Celebrating Community
When students go home for the summer, sometimes the excitement surrounding vacation trips and other plans might make them forget what they’ve learned in school all year. So, to beat the ‘summer brain drain,’ here are five summer reading challenges and activities – with prizes – that might give your kids the extra incentive to pick up a book and […]
During the summer at the Red Hook library young kids get the chance to improve on their reading skills in an interactive and fun way in a group setting. Team up to Read is happening this summer at the Red Hook Library for the first time and is a free program designed to enhance comprehension and fluency in the reading […]
The Red Hook Recreation Center will be organizing a back to school party and parents and children are invited. The back to school party will take place on Thursday, August 15, from 11:30 am until 5:00 pm at Coffey Park (85 Richards Street). Community members will be able to enjoy the annual basketball tournament, carnival games, field day activities and […]
A new school building is about to open in Gowanus, and District 15 is figuring out how best to make use of it. PS 32 (317 Hoyt St.) will have 436 new seats, early childhood and special education classrooms, a rooftop playground, and a new cafeteria and library come September 2020. The goal is to reduce overcrowding and waitlists at […]
Last month in Albany, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa announced that, in the fall, she would assemble a commission to evaluate the possibility of dropping the Regents Examinations as a graduation requirement for high schoolers in New York State. New York remains one of 12 states that require students in public high schools to pass standardized exit exams […]
Lois Wang, a soon-to-be 12th-grader at BASIS Independent Brooklyn, scored a 99 of 100 on her cello solo at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Spring Evaluation Festival. She played on a Level VI performance level, which is the highest, most difficult level one can do, according to the school’s music teacher, Luis Ingels. An adjudicator noted her […]
An authentic New York education should go beyond mathematical formulas and dissections of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital (albeit both essential lessons, of course). Here, learning is a multidisciplinary endeavor that requires creativity, because to survive amongst a myriad of high-strung New Yorkers requires a deep-dive into a culture defined by more than school: music, art, literature, science and, yes, even […]
There’s one day left to submit an application to be one of 10 participants in Red Hook Lab’s Master Workshop with Alastair McKimm. Selected participants will have their work evaluated by the renowned stylist whose vision has collaborated with brands like Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Jill Sander and Saint Laurent, and teamed with photographers including Mario Sorrenti, Collier Schorr, Inez and Vinoodh, Dan Jackson and Davis Sims. McKimm will […]
As reported last month, Red Hook Civic Association co-president John McGettrick informed residents that three giant warehouses will be built in Red Hook. One will be located at 537-555 Columbia Street, just northeast of the BASIS Independent School; another at 640 Columbia Street, just south of BASIS Independent and next to IKEA; and the third at the old White Rock/Snapple […]
One of the Red Hook’s social events of the year takes place next week at Pioneer Works. The 4th Annual PS 15 Spring Celebration will be held on Thursday, March 29, at 159 Pioneer Street. Anybody who is anybody in Red Hook makes an appearance at this posh event which benefits long suffering and high achieving PS 15 – The […]