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Principal of elite NYC school wants probe over dead mouse found on secretary’s desk
The principal suspects a dirty rat. Ana De Jesus, principal of Queens HS for the Sciences at York College — one of the city’s nine, elite specialized high schools — has asked the Special Commissioner of Investigation to look into whether “someone” put a dead mouse next to the school secretary’s computer mouse, staffers told The Post. In a May 22 email to the QHSS staff, De Jesus said the secretary found the lifeless rodent on her mousepad that morning: DOE hired ex-‘Intifada High’ principal’s group for staff workshops on Israel-Hamas war “I even saw it myself when I came into work,” the principal said, forwarding...
Renaissance kid: 11-year-old author, philanthropist and cancer survivor just graduated high school
This kid can do anything. A Long Island 11-year-old with Tourette’s Syndrome is graduating from high school seven years early. Joe Petraro, of East Rockaway, tossed his graduation cap in June after ripping through his middle and high school studies online in just two years’ time at the K12 Private Academy and Penn Foster private schools. “My brain moves really fast. I could think easily, and things could sink in easily,” he explained to The Post, having spent his afternoon hawking copies of three children’s books he has written and published. The wunderkind’s fast-track education began in the third grade while he...
These suburbs have the best public schools in the NYC area
NEW YORK CITY - Ranking and review site Niche.com has come out with their list of the "2024 Suburbs with the Best Public Schools in the New York City Area." Scardale in Westchester County finished first, followed by Woodbury and Syosset. JUMP TO: TOP 10 LIST. "Living in Scarsdale offers...
Warring NYC school board members booted from posts: ‘Unfit to serve in these roles’
Two warring parent leaders were kicked off their respective school boards Friday in the first such action under a city complaint process created in 2021. Schools Chancellor David Banks ousted Tahj Sutton, the president of Brooklyn’s Community Education Council 14, and Maud Maron of Manhattan’s Community Education Council 2, both of whom had various complaints lodged against them. “It is a sad day when New York City Public Schools is compelled to take the actions I have ordered today but the violations committed by these two individuals have made them unfit to serve in these roles,” Banks said in a statement,...
DOE hired ex-‘Intifada High’ principal’s group for staff workshops on Israel-Hamas war
The city Department of Education has inexplicably tapped a group headed by the notorious former “Intifada High” principal to lead school-staff workshops on handling the Israel-Hamas war in the classroom, infuriated teachers told The Post. Debbie Almontaser now pulls in hundreds of thousands of dollars in city contracts with her consulting firm Bridging Cultures Group, which on June 6 led professional development training sessions at at least 10 city public schools, teachers said. In a workshop titled “Facilitating Courageous Conversations,” a pair of Jewish and Muslim facilitators discussed lesson plans for how to teach and guide students on discussing the ongoing...
Metro Detroit teen dancer accepted to The Julliard School
LIVONIA, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Metro Detroit teen overcomes obstacles to achieve his dream of being accepted into The Juilliard School. "At first didn’t even know I wanted to go to college, I’m like I'm just going to LA and live my life," said Arthur Gee. But...
Services Set For Mark-Anthony Giordano After Fatal Fall
Mark-Anthony Effy Giordano, a 13-year-old eighth-grade student at Harrison's Louis M. Klein Middle School, died on Sunday, June 9 after falling from the parking garage next to the Harrison Metro-North train station, according to MTA officials. Earlier Report - Harrison Eighth-Grade Student Dies Suddenly In Fall From Parking Garage: 'Amazing...
Massapequa Celebrates Retiring, Newly Tenured Staff
With more than 1,100 years of service to the Massapequa School District, 37 retirees were honored prior to the board of education meeting on May 23. The annual retirement ceremony celebrates administrators, faculty and staff for their professionalism and commitment to students. Superintendent Dr. William Brennan expressed his heartfelt gratitude...
Saturday Blurbs: Interesting Little Stories From the Past Week
A groundbreaking ceremony for Hudson County Community College’s new Center for Student Success will take place at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, at 2 Enos Pl., Jersey City. The new 11-story building will be multipurpose, and will have classrooms, offices, a gym, and a theater. Hudson County Executive Craig Guy says, “This project will serve thousands of students here at Hudson County Community College. The HCCC Center for Student Success will be the epicenter of study, creativity, activity, and collaboration between students and the surrounding communities.”
Roslyn High Schoolers Honored In 30th Annual Good Deed Awards
Four Roslyn high school students were honored at Nassau County’s 30th Annual Good Deed Awards for Long Island Teenagers. Hosted annually by Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad of Mineola, the Good Deed Award Awards celebrates young people across Long Island who exemplify the values of caring, equality, social justice, integrity, honesty, responsibility, and courage. Roslyn’s students were among only 31 winners county-wide.
Avoiding hurt at St. Adalbert
Eighth-graders at St. Adalbert Catholic Academy in Elmhurst recently made a difference by persuading the city Department of Transportation to install a speed hump in front of their 83rd Street school, where many drivers go too fast. At top, the students pose for a photo taken by their teacher, Michele...
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