bound Crew photo contest! Her photo will be featured on the NYCOB website and on their social media channels. Her photo will also be framed and displayed at the NYCOB Offices in Long Island … Continue reading
3/22 – Lower Grades Expeditionary Fieldwork ET
6th Grade ELA – Gentrification In ELA, students have started their study of gentrification. They have begun researching the positives and negatives of gentrification in general and specifically in The Mission neighborhood in San Francisco. On Friday, students had the opportunity to see the effects of gentrification in different Brooklyn neighborhoods, specifically Bedford Stuyvesant, Sunset … Continue reading
3/18-22 – Highlights of the Week!
3/18 – Grade 11 Internship students participated in another Career Chat with several professionals, learning about their career pathways and hearing their ample advice. Thank you to our generous volunteers for their time in spending time with our students and sharing their experiences. 3/18 – Grade 11 ELA roundtables were a success. Students presented on … Continue reading
3/11-15 – Highlights of the Week!
We’re happy to welcome our first cohort of Peer Assist Leaders. These students have worked with Dierre and are now equipped to mediate conflicts between students. In the near future, they will be ready to assist with keeping circles. Here’s to student leadership! 3/14 – We had a great Expeditionary Thursday on Pi Day. Check … Continue reading
3/14 – Pi Day – Upper Grades Expeditionary Thursday Math!
We had a great Expeditionary Thursday in our math classes on Pi Day 3/14. Check out our longer post: Continue reading
3/4-8 – Highlights of the Week!
What a wonderful first week of March! 3/7 – 11th grade crew leaders and Karlette hosted our 11th grade families for a College Process Orientation coffee/dessert get-together on Thursday night. So excited to continue the college process with the Class of 2020! 3/8 – We hosted author Jacqueline Woodson at the first ever school-wide … Continue reading
