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2009 Best NYC Private and Public School Principals

by NYC Private Schools on December 15, 2009

Congratulations to the NYC Private & Public School Principals who won the 2009 Blackboard Awards! The Blackboard Awards, from Manhattan Media, highlight and celebrate the outstanding achievement of schools, teachers, and principals in NYC.

Here are the winning Principals (with a link to their Blackboard Award profile):

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The sponsors of 2009 awards include: First Service Williams, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, The New School, Verizon, and New-York Historical Society.


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2009 Top NYC Public and Private High Schools

by NYC Private Schools on December 13, 2009

Congratulations to the NYC Private & Public High School winners of the 2009 Blackboard Awards! The Blackboard Awards, from Manhattan Media, highlight and celebrate the outstanding achievement of schools, teachers, and principals in NYC.

Here are the High School winners (with a link to their Blackboard Award profile):

NYC Private Schools:

NYC Public Schools:

The sponsors of 2009 awards include: First Service Williams, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, The New School, Verizon, and New-York Historical Society.


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2009 Outstanding NYC Middle Schools

December 12, 2009

Congratulations to the NYC Private & Public Middle School winners of the 2009 Blackboard Awards! The Blackboard Awards, from Manhattan Media, highlight and celebrate the outstanding achievement of schools, teachers, and principals in NYC.
Here are the Middle School winners (with a link to their Blackboard Award profile):
NYC Private Schools:

Community Service Citation: Claremont Preparatory School
Rising [...]

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2009 Outstanding NYC Private and Public Elementary Schools

November 13, 2009

Congratulations to the NYC Private & Public Elementary School winners of the 2009 Blackboard Awards! The Blackboard Awards, from Manhattan Media, highlight and celebrate the outstanding achievement of schools, teachers, and principals in NYC.
Here are the Elementary School winners (with a link to their Blackboard Award profile):
NYC Private Schools:

New & Noteworthy Private Elementary School: [...]

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Classroom Project Focus on “The Pearl” from DonorsChoose.org

July 14, 2009

As part of the partnership between the NYC Private Schools Blog and DonorsChoose.org, we will occasionally highlight NYC public school classroom projects that appear on our giving page.
The first project that we highlight on the NYC Private Schools Blog Giving Page is from The Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts located in Harlem/Morningside [...]

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NYC Private Schools Blog Partners with DonorsChoose.org as Bravo’s NYC Prep Premieres

June 22, 2009

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There is an uneasy air circulating around New York’s private and public schools as Bravo’s NYC Prep premieres on Tuesday, June 23. While the show focuses on the lives of PC, Kelli, Jessie, Sebastian, Camille, and Taylor, and not on their schools, some viewers are clearly not making that distinction. NYC [...]

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The Role of the Stanford-Binet in the Hunter Admissions Process

June 1, 2009

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The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5), is an IQ test required for entry by The Hunter College Elementary School (HCES/ “Hunter”) in Manhattan. Some parents who apply to NYC private schools for kindergarten also apply to HCES, a terrific public school for intellectually talented kids that accepts 48 new kindergarten [...]

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Parent Comments at NYC School Rally

May 29, 2009

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Earlier this month, over 200 parents, children and politicians gathered on the steps of City Hall in NYC to protest overcrowding in the city’s public schools, and the placement of hundreds of children on waiting lists for their neighborhood kindergartens this year.
One parent, Andy Lachman, made the following comments that deserve [...]

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The ‘Perfect Storm’ Hits NYC Parents

May 6, 2009

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It has been brewing for a few weeks now, but many NYC parents feel like a ‘perfect storm’ has finally hit, creating a wave of stress, anxiety, panic, and anger. Although New Yorkers are known for their resilience, the stress of these past few weeks has taken its toll on many parents [...]

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NYC Schools and the Green Schools Alliance

April 22, 2009

In honor of Earth Day, we celebrate a few things:
We celebrate Dr. Seuss and his classic book, The Lorax, published in 1971.
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We celebrate the Green Schools Alliance (GSA):
The Green Schools Alliance (GSA) was created by pre-K to grade 12 public, private and independent schools nationwide to galvanize their individual concerns about climate change and the [...]

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