PS 166 Parents Feel Slighted by Proposed Gifted Program for District 30
QUEENS — Plans for a proposed new middle school program for gifted students in District 30 are drawing ire from parents who say seats should be guaranteed to kids from Long Island City’s P.S. 166, who currently have no designated placement after fifth grade. Of the district’s three gifted and talented elementary school programs, P.S. […]
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Bacon cocktail. Ommegang night. These guys are pretty cool. So Many Winter Events at Alobar!. View this email in your browser First of all not only is it Martin Luther King Day on Monday, but it’s also Inauguration Day! Famous Food Blog GrubStreet picked up on our Inauguration Party with this: The Long Island City […]
Prestigious Queens G&T Program to Extend to Eighth Grade, Chancellor Says
ASTORIA — The Department of Education is looking to expand Queens’ only citywide Gifted Talented program through the eighth grade, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott told parents at a town hall meeting. The STEM (Science, Technology, Enrichment and Math) Academy at Astoria’s P.S. 85 is the only citywide GT program in the borough, and one of […]
Socrates Sculpture Park’s Emerging Artist Fellowship encourages sculptors to …
Photo courtesy Socrates Sculpture Park Hugh Hayden’s 1965 Ford Mustang, with braided racing stripes, revs up the park in Long Island City. By Alex Palmer TimesLedger Newspapers A 1965 Ford Mustang with braided racing stripes. A transparent Buddha floating just off the shore in the East River. The Virgin Mary cast in bird seed. These […]
Police seek suspect in Long Island City and Astoria iPhone robbery cases
LONG ISLAND CITY — The NYPD wants to question 19-year-old Karim Morle in connection with a series of eight iPhone robberies in Long Island City and Astoria, police said. Police said in all of the robberies a young black man has approached the victim from behind and taken their iPhone before running away. No injuries […]