Clara Barton High News

Students return to class at Brooklyn school following non-credible bomb threat

New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TVCROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Students are returning to class Friday afternoon following a non-credible bomb threat made at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn. The Classon Avenue school evacuated Friday morning around 11:40 after it received the ...

At CSI High School, preparing to succeed in the global marketplace

SILive.comSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Their school building is in New Springville, but their classroom is the world. Students at the College of ... A native of Marine Park, Brooklyn, Principal Canale graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School, also Brooklyn. He ...

Justice Dept. Seeks to Join Suit Over 117000 Purged Brooklyn Voters

New York TimesVoting in April at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn. ... The Justice Department announced on Thursday that it had filed a motion to join a lawsuit against the New York City Board of Elections, alleging that the board's Brooklyn office violated ...

City is late in releasing list of free summer meal sites: Manhattan Borough President

New York Daily NewsThe meals are offered at more than 1,000 locations including schools and libraries. They are also distributed from food trucks at parks and other sites. Last year, the menu included tasty and healthy offerings such as grilled chicken dippers, blueberry ...

Acting programs help struggling New York City children escape reality, build self-esteem

New York Daily NewsAt school, she joined Opening Act, a grass-roots organization that brings professional acting workshops to New York City public schools and one of the programs supported by Variety, the Children's Charity of New York. “It helped my confidence a lot ...

Marjorie Garvin: Triumph, not tragedy, defines 'Ms. Park Hill'

SILive.com (blog)STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - It was 1979. Marjorie Garvin had recently moved to the Park Hill apartments from Brooklyn, where she had spent most of her life, and Jimmy Carter was battling to hold onto the White House. Mrs. Garvin — an imposing, 5-foot-10 ...

Lost in the School Choice Maze

New York TimesON the last day in March, when most eighth graders in New York City learned where they would be going to high school in the fall, Radcliffe Saddler watched the majority of his classmates rip open thin envelopes and celebrate. Some students opened thick ...

Immigrant doctor teaches at-risk kids to reach for stars

New York Daily News (registration) (blog)"Mrs. Corbett told me to go to Clara Barton High School because it had a health sciences program," he said. "Then she said go to Brooklyn College, because they had a feeder program for the medical school at SUNY Downstate." Ellis followed the program, ...