Bookstore on wheels rolls toward a better future
Latanya DeVaughn is on a mission to bring books back to the Bronx. After the borough’s last major bookstore closed in 2016, DeVaughn sparked an idea to create her own…
City’s first public school for dyslexic students opens in Mott Haven
The first public school in New York City focused on helping teach children with reading disabilities in now open in Mott Haven. The South Bronx Literacy Academy, a school for…
Back-to-school event offers families relief from rising costs
Jose Muñoz had little time to spare as he darted between unloading boxes, setting up tents and keeping tabs on the growing line of people holding their kids and shopping…
Two South Bronx young women named Rales Scholars for Science
Two college-bound South Bronx students have been awarded $40,000 scholarships for stellar achievements in science. Brianna Edwards, a Melrose resident, and Tasnim Moumouni, from Mott Haven, have been named as…
Bronx kids get a free makeover from local businesses
Fifteen Bronx teens got the full prom experience today, without paying a penny. The high schoolers from Crotona International High School in the northern Bronx received a full makeover, including…
Zeta students check their chess skills
Sports is one of the highlights of elementary school, and no recess is complete without an impromptu ballgame. But on Monday at Zeta Charter School in the South Bronx, a…
NYC extends deadline for youth jobs program. Here’s what to know.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Reema Amin, Chalkbeat New York Mar 30, 3:44pm EDT New York City extended the deadline for its…
Mott Haven student journalists win two Newsies! awards
Young writers at the Mott Haven’s Laboratory School of Finance and Technology (HS 223) can now call themselves “award-winning student journalists.” Their just-launched news website, The Eagle Express, recently took…