Shaare Yosher Jerusalem is a small Jewish Orthodox school. Its educational program consists primarily of the study of Jewish scripture. Please contact the school for more information.
M.S. 113 is named after Ronald Edmonds, an influential African-American educator who spearheaded a series of major reforms in city schools in the 1970s. The public playground next to the school is also named for Edmonds, and is often teeming with middle school students in uniform. The school received a "C" grade from the city in the 2009-2010 year.
Dancewave is a nonprofit, art-community outreach program and dance academy. This organization aims to bring arts awareness and enriching arts programs to children throughout the city. It offers a number of programs and pre-professional to professional dance classes and training. Its academy is a summer-long intensive for children and adults. Classes are offered in ballet, modern, jazz and African modern among others. Program descriptions, class schedules and registration or tuition information are available on its website.
Kappa Seven Preparatory Academy is a middle school housed on the first floor of a campus it shares with three other schools: Brooklyn Leadership High School on the second floor, Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School on the third floor and P369 Special Education Middle School in the basement. The principal of Kappa Seven Prepatory Academy is Beatrice Thompson.
Arts Cetera is a Brooklyn-based arts enrichment program offering fun and engaging music and art classes for parents and children from infancy through six years-old. Visit the Arts Cetera Web site for program, schedule and registration information.
P.S. 305 is a public school that serves preschoolers through fifth-graders. Student enrollment is 351. The students wear uniforms. In 2001, the school was on the SURR list (school under registration review). But since the hiring of new administration and staff in 2002, the school has slowly improved. Many of the school's students come from the area's surrounding projects and homeless shelters. Although there is a dedicated staff committed to reviving the school, it still lacks many academic resources. The school shares its campus with M.S. 301, a high-performing middle school.
El Hajj Malik El Shabazz School, or PS/IS 262, is a public school that serves students from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. The school is named after the African-American leader, Malcolm X. African-American culture is celebrated at the school year round and the PTA is very active. Joeletha Ferguson serves as principal.
PS/IS 262 follows the Joseph S. Renzulli School Wide Enrichment Model, which encourages instructional flexibility for schools to adopt their own unique programs based on local resources and unique school dynamics. The school participates in the Reading First program (grades 2 and 3), Learning Through Expanded Arts Program for early childhood students, Chess in the Schools Program (grades 3 and 4), and the Noel Pointer trings Program, where students are taught to read sheet music and play the violin (grades 2-5).
Special Sprouts is a free, special education program funded by the Board of Education for special needs students between the ages of three and five. In particular, the program addresses issues such as speech and language development, social and emotional development and motor skills.
Located on Park Slope's bustling Fifth Avenue, Park Slope Christian Academy is a private Kindergarten-through-Eighth grade school run by the Park Slope Christian Tabernacle. The school offers daily Bible study as well as a Middle School Law Institute and Medical Academy.
MAJ is a deli, grocery and convenience store carrying American and Latino products such as household goods, snacks, cold beer, soda and tobacco products.
Torah Vyirah is a private religious school near the Brooklyn Navy Yard that teaches young Orthodox Jews. There is another, larger, Torah Vyirah school in Borough Park. The name of the academy refers to the Talmud, one of the fundamental texts of Judaism.
Opening its doors in 1990, the Union Temple Preschool offers a three-year morning program to three-, four- and five-year-olds. Although the curriculum has a "Jewish perspective"--the preschool is assocatied with the Reform Judaisum Union Temple --it is open to children of all faiths and communities.
Located in Windsor Terrace near Prospect Expressway, TLC Early Childhood Program is a general preschool program for children between the ages of two and a half and five years old. The school has 10 classes of students, each with 12 to 15 students per class. Enrollment for the program begins in January.
The Noel Pointer Foundation is a youth arts foundation that runs in-school music programming, serving children in 26 New York City public schools and reaching more than 800 students. The foundation also runs its own music school, focusing on string instruments. The Noel Pointer School of Music provides private and group lessons on string technique, music theory and ear training as well as running a summer intensive program and string ensemble courses. Additionally, the foundation provides local students with music scholarships.
The Carroll School sits in an idyllic location, right next to Carroll Park. The school has one of the most impressive playgrounds in Brooklyn, thanks to a recent renovation. The Carroll School, or PS 58, offers many field trips and prides itself on its arts programs and French dual-language program.
PS 124 Silas B. Dutcher Elementary School is a public elementary school in Park Slope. The school offers district-approved curricula for children in grades pre-k through 5. Lessons focus on an array of subject-based learning, technology, media studies and children's literature. Extracurricular activities such as visual and performing arts are available as well.
The school runs a blog to which both teachers and students contribute.