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Let's Talk Schools A practical guide to school choice with an insider’s view
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In just one week we will be hosting Peg Tyre at Kidberry. The topic of the night is one that we are all talking about now, “How to Research and Choose a School For Your Child.” The quality of education in our neighbourhood schools can be shockingly inadequate and recent school reforms are missing the [...]
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Application season for the 2012/2013 school year is in full swing. Kindergarten admission ended on Friday, and today, the month-long pre-kindergarten session begins. The NYC Department of Education offers Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) programs for eligible 4 year olds who reside in New York City. UPK programs provide a nurturing environment where children’s natural curiosity is [...]
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Today is the last day to submit an application for a spot in a kindergarten class for the 2012-2013 school year in New York City. All students entering kindergarten in September 2012 must submit an application. Applications are not considered complete without 2 original documents that verify your address such as a utility bill, rent [...]
SCHOOL CHOICE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD The NYC District 3 Magnet School Program is having the first of a series of parent workshops this evening to help demystify the public school choice process. These workshop aim to help local families understand all of the public school options available to them and [...]
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A group of District 3 parents are working toward launching a RussianDual Language Program in a District 3 public elementary school. If you are interested and your child will enter Kindergarten in 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015, please email contact the District 3 office for more information. Knowledge of Russian is not required.
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Happy New Year! We are looking forward to a year full of growth and lots of relevant educations information for our fellow parents in 2012. We’ve been busy working on updating the site with new features to help you with your school search that will be rolled out soon. In the meantime, we’ll continue to [...]
The following message was posted on Hunter’s website today: This year’s modified Stanford-Binet V testing for Kindergarten 2012 admissions has concluded. The eligibility score for progression to Round 2 (on-site assessment) has been set at a Sum of Scaled Scores (SSS) of 148. Letters will be mailed on December 19th informing eligible families of their [...]
The Chair of The New York French American Charter SchoolElementary or secondary schools that receive public money but have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school’s charter. While [...]
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After the Mayor’s press conference last Friday and Chancellor Walcott’s letter home warning of “an immediate system-wide, and in our view, illegal, strike by our bus drivers’ union—local 1181—that could impact yellow bus service for more than 152,000 students citywide”, parents are left wondering what will happen with school bus transportation. Leonie Haimson over at [...]