Puerto Rico’s First Lady Visits Downtown Elementary
Last year, the students, teachers, staff and parents of our Downtown Elementary school created the Borinquen Backpack Project to send much-needed supplies and relief aid to school children in Puerto Rico following Hurricane MarÃa. After filling 400 backpacks with supplies and books, the school took on a letter-writing campaign to urge political leaders across the country to…
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Welcome to Hispanic Heritage Month at our Windsor Terrace campus, where middle and high school students have been busy divining creative and colorful ways to celebrate their heritage this past month. Encompassing art, music, film, dance, fashion, food, and more, the celebrations have included: designing a world map to highlight student and faculty families’ countries of origin; playing…
Joining the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition
Congratulations to Dana Mulwanda, Prospect Schools’ new Principal-in-Residence, who has been selected for Diverse Charter Schools Coalition’s inaugural cohort of School Launch Program Fellows! Dana will participate in a 12-month program that will catalyze the launch of new, intentionally diverse charter schools. DCSC’s School Launch Program prepares aspiring leaders to create and lead high performing,…
Brooklyn Prospect Partners with District
Brooklyn Prospect’s Windsor Terrace Middle School and Downtown Elementary School have both been accepted into the District-Charter Collaborative (DCC) for the next two years. The program is designed to facilitate collaboration between district and charter schools, with the aim of improving instructional practices and student outcomes while also building schools’ capacity to solve their own…
Congratulations, Class of 2018!
In June, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School’s third graduating class walked across the stage to gather their hard-won diplomas. The Class of 2018 received acceptances to 83 colleges and universities across the country. We are incredibly proud of the work they’ve done to get to this point and, while we’re sad to see them go, we’re…
Having a Field Day
Whether in Prospect Park or down at the Brooklyn Bridge waterfront, elementary and middle school students welcomed the start of summer with the much-anticipated tradition of Field Day. Tug-of-war battles were waged, teacher-student water balloon fights erupted, and three-legged obstacle courses were cleared.
