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Hey everyone,

We are thrilled to share a highlight from last year’s New York City FIRST Robotics Regional, where our team had an amazing experience filled with learning, innovation, and teamwork. Check out this video to see our students in action and the incredible robot they built!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNtbmD-DAiU

Thanks to your generous support, we were able to participate and make the most of this opportunity. As we gear up for the 2025 competition, we need your help once again. Running a robotics team is quite expensive, and every donation makes a huge difference.

If you can, please consider donating to our GoFundMe campaign: https://gofund.me/6e9dbaed
Your contributions help us provide these valuable experiences for our students and inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators.

Even if you can’t donate, you can still support us by sharing this post with your friends and family. Together, we can make this year’s competition even more successful!

Thank you for your continued support and for being a part of our journey!

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Interested in applying to Brooklyn Collaborative? Sign up for an open house!

Please sign up for an open house here.

OPEN HOUSES

Mon 10/17 @ 4:30PM In-Person
Thurs 10/27 @ 7:00PM Virtual
Thurs 11/10 @ 7:00PM Virtual
Mon 11/14 @ 4:30PM In-Person
In-Person open houses are at 610 Henry St.

Virtual open houses are on Zoom.

BCS Families,


We continue to need your support to help Alan Cheng remain the Superintendent of the Consortium schools including Brooklyn Collaborative. If you missed the Town Hall where all three candidates for the position answered questions from parent on the Citywide Council on High Schools and members of the public, you can review the recording here. If you do, you will see that Alan Cheng is by far the best candidate for the job and that our staff and children will fare best under his leadership. We need to let the Department of Education know that, so we don’t get stuck with a less effective candidate.


Here are two ways that you can help:



1) The official feedback form is still open. We anticipate it will remain open until next Tues, 5/31. Please write comments in the form in support of Alan Cheng. Don’t know what to write? Find tips in this document.


2) Sign and share this letter in support of Alan. No effort--it's already written! Please get as many signatures as you can--your kids can sign too and so can friends who support Consortium schools--by Tuesday, 5/31.


Having a superintendent who understands and uplifts the non-traditional model of our school is so important to our school’s well being. Thanks for joining me and other community members in taking the actions above.



Reyhan, on behalf of the BCS/BNS Parent Action Committee
[email protected]

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Vaccination Clinic for children ages 5-11 is Today, Monday Nov 22, from 7:30-4:15pm.

Location:
Brooklyn Collaborative / Brooklyn New School
610 Henry Street
The van is at Henry & Coles Street by the gym.

Do not enter the building. Come around to Coles Street and check in with the van.

No appointment necessary. Everyone is welcome. A parent/guardian must be with the child for vaccination.

Brooklyn Collaborative Studies, Brooklyn, NY (15K448)

Position:

–We have anticipated full-time position for Sept 2021 in the following subjects: Math (Algebra - Grade 9)

–We have an anticipated part-time position for Sept 2021 for candidates who have skills in ATS and STARS school programming (or is willing to be trained)

Description of Position – Candidates should:

be familiar with project-based learning, mastery grading, and restorative practices.
have a deep curiosity and willingness to engage in school-wide initiatives around anti-racist and inclusive teaching
understand and have worked w/in EL Education, NYC Outward Bound Schools, and/or New York Performance Assessment Consortium or similar model
have a teaching portfolio which reflects deep knowledge of adolescent development, differentiated assessment, and engaging instruction that is culturally responsive
have experience adapting to recent developments in content-related pedagogy (e.g. teaching climate change science and green engineering innovations that respond to global climate change needs, supporting students in original research and writing projects based on contemporary social justice issues, using CPM, Desmos and IXL to deepen math conceptual understanding and fluency, etc.)
have current certification that allows employment in NYS in Grades 6-12 (e.g. licenses and flexible extensions in Grades 5-9 and Grades 7-12)
Position includes being a Crew advisory leader, integrated co-teaching, and developing EL Education experiences/expeditions/fieldwork inside and outside the classroom. Position includes teaching research and writing skills to students to prepare and defend their high quality performance based assessment tasks (PBATs).

The ideal candidate has an infectious growth mindset, looks for the strengths in others, is energetic before/during/after official school hours, and not afraid to do the hard work and self-reflection to help ALL students progress. We are looking for a team player who works well with others, who chips in and builds up their team, who is passionate and courageous about equity and access, has a great sense of humor and is easygoing, and who can see situations and solutions through the perspectives of others. Does this describe you? Then please apply to join our crew!

Description of School: Brooklyn Collaborative Studies (BCS) opened in 2001, first as a middle school and expanded to a full secondary school with grades 6-12 by Sept 2008. A heterogeneous and diverse community, our students come from all over Brooklyn. We are located on the border between Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. We have a student population of 700. Intense staff collaboration is a strength of the school, and we have approximately 100 staff members spread throughout Grades 6-12. To graduate and show college readiness, students complete performance-based assessment tasks (PBATs) in their major subjects (we are members of the NY Performance Standards Consortium – http://www.performanceassessment.org/). Please see our website http://www.bcs448.org/ or https://insideschools.org/school/15K448 for more information about our school.

School Mission: Brooklyn Collaborative is a diverse and respectful NYC Outward Bound School, committed to developing students and staff who are kind, open-minded, persistent, responsible, and courageous. With support from peers, staff, families and school partners, students engage in challenging academic and social experiences that prepare them for college level learning and full participation in civic life. Students learn to apply their intellect and effort to benefit themselves and their community. We use the EL Education school model, which has its roots in Outward Bound.

How to Apply: Email resume with references and a lesson/unit plan with evidence of inquiry/differentiation to Principal Scill Chan ([email protected]) and Assistant Principal Imani Matthews ([email protected]).

New York Performance Standards Consortium The New York Performance Standards Consortium was founded two decades ago on the belief that there was a better way to assess student learning than dependence upon standardized testing.

Dear BCS Community,

As a testament to their persistence and collaboration, the 11th Graders are preparing to take part in the sixth annual mock community board meeting regarding the building of a monument to an important member of the abolitionist movement in our local Carroll Park.

We need panelists to act as Board Members (who have voting power). Our meetings will take place March 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th during 4th Period (11:45-12:30). You would be listening to arguments from student stakeholders for various monuments, including:
Local Residents
Activists
Historians
BCS/BNS Parents
Police Officers
Students will be writing speeches and letters, and some will be completing monument draft proposals.

Your job will be listening, asking probing questions, giving constructive feedback and shout outs, and ultimately voting on who the community board should choose to make the monument for.

Some of the important issues the students have been grappling with are:
Who do we memorialize? Why do we memorialize them?
Do monuments reflect the person/people themselves, or the monument builders?
How do we confront difficult knowledge from our past? What do we choose to honor?

If you can be at the Town Hall, please sign up here!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeokRhghBN6Ywn0yhQf1wTIDyA2iNNtbdQB5hsgNapwZPD3Xg/viewform?gxids=7628

IN SUMMARY:

WHAT: BCS Mock Community Board Meeting
WHEN: March 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th (11:45am-12:30pm)
WHERE: Zoom! We will share the link the evening before.

BCS Community Board Meeting As a testament to their persistence and collaboration the 11th Graders have are preparing to take part in the sixth annual mock community board meeting regarding the building of a monument to an important member of the abolitionist movement in our local Carroll Park. We need teachers to act as Board...

BCS is currently seeking a College Coach for the 2020-21 school year. The College Coach is a current student attending college in NYC who plays an integral role in Crew to College, providing outreach and tailored support to graduating BCS seniors during the school year's application season and summer months.

Please read the job description outlining the role, responsibilities, and time commitments for the position available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uAhKhDlLaBrsFefPjS4asYDaDbBMlpZ9/view?usp=sharing. Carefully review the document and if you are interested in applying for the position, please reach out to Karlette as soon as possible.

Karlette Fuchs, BFA, M.S.Ed.
College Counselor, Dir. Post Secondary Planning
Email: [email protected]

So proud of our BCS students and teachers Kori and Lauren S!!! Check out the high quality work that can be produced in remote learning!!!

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