Posts Tagged ‘ travel ’

With part one of the exchange finished, 17 eager students, along with English teacher Ms. Heather Prevosti, Spanish teacher Ms. Violetta Suroweic, and Math teacher, Ms. Ho-Ling Lo, embarked on their journey to Winterthur, Switzerland. Similar to the school’s past two exchanges, students on this exchange lived with a host Swiss student and his/her family Read More »

It was a chilly afternoon, when a very earnest and exceptional visitor came to our school to speak to the sophomore advisories. Students sat waiting, not knowing what he would talk about. Playing a slideshow, Mr. Grashow, guest speaker and founder, with his wife Sheri Saltzberg, of the U.S. Africa Children’s Fellowship, spoke about the Read More »

TORONTO, CANADA- Traveling to the Antarctic with Students on Ice taught me things that I may never have learned without this unique experience. Of course, we all gained significant knowledge about the South Pole – facts and figures and such. However, it is what I learned through the experience of being surrounded by such extraordinary Read More »

Steven Birch | Ms. Guo teaches students Chinese Last month our school welcomed a new Chinese teacher to the staff, Ms. May Guo. In addition to teaching Mandarin, Ms. Guo is a sophomore advisor. Ms.Guo previously taught Mandarin Chinese for two years at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx. “This school is Read More »

Freshmen Austin Haim (Left) wrestling Port Richmond’s (Right), Michael Funk, at the Charles Glass Tournament. Fans sat in seats that lined the small gymnasium of the Erasmus Campus where six schools are housed in Flatbush Brooklyn, the location of our school’s co-ed developmental PSAL wrestling team’s second match.  Team members and fans traveled early to Read More »

When people think of vampires, they imagine Edward Cullen from Twilight. Sorry to break it to you, but most vampires don’t drink animal blood and fall in love with humans. In Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan, vampires travel around in a circus for freaks and trick teenagers into becoming their assistants. Read More »

JEA Executive Director Linda Drake and NSPA Executive Director Logan Aimone open The JEA Convention. Fresh from a Journalism Convention, students have brought back new knowledge to our newsroom and soon to you. The new information and knowledge will bring our news publication, as well as our new online edition, to a greater and more Read More »

More and more people have been converting from Catholicism to atheism in the last year. An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life showed that about 10% of the United States population is atheist. Boston Area Coalition of Reason has been putting advertisements for atheism on subway stations in New Read More »

Harajuku District, Tokyo is the birthplace of all Japanese fashion. It’s popular for its youth style and fashion. “Harajuku is known as a place where locals come together and express their talents as individuals through their clothes,” said Japanese teacher Mrs. Natalia Higashide. According to Mrs. Higashide, on days like Saturday and Sunday, Tokyo locals Read More »

In person, you may have an interesting personality, but conveying that personality in a written college application is the tough part. You might be able to brag about yourself on a college essay, but asking for a teacher or someone else to evaluate you in a recommendation letter is completely different. Regardless, both the application Read More »