Brian McAllester
While temperatures in the New York City area begin to feel arctic, one of our Prospect School team members can tell you exactly what that part of the world truly feels like, thanks to her experience this past summer. Caitlyn Homol, a Psychology Teacher at Brooklyn Prospect High School, visited the High Arctic this past…
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Prospectors from International Elementary School (IES) are finalists in News 12 Brooklyn’s Sounds of the Season contest. This is the second year in a row singers from Mr. Kyle Garcia’s class made it to the top 12 of the annual contest. Last year, IES placed third and had their performance featured on News 12 as…
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Friends, family, and supporters of the International Elementary School [IES] community gathered with mascot Orby the Owl to celebrate the school’s official opening at its new home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, on Oct. 12 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We are not only celebrating International Elementary School ribbon cutting, but we are also celebrating 15 years of…
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Students, families, staff, and special guests gathered at Prospect Schools’ Sunset Yards campus on Oct. 2 to mark the official opening of Sunset Yards Middle School (SYMS) with a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony. The school, which serves 75 students in 5th and 6th grades, opened in September in a new wing of 341 39th Street in…
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For the past few years, the start of the school year at Prospect Schools has become synonymous with two traditions. Teachers and staff come together in late August at the “Start of Year (SOY) Celebration,” an event for staff to build community, get excited about the year ahead, and have fun together. Then, on the…
Read MoreFor seniors at Brooklyn Prospect High School (BPHS), their first days back at school are focused on writing for their future. Seniors partake in a two-day writing retreat that starts with brainstorming, discussion, and peer feedback, and ends with a solid first draft of their College ‘Personal Statement.’ “With so many recent changes in the…
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An interesting thing happens when one observes Wes Webb’s Musical Theatre class at Clinton Hill Middle School. One’s posture improves. You find yourself at attention, chin up, and eyes focused. Of course, it’s because one hears him giving these directions to his students, ages 11 to 14. You see when they’re in his class, they’re…
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There’s no question that Artificial Intelligence and the rise of ChatGPT have been all the buzz in journalism. But news stories written by student journalists are published at our middle schools, thanks to students! Clinton Hill Middle School’s The Scoop published three issues this year, and at Windsor Terrace Middle School, The Bi-Weekly News hit email boxes…
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From Caribbean islands to the streets of Europe, when Carnival celebrations come around each year, cities worldwide explode in a spectacle of color. International Elementary School (IES) got in on the action with its version—Orby’s International Adventure: The Caribbean. (Orby the owl is the school’s mascot.) For a month leading up to a student and…
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While most New York City kids went to school on June 12, Downtown Elementary School (DTES) students “traveled” to South Korea. Anytime, Anywhere is a DTES tradition that began in 2016 in which the school’s spaces are transformed into another country (and, at moments, into another time). In years past, Prospectors from DTES have traveled…
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