Faculty Spotlight
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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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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Matt Ellis is the principal of Clinton Hill Middle School (CHMS). A Yonkers native, Ellis says he went into his senior year of college unsure of his future career but knew two things—he loved sports and was pretty good at getting through to kids when he worked as an undergraduate tutor. Eighteen years in education…
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Folake Akinola-Pinard is the principal of Downtown Elementary School. The daughter of immigrants, a native of Harlem, and an educator for nearly 25 years, Akinola-Pinard has said her purpose is ‘to give public school students a private school education.’ We caught up with Principal Akinola-Pinard with five questions to kick off our school year. This…
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Martial Toussaint Youth Development & School Culture Head, Clinton Hill Middle School Alma mater: Brown University Hometown: I was born in Queens, NY. My family moved out to Long Island when I was 2 years old, to a town called Coram. We moved further east on Long Island to East Hampton when I was a teenager, and…
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