The Mid Semester Check Up
It is time for Parent/Teacher conferences again. It is tough to find out or fix everything in the 3 minutes that are scheduled at many schools. It is really just a time to touch base or make an appointment for a longer conversation. It is important to come prepared to use the time wisely and open up lines of communication with your child's teacher.Alexandra Mayzler, Director of Thinking Caps Tutoring wrote some tips to help parents during the conference season.The first months of school are quickly coming to an end and parent/teacher meetings are upon us. Now is a great time to take a moment to speak to

Parents of NY Teens
I follow the neighborhood yahoo groups of parents of young children to answer questions about nursery and elementary school, but I occasionally yearn for a group of older parents. I need friends who will talk to me about tutors and teen break ups and how to handle the coed sleepover. I have been an avid member of the yahoo group, parentsofnyteens. It is smallish and chocked full of great parents that I actually know, who are funny and generous and very, very supportive.Just two days ago, Rachel, the moderator, did us all a wonderful service and started the Parents of NY Teens blog where she is compiling information and reso

International School of Brooklyn and Dual Language at PS 84

Sunset Park HS campus
I just got back from touring the Sunset Park HS building.It is everything that you would hope it would be, spacious, light, and beautiful. Three schools are housed there right now, Sunset Park HS which will grow at capacity to 1600 students (currently with a 9th grade), Brooklyn Prospect Charter (currently with a 6th grade) which will be housed there for two years before they find their permanent home and The Lillian Rashkis School, a district 75 program. I would recommend that all parents of 5th and 8th graders make time to tour the appropriate program housed in this building. They are worth a look.There is a community barbecue celebrating the opening of Sunset Park HS to

Prospect Park West Contest Winners
Congratulations Amy and Roberta you won! My husband tried to enter.His entry:"Name of your child's current school: Peter Stuyvesant HSThing you love: Go Peg Legs! (that is really the name of the football team)One challenge that the school faces: The spelling of its name...does it end in 'a