Author: Nathan Weiser

PS 676 students working in the Lego Room. (Star-Revue file photo)
PS 676

Project Learning at P.S. 676

The kids at P.S. 676 have project-based learning in their classrooms and it is making a difference in their learning and development. Principal Priscilla Figueroa thought this would be a good idea for the students and this technique to benefit the students began at the start of this school year. There are three project-based learning weeks throughout the year, but […]

The Semper Durfer, unveiled.
Arts, Red Hook Restaurants

FORT DEFIANCE KICKS OFF 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW MURAL BY DUKE RILEY

It’s a classic Revolutionary War battle tableau — formal ranks of fearsome Redcoats square off against a ragtag bunch of… mermaids? It’s the kind of thing one might expect from Duke Riley, the Brooklyn-based artist who produced Semper Defier, the mural that will hang above the bar at Red Hook restaurant Fort Defiance. Riley, whose work is exhibited in several museums […]

Exterior of Summit Academy
Summit Academy

Red Hook’s Summit Academy is in danger of closing

Red Hook’s Summit Academy is in danger of closing or restructuring at the end of this school year. Every two, three or five years, charter schools have to submit an application to the New York City and State departments of education. [pullquote]Official Notice: There will be a public hearing at Summit Academy Charter School (27 Huntington Street) authorized by the […]

Sports

The Brooklyn Women’s Cup in Sunset Park

The first all-female youth soccer tournament festival of its kind in New York City came to Sunset Park at the beginning of February. The Brooklyn Women’s Cup, was held at Soccerroof, a brand new venue which is on the roof of a building on 53rd St and the water. 52 teams representing 15 different soccer clubs participated. Special guests included […]

Sports

SUMMIT WINS!

  The Summit Academy boys basketball team got to play where the pros play for their regular season finale. On Tuesday, February 5, Summit took on Far Rockaway Educational Campus High on the practice court. Summit, who is in the B division, edged A division Far Rockaway, 51-46, in a contest that was close the whole game. Head coach Phil […]

Sports

Summit and PAVE at Barclay’s!

Summit and Pave junior high basketball teams got to feel like professionals during a memorable evening. On Tuesday, February 5, the Summit Academy middle school basketball team and the Pave Academy middle school team scrimmaged at the Barclays Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets. This was during an afternoon and evening where many different schools, primarily high schools, played […]

B61 at Jay St.
Red Hook News, Transportation

No Free Rides for P.S. 15

PS 15, The Patrick F Daly School of the Arts Red Hook’s elementary school on Sullivan Street, needs buses from the MTA so its students can go on field trips. The school at 71 Sullivan Street is about a 20-minute walk from the closest train station. Field trips that would be helpful for the kids are very difficult for the […]