108-08 52nd Ave
Corona, NY 11368
(347) 497-8512
IMI Corona ES: - Un centro educativo alternativo abierto a tod@s sin importar su estatus legal, donde mezclamos el conocimiento creativo y el conocimiento práctico. - Un espacio de reflexión, debate y acción de pensador@s y filósof@s del pueblo para reimaginar el rol de l@s inmigrantes en la sociedad y cambiar las situaciones injustas. - Un laboratorio para práctica artivista, para experimentar con la mezcla del arte y activismo. Los VALORES de IMI Corona SON: - Promover la justicia social y el respeto a nuestros derechos a través de la educación y el arte. Creamos oportunidades para compartir nuestros conocimientos. Tod@s podemos ser educadores y tod@s podemos aprender. El ambiente educacional debe ser un ambiente de respeto y confianza; tod@s aprenderemos a nuestro ritmo sin crear ambientes de competencia. - Cuidar y cuestionar nuestra propia cultura. Reconocer el valor de nuestras tradiciones, y crear espacios para proteger y practicar nuestras tradiciones. Pero también reconocer prácticas opresivas en nuestra propia cultura y crear nuevas tradiciones que abran espacios para la diversidad de culturas en nuestra comunidad sin estereotipos. - Tener una cultura de unión, solidaridad y apoyo. Sabemos que somos diferentes pero podemos trabajar en grupo. Aceptamos críticas constructivas y somos bondados@s cuando hacemos críticas. En IMI Corona LUCHAMOS POR: - Escuchar y defender la dignidad de cada ser humano. Queremos crear un ambiente en el que los talentos de la gente tengan espacio de expresión para ser personas activas, que nos sepamos cuidar, escuchar y podamos hablar de nuestras opiniones sin miedo. - El acceso a la educación y salud de las personas migrantes y trabajadores en Corona y en Nueva York, y en solidaridad y hermandad con todas las nacionalidades, razas, identidades de género y sexualidad, que viven en nuestros barrios. - Crear comunidades fuertes que puedan defenderse y responder a la violencia y opresión que vivimos de maneras creativas y sanadoras. Nos reunimos para aprender y creemos que la política es una manera de actuar en grupo con conciencia de justicia colectiva y trabajo colaborativo. Creemos en la organización comunitaria como la forma en la que se lucha por la justicia social para l@s inmigrantes, las mujeres, l@s niñ@s, y l@s trabajador@s IMI Corona is: - A community center for alternative education open to all regardless of legal status, where we mix creative and practical knowledge. - A think-tank for reflection, debate and action by people’s philosophers to reimagine the role of immigrants in society and to change unjust situations. - A laboratory for artivist practices that merge arts and activism. IMI Corona’s VALUES ARE: - To promote social justice and respect for our rights through education and art. We create opportunities to share our knowledge. Everyone can be an educator, and everyone can learn. The educational space will be one of respect and trust; everyone will learn at their own pace without creating an atmosphere of competition. - To care for and question our own culture. To recognize the value of our traditions, and to create a space to protect and practice our traditions. But also, to recognize oppressive practices within our own culture and to create new traditions that open spaces for a diversity of cultures within our community without stereotyping. - To have a culture of unity, solidarity and support. We know that we are different, but we can work as a group. We accept constructive criticism and are kind when we critique. In IMI Corona we FIGHT FOR: - Listening and defending the dignity of each human being. We want to create a space where our can be expressed so that we can be active people, so that we can care for each other, listen to each other, and speak our opinions without fear. - Access to education and health for migrants and workers in Corona and in New York, in solidarity and comradeship with all nationalities, races, genders, and sexual identities that live in our neighborhoods. - The creation of strong communities that can defend themselves and respond to the violence and oppression that we experience in creative and healing ways. We come together to learn, and we believe that politics is a way of acting as a group with a collective social justice conscience and an ethos of collaborative work. We believe in community organizing as the way to fight for social justice for immigrants, women, youth and workers.
Lowest grade taught: 9th Grade - Highest grade taught: 12th Grade
Lowest grade taught: 9th Grade - Highest grade taught: 12th Grade
Various fields on the team. Not everyone has to focus on the robot. Individuals or groups can focus on building an Animation show or making a team web site for judgement and awards.
This school make kids study hard and the teachers tech good and have afterschool programs and test prep programs ,richman afterschool programs,Clubs on fridays 2:30-4:15.This is district 24Q143.This school has kids from Dominican Republic, Mexico and Ecuador.
CQA is a tuition-free public charter middle school that will serve the students and families of New York City’s “United Nations” district, Community School District 24 in Queens. Starting with one class of 100 fifth grade students, we will add one grade each year until we reach our full scale of grades 5-8. In the future, we hope to add a high school! As the first charter school located in District 24, where more than one in four students is classified as Limited English Proficient, CQA was intentionally designed to improve academic achievement for recent immigrant and English Language Learner students (ELLs). CQA is one of the first NYC charter schools to offer an enrollment priority (30%) for ELLs. Our Community: District 24 One of NYC’s most overcrowded school districts 77% students qualify for free or reduced lunch 26% students classified as Limited English Proficient English Language Learner Students CQA’s program is particularly tailored to improve outcomes for ELLs, one of NYC’s most at-risk and highest potential student populations. Fewer than 1 in 2 (46.1%) NYC current ELLs graduate from high school, compared with the citywide average of 65.1% in 2010 ELLs are twice as likely to live in a low-income household than English-speaking households Former ELLs outperform all students in NYC, having higher high school graduation rates than native English speakers Our Program CQA will foster scholastic achievement and character development in an inclusive, culturally responsive small school setting. Our program centers on literacy as a lever for both academic and social and emotional learning to instill our students with skills for success in school and in life. Small learning environment Focus on literacy as lever for school and life success Culturally responsive pedagogy and practice Social and emotional learning supports Academic literacy across all subjects to succeed in school: Curriculum will introduce concrete examples / illustrations and real-life problem solving Workshop-based reading and writing program will encourage students to be avid readers, writers and inquirers Double periods (90 min) of English Language Arts (ELA) each day will be strategically scheduled to coordinate and integrate additional literacy assistance in other subject areas Social and emotional literacy to develop life skills: Culturally responsive school-wide atmosphere will encourage communication, tolerance and respect Advisory program will nurture positive adult relationships and communiciation Integrated after school program will cultivate leadership qualities of self-confidence, critical thinking and teamwork
Lowest grade taught: 9th Grade - Highest grade taught: 12th Grade
Lowest grade taught: 9th Grade - Highest grade taught: 12th Grade
Lowest grade taught: 9th Grade - Highest grade taught: 12th Grade
Our Mission To provide our children with the best possible social-emotional and mental development skills as they prepare for elementary school and beyond. To empower the children with a sense of success and self confidence as they continue to develop their character. And to provide them supportive, learning experience which is slightly beyond their reach, yet still close enough to aspire to and challenge their individual capacity. Toadlers Pond staff believe that there is no limit and no boundaries we can set when it comes to caring for children and helping them realize their ability. Our mission is to provide a childcare service that allows them to grow from infants and toddlers to young individuals who value their environment, their peers and themselves. Melissa Galfano (MeGa) NYS Child/Daycare Operator
Lowest grade taught: 9th Grade - Highest grade taught: 12th Grade
The newly renamed John F. Kennedy Jr. School (P721Q) is located in Elmhurst, Queens. We are a special education school under District 75/Network V. Our school currently serves four hundred and fifty (450) high school age students (14-21 years), who have a board range of abilities and challenges, which may include students on the autism spectrum, students with severe to profound cognitive challenges and students with multiple disabilities. Students require a high level of support to achieve academic and social/emotional success and are assigned to the John F. Kennedy Jr. School /P721Q according to their Individual Education Plan (IEP). The school is comprised of a self contained main site, which houses thirty two (32) classes inclusive of bilingual, ESL and in school and community based work study classes. There are three (3) co located satellite sites at Info Tech HS, serving five (5) classes including a community based work study class; Art and Business HS has nine (8)students fully included in the general education school community and the Queens College Campus has one (1) class of students fully participating in work study on campus. There is a significant representation of culturally diverse students as reflected in the twenty three (23) languages spoken by bilingual and English Language Learners (ELL). All classes are served with licensed teachers and professionals who speak the students’ native language. Parents are supported via communication offered in their native language and workshops by native language presenters. Saturday programs are offered to students and parents which focus on technology and English language development. We offer students a wide array of learning opportunities and receive all IEP mandated related and support services to enable them to achieve their maximum potential. Our programming provides a well rounded educational experience that aligns and parallels with the general education environment, non disabled peers. Students attending the John F. Kennedy Jr. School/P 721Q have the opportunity to participate in all content area instruction – ELA/Math/Science and Social Studies, which are aligned to the NYS Standards and Alternate Standards (NYSAA). Furthermore, students at the John F. Kennedy Jr. School can participate in Life Science, Computer Science, Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Plant Ecology and Business related classes, i.e., merchandising and publishing. Students are also offered opportunities to participate in vocational and Computer and Occupational Standards (CDOS) courses both in and outside of the school, where students learn work related skills in the areas of carpentry and the food service industry. The variety of academic courses and vocational experiences offered at the John F. Kennedy Jr. HS/721Q are preparing students for the transition from school to post secondary life outcomes as mandated through their Individual Education Transition Plan. Approximately 25% of the student population is involved in community based instruction and work study outside of the school.