Middle School Mania

Links for the 2015 Brooklyn middle school search.

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Includes an interactive with 7th grade scores for all schools. Should match the data on Syracuse.com.

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Ideas about reducing segregation in New York schools.  As I understand it they are advocating something like a quota so that a school's demographics match their surrounding district.  At the end of the article is an interesting link to a study by a group called Appleseed.

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2014-2015 School Quality guides released yesterday by DOE.

More information at Schoolbook.

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Reviews of a few of the popular Brooklyn middle schools from parents including Mark Twain, MS51, MS447 and NEST+m.

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I am not sure if the story makes its point but it highlights the importance of the Specialized High School Aptitude Tests (SHSAT) in NYC high school admissions.

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23% of schools nationwide are scored A.

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Article by founders of a new school ranking site Schoolgrades. They found that many of the best schools in NY state are now found in NYC.

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PS 154 2nd on ELA!

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Open to all, limit one adult and one child.

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MAP: These Are The Most Popular Middle Schools in New York City

See how competitive NYC middle schools were last year.

At today’s D15 middle school fair the DOE folks pointed out the obvious but somewhat brutal fact that you have a better chance of getting accepted at less selective schools.  This link from last year gives you some more info you can use to get an idea of how selective each school is.  It also shows how many applicants were accepted based on their ranking and also how people ranked different schools.  MS51 for example only accepted applicants who ranked it 1st.  I’m not sure how this works this year since D15 schools only know whether you ranked them by bucket: 1st/2nd, 3rd-5th or 6th+.

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Postcard about the district 15 middle school fair which is on October 1st, 2015 at MS 88.

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This is today!

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MS 51 school tour signup now open.

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from Julia Castro Parent Coordinator MS 51: Additional 2015 information sessions for those not able to attend other events.

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Middle School information for PS 154 students.  Links to many of the local middle school sites and upcoming events.  Maintained by the amazing Debby Wattenbarger.

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I emailed the address shown in the directory and found out the following:

The application will be available at the time of the District 18 middle school fair which is October 6th, 2015.  The open house will take place in November but date is not yet announced. There are spaces for 96 6th graders.