A state senator says the remainder of Jamaica High School’s student body is being unnecessarily undermined by the city.
Category: Education
PS 48 students celebrate new school
The days of using one room for a gym, cafeteria and auditorium are now over for one Jamaica school.
Queens needs job seekers: Biz leaders
A group dedicated to creating jobs in New York City are see better schools as the top solution to the recent economic woes.
Queens Library expands to patrons’ e-readers
The Queens Public Library has entered the 21st century with a new service for tech savvy readers.
Children find Discover-E at Queens Library Center
The Children’s Discovery Center at the Queens Public Library had a futuristic friend on hand to officially open it for fun.
Jamaica High begins phase-out
Morale among Jamaica High School students hits a new low at the start of the academic year.
Educators lose fight to save SE Queens schools
The courts are not backing the dozens of supporters of Jamaica High School who want to see the longtime institution get a new lease on life.
Increase in summer school for city kids
A new study indicates more students might need more summer school if they expect to do well in college.
York students over the moon at graduation
The 2011 graduating class of York College celebrated the end of their academic life with some lessons from a New Yorker who aimed high and never looked back.
August Martin, Richmond Hill High saved
Two Queens schools that were targeted for the chopping block were saved by a special turnaround program, but leaders are still being cautious.
New media center opens to fanfare at August Martin
One of a southeast Queens school’s most popular program is getting a major upgrade thank to one of the last gifts from a late city councilman.
Walcott instills work ethic in Hollis students
The new schools chancellor made a trip to his former middle school to encourage the youth to have a strong education.
Little hope for Jamaica High closure reversal
Despite a new school’s chancellor, supporters of a doomed Queens institution are not holding out hope for a future.
Scholarship honors 9-11 responder who loved art
A Queens officer who died unexpectedly of natural causes always cherished his roots, according to his mother. Now she is honoring his memory by helping a future generation.
City axes another Queens school
The third of four southeast Queens schools was given the ax despite parent protests.
Jamaica High hits quarterfinals in mock trials
The students at Jamaica High school are taking their fight to save the institution to the court room in an interesting way.
Black Spectrum applies to be a charter school
One of the most long running and successful arts groups in southeast Queens aims to bring their influence to the youth in the area with a new school.
Stanners mourn loss of longtime teacher
The Archbishop Molloy community looks back at the legacy of Brother Declan Murray.
City cuts close Originals day care
A longtime Jamaica center for kids was shutdown due to its high cost that the city could not pay for.
Residents, pols support Jamaica High
The city got a handful when it conducted its hearing on the phase out of Jamaica High School as dozens gathered to voice their opinion.