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Middle School Focus On Riverdale Country School
Riverdale Country School has been examined here before, but the unique team teaching approach to middle school offers an interesting twist that needs further examination. Riverdale Country School...
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Thank You To Our October 2012 AdConnect Platform Sponsors
NYC Private Schools Blog thanks our October 2012 AdConnect Platform sponsors: Fusion Academy & Learning Center. Fusion is an alternative college-prep private school for grades 6-12 that offers...
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Middle School Focus on Windward School
The Windward School has been the subject of a profile here in the past but their focus on language development at the middle school level deserves further examination. The Windward School middle school...
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Getting In … Kindergarten, Part 6 for 2012 NYC Private School Applicants
“Getting In … Kindergarten,” a documentary produced by Pamela French Films, aired on TLC in September 2007. It focuses on the New York City kindergarten admissions process. We previously highlighted...
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Léman Manhattan Preparatory School Announces 10 Merit-Based High School...
Financial aid at any school, college, or university can either be need-based or merit-based. NYC private, religious, and independent school generally offer need-based financial aid. In one of the most...
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Focusing on Your Child’s Strengths
This post is from the NYC Private Schools Blog AdConnect Platform. This concept seems so obvious: focus your attention on your child’s strengths. As parents we want our children to be successful, so it...
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NewGrass® Takes Being Green to a New Level
This post is from the NYC Private Schools Blog AdConnect Platform. NewGrass® stands alone in the synthetic grass industry in its combination of pricing, quality, service and commitment to being 100%...
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Lecture: Illuminating Resilience: How Stress and Trauma Can Transform Us
We recommend this upcoming lecture, which is part of the Parents & Science initiative launched in 2007 by The Rockefeller University: Illuminating Resilience: How Stress and Trauma Can Transform Us...
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Scientists Identify Depression and Anxiety Biomarker in Youths
Occasionally, the NYC Private Schools Blog reprints (in full) academic mental health/child development/parenting news releases that may be of interest to our readers and their families. The University...
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NYC Independent Schools Event: Admitted and Successful!
RIISE Town Hall 2012 When: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Where: Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY Why: Share & Support our Diverse Experiences Who: Prospective & Current Parents, Students, Faculty,...
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P.A.L. Workshop (Spring 2013): How To Talk To Your Children...
The P.A.L. (Parents of Accelerated Learners) 2012-2013 Workshop Series Register today at: Eventbrite The P.A.L. workshop series helps parents of accelerated learners understand important topics...
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Focus On Buckley Middle School
The Buckley School is one of New York City’s finest boys schools. Broken down by classes designed by I through IX, the Middle School at Buckley consists of Classes IV through VI. In Class IV, boys...
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Focus On Cathedral School of St. John the Divine Upper School
If you want to get confused, just ask the staff of any New York City private school to make a distinction between its grades and curricula. In most ongoing schools, Upper School is associated with high...
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Heads of Independent Schools Unite Against Gun Violence
Heads of independent schools across America have united to call on President Obama and national policy leaders to “do everything necessary to stem this tide of senseless gun violence.” This group,...
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Event: Special Needs Camp Fair 2013
Resources for Children with Special Needs will sponsor a Special Needs Camp Fair on Saturday, January 26, 2013. There will be over 70 sleepaway and day options, in addition to remedial education...
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Focus On Manhattan Country Upper School
Manhattan Country School is another school that offers a Pre-K through 8th grade curriculum. As a result, there is no “middle school.” Rather, there is a Lower School and an Upper School, although the...
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Focus On Mary McDowell Middle School
Mary McDowell Friends School is a Quaker school for children with learning disabilities. This Brooklyn private school consists of a Lower School, Middle School, and an Upper School. The Middle School...
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Call for Applications: Young Leaders, Students, Professionals Interested in...
Global Youth Connect, a human rights education and activism organization, is accepting applications from budding young human rights leaders for its Summer 2013 programs, which will take place in Rwanda...
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Focus On Village Community Middle And Upper Schools
Village Community School is a West Village private school for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Located on West 10th Street in Manhattan, they offer a Lower School, a Middle School, and an...
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Additional Focus on Governance in NYC Private Schools
Since 2008, NYC Private Schools Blog has covered various aspects of over 800 religious, independent, and private schools across the 5 boroughs of NYC. In light of a court order last year involving the...
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