The abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line becomes a living classroom for some intrepid MELS students and teachers.
The abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line becomes a living classroom for some intrepid MELS students and teachers.
After a few years of immersion in dual language schools, in which both languages are treated as assets to be cultivated in their own right, students surpass those in monolingual or in “transitional bilingual” settings on academic measures across the board.
Read NYC Outward Bound Schools alum and current board member Quemuel Arroyo’s reflections on overcoming his limits.
Leaders High School teacher Michael McQuillan writes about the importance of Intensives at NYC Outward Bound Schools.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters has awarded its 2017 Presidential Citation to Graham Johnson, a music teacher at WHEELS, our school in Washington Heights.
MELS IG Abbie Sewell writes about creating a school where all students belong and can succeed.
Written by Timeka, 12th Grader at Brooklyn Collaborative Before attending Brooklyn Collaborative, I was unassertive, and didn’t always voice my opinions; I was afraid of being ‘wrong’ or being the only one with a certain belief. We often know what the most popular opinion is on a topic or issue, and we conform to the […]
Excerpted from a speech written by Jennifer Lopez, a senior at a NYC Outward Bound School in Washington Heights Good evening, my name is Jennifer Lopez and I go to WHEELS, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School, a NYC Outward Bound school in Washington Heights. Most students come to WHEELS as 6th graders, so when I […]
WHEELS teacher Jon Koenig contributed to Science Friday with “Summing up the Skyscraper,” an algebraic math challenge.
Two MELS students are working at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island this summer as part of The Nature Conservancy’s Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) program.
