Relieved parents embrace chancellor's new promotion policy
Staten Island Community Education Council chairman Sam Pirozzolo Thursday hailed the changes as a move in the right direction. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Stressed-out parents and students are breathing a...
View ArticleZoning plan released for new high-tech school on Staten Island's South Shore
PS 62, which is scheduled to open in 2015, will enroll students whose families live within boundaries of the West Shore Expressay, Drumgoole Road, Foster Road, and Sinclair Avenue. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y....
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Parents, what's on your mind? Schools Chancellor Farina to hear concerns at...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Parents, here's your chance to tell city school officials what's on your mind. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina has scheduled a Town Hall-style meeting for District 31...
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Table tennis, badminton put a new spin on public schools sports, starting...
Badminton and Ping-Pong added to the competitive sports sponsored by the city's Public Schools Athletic League. Table tennis -- better known as "Ping-Pong" -- and badminton will be added to the roster...
View ArticleMayor Bill de Blasio urges parents to sign up for public school pre-k by...
"We want to make sure that every child who is eligible, that their family apply and take advantage of the process," de Blasio said in the playground of a pre-k program in the Riverdale section of the...
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Staten Island Borough President James Oddo appoints new member to Community...
Members serve a two-year term and may only be re-appointed for one additional two-year term SIEDC executive director Cesar Claro stands with Jennifer Arlen, director of supported housing for the...
View ArticleWhat parents need to know to register for pre-k before Wednesday's deadline
Staten Island will have just over 500 more full-day pre-kindergarten seats at 15 public schools come September, part of the more than 4,200 new full-day pre-kindergarten seats due citywide next school...
View ArticleStaten Island high school students celebrate life sciences at March of Dimes...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Over 100 students spanning across Staten Island's public high schools gathered at CSI's NYS Institute for Basic Research and Development for the March of Dimes Tina Russo...
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Chancellor Farina's Town Hall meeting tonight at Petrides Center
Chancellor Farina will be fielding questions from Staten Islanders for an hour Thursday night. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina will visit Staten Island tonight for a Town Hall meetingStaten...
View ArticleLive updates: Chancellor Farina visits Staten Island for question-and-answer...
Stay tuned for live updates from Chancellor Farina's visit to Staten Island. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina is expected to address borough residents Thursday night at a...
View ArticleMalliotakis hosts Arbor Day tree planting at Sandy-damaged PS 52
The Nugent Avenue side of the Dongan Hill school's property formerly contained a garden, which included a tree planted in memory of the victims of 9/11. The tree and surrounding plantings were washed...
View ArticleAssembly overwhelmingly votes for school zone speed cameras in NYC, Long Island
The New York Assembly has voted to authorize hundreds of new speed cameras for school zones in New York City and Long Island. ALBANY -- The New York Assembly has voted to authorize hundreds of new...
View ArticleDumb idea: Senior prank at NJ high school results in 62 arrests (with video)
Scores of students were busted by police after trashing a New Jersey high school. TEANECK, N.J. -- A wild high school prank in Teaneck, N.J., resulted in the arrest of more than 60 students.Sixty-two...
View ArticleStaten Island students breathing easier as state tests wrap up
State testing is over for students, many of whom thought the math tests were easier than last year. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With state tests in language arts and math wrapped up for the school year,...
View ArticleMore state tests on the way for weary students, teachers and parents
Tuesday through Thursday, and Tuesday through Thursday of next week, public school students in grades three to eight are scheduled to take three 90-minute exams, in social studies, science and...
View ArticleTemporary arrangement becomes permanent as Dr. Fritz is named president of...
CUNY's trustees remove the 'interim' tag WILLOWBROOK -- Sometimes the best option is the one right under your nose. William J. Fritz, Ph.D., who has successfully guided the College of Staten Island...
View ArticleSchools Chancellor Carmen Farina tours Petrides School for Teacher...
For about two years, she explained, from 2011 to 2013, she worked side by side with Petrides teachers and staff in the middle grades on curriculum development and model lessons, particularly in social...
View ArticleJermaine Cameron named as principal for Staten Island Eagle Academy school...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city's Department of Education has appointed Brooklyn teacher and educator Jermaine S. Cameron to serve as principal of the new Staten Island Eagle Academy for Young Men,...
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3 Staten Island high school seniors earn prestigious scholarships
Three Staten Island students win National Merit Scholarships. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Three distinguished high school students from Staten Island -- two of them from Staten Island Technical High School...
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5 things you need to know about the new teachers' contract
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Here's five things the average New Yorker should know about the new contract between the city and the United Federation of Teachers. 1) The teachers' union contract is the first...
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