18 Expeditionary Learning teachers have been awarded Fund for Teacher Fellowships, and five of them came from NYC Outward Bound EL schools – making us the highest regional EL recipient of fellowships. Congratulations to them all: Jessica Bruck (Validus Preparatory Academy); Seth Rader (the James Baldwin School); Jane Doherty, David Lenzner & Isabel Estrada-Jamison (Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School); Susan Shiney, Kimberly Scher, & Melissa Glantz (Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School).
Our Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies has just won the 2011 Imagination Award from the Lincoln Center Institute! The Institute is the educational cornerstone of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and is a global leader in education and the arts. BCS will be honored at Lincoln Center on March 8 alongside the Honorable Joel Klein. Congratulations to the entire school community.