The following letter was sent to Lower East Side parents this week by District 1's Community Education Council, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and Senator Daniel Squadron:
Dear Parents,
As many of you know, the pre-K and kindergarten admissions process in District 1...
It was a raucous, tense evening inside the filled-beyond-capacity auditorium of P.S. 20 on Essex Street Wednesday night (see video after the jump). Hundreds of parents came to speak out against the Department of Education's proposed plans to accommodate...
Yesterday, we mentioned tonight's District 1 Community Education Council meeting, in which the future of the Girls Prep Charter School will be debated. Now Gotham Schools has a good overview of the controversy - and details on...
Students and friends from PS 110 gather for a drawing in hopes of winning a raffle prize.
Families from all over the LES community joined the parents and children at P.S. 110 on Sunday for their first Pajama Pancake...
Parents from the Florence Nightingale School (P.S.110 at 285 Delancey Street) will be hosting a Pajama Pancake Breakfast tomorrow morning from 9am to 11am. Organizer Lauren Barack tells us they hope it will be a community event. They...
E. River Waterfront Project design by SHoP ArchitectsImmigrant Social Services (ISS) announced Wednesday that it has joined forces with local ecologists and architects to create "This Is Our River", a free hands-on project for students at PS126, in...
It was back to school for a million students in the New York City public schools today. Schools chancellor Joel Klein, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Councilmember Alan Gerson were at PS 142 to greet a few of them....
As this month marks 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed into New
York harbor, Tenement Talks will feature Russell Shorto tonight at 6:30p at the Tenement Museum. He is the author of Island at the Center of the...
Three students from the Educational Alliance's Teen Center are recipients of the 2009 Allan Morrow College Scholarship Awards. Pictured from top to bottom are Augustine Gnalian, Sherice Goodwine and Karen Lee. Also pictured are Educational Alliance Trustees...
