Schools panhandle for goods city won’t supply
Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 by Stuart White.
More teachers turn to public to ask for donations When Michelle DeFranco, a teacher at Hostos-Lincoln Academy in Melrose, needs something for her classroom, she takes matters into her own hands. “This is our supply room,” DeFranco said, gesturing at her cramped office, packed with school supplies and equipment. They didn’t come from the city [...]
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Urban fiction sidebar
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by Stuart White.
Some educators view the popularity of urban fiction as a way to get people in areas like the South Bronx, where 45 percent of the residents over the age of 25 lack a high school diploma, to become readers. But others, like Maria Cronin—the director of SoBRO’s adult educational programs—don’t think the books belong in [...]
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Money woes close soup kitchen
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Mott Haven food pantry may be next The soup kitchen run by the St. Benedict the Moor Neighborhood Center on St. Anns Avenue closed in November, leaving as many as 7,000 patrons a month without a source of breakfasts and hot lunches. Now, its landlord says the food pantry next door, which continues to provide [...]
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Bronx Montessori applications available
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Applications are now being accepted from parents looking to enroll their children in a new Montessori Charter School to be located somewhere in the South Bronx.
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St. Mary’s Rec Center turns 60
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
Residents of the South Bronx have long known about the health benefits St. Mary’s Recreation Center brings to the neighborhood. What many don’t know, however, is that St. Mary’s was the city’s first indoor recreation facility when it was built in 1951. City officials and residents were on hand for the 60th anniversary of the [...]
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Oak Point PO set to close
Posted on 18. Mar, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
From the Bronx News Network By Rachel Sander Another Bronx post office — the Oak Point Station, located at 839 East 149th St. — is going to close. According to a press release from the United States Postal Service, the Oak Point post office will close its doors on April 22. “Given the extraordinary decline [...]
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From the editor: city says pay to stay healthy
Posted on 11. Mar, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
Responding to the twin epidemics of diabetes and obesity in the South Bronx, the city has pioneered free fitness programs in its recreation centers, engaging residents of all ages. But City Hall wants to make it harder for the poorest people in the city’s poorest neighborhoods to use the recreation centers. It wants to double [...]
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Charter school to open in September
Posted on 11. Mar, 2011 by Daniel Rosenblum.
Local children will have access to a method of teaching often used by expensive private schools, but never by a New York City public school when a new charter school opens in Mott Haven this fall.
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Tenants challenge police policy
Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by Kathy Conkwright.
Public housing “residents feel like they’re being targeted and harassed in their own homes,” says a tenant leader.
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Kids learn to love their greens
Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by Paul Bufano.
Federal initiative helps kids and parents learn healthy eating habits As eight children sat around a table at East Side House waiting for snacks they played a game of call-and-response. “Vegetables,” shouted Aaren Kokubun, the group leader. “Go!” screamed the children. “Cake,” Kokubun shouted. “Whoa!” came the answer. The children are participating in a program [...]
