Dear Brooklyn Collaborative Families, Staff, & Students BCS March Madness 2019 was a stupendous success—an enthusiastically engaging exhibition of BCS community spirit and pride! BCS March Madness 2019 provided our community with a school-wide activity or event each Friday in March that readily became “the talk” amongst students, staff, and families alike and heightened our excitement for … Continue reading
4/15 – Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon visited Josh and Lauren’s ELA 8 classes as an “expert” for The American Dream Expedition political speeches. 4/15 – Algebra Grade 9 students presented their Math PBATs in roundtables. They collected data on a topic of their choice and analyzed correlation, patterns, outliers, and residuals after calculating the line of … Continue reading
Crew 9 persists through camping! So proud of our Crew 9 campers! They made their way to Fishkill, NY for Grade 9 Crew Expedition (a 3 day/2 night Crew immersive experience) with support from their crew leaders and NYC Outward Bound Schools staff. Crews supported each other to overcome fears, step out of comfort zones, … Continue reading
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
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
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
Check out our April Expeditionary Fieldwork in ELA and Social Studies classes! Continue reading
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
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
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
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 – 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
