Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Resources for the College-Bound Teen


Click : Resources for the College-Bound Teen


You'll find information on 

College fairs in NYC

On high school involvement and prepping in junior year 

On testing

On test prep

On college essays

On college counselors

On college visits 

On applications 

On comparing stats and chatting with fellow applicants

On choosing a college 

On deferrals, decisions, and disappointments 

On scholarships and aid 

On college loans (and debts)

On choosing a major

On dealing with the transition


Tuesday, November 10, 2020

2020 High School Open Houses

 This information is shared from the Parents of NY Teens & Young Adults list at https://ponytya.groups.io/g/main

Click or subscribe by send an email to main+subscribe@PoNYTYA.groups.io

to join the conversation if you have a child age 10 and older and you live in the metropolitan NYC area.  


Bard Manhattan
Open houses and QA sessions with current students:
https://bhsec.bard.edu/manhattan/open-houses-and-information-sessions/?mc_cid=f01639ea4f&mc_eid=2953fa1e06


Special education open houses (https://bhsec.bard.edu/manhattan/student-with-an-iep/). This open house will focus on what BHSEC is like for our SpEd students and what services generally look like here with ample time for question/answer. It will not focus on admissions policies due to that uncertain nature of how that is working for the

Bay Ridge Prep

Upper School
Virtual Open Houses

Our Upper School Virtual Open houses are now live for registration via Ravenna.  If you do not have a Ravenna account, click the the Apply Now button to create one.

Grades 9 - 12
Tues., October 20
Tues., November 17
Tues., December 1

Open Houses will begin at 9am on Zoom.

REGISTER FOR AN OPEN HOUSE

Boerum Hill School 11/17
https://k497.org/admissions/


Brooklyn Collaborative
https://www.bcs448.org/2020/11/02/fall-winter-virtual-open-houses-for-prospective-applicants/


Brooklyn College Academyhttps://sites.google.com/brooklyncollegeacademy.com/bca/home

Please look out for Information regarding our Open Houses: November 23, 24, 25
We will post an EventBrite so prospective students and families can register for this event.


The mission of HSES is to promote environmental integrity, social equity and economic prosperity for all learners through challenging hands-on collaborative learning experiences that promote citizenship, scholarship and leadership within our community and the world at large.
www.envirostudies.org

Essex Street 

Open Houses 11/10 and 11/17
https://www.essexstreetacademy.org/admissions/


Fort Hamilton High School is Nov 18th at 6:30- registration required. Go to Ft Ham website click on calendar in lower left corner, on the 18th is the registration link.


Harvest Collegiate High School 34 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-242-3384 Fax: 212-242-4173. Email: info@harvestcollegiate.org
harvestcollegiate.org

The High School of Art and Design

245 East 56th Street NY, NY 10022 

THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE WILL BE LIVE ON NOVEMBER 15TH

https://www.artanddesignhs.org/admissions-auditions


The High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology 
will be having a virtual open house on Thursday, December 10th at 5pm.
Here is information for prospective students:


Humanities Prep 11/17 and 12/8
https://humanitiesprep.org/




ISchool is also having virtual open houses, multiple dates:


Museum school also had one and will hold others. 

Friday, November 13, 2020, 8:30 AM

Register in advance for this meeting: Registration Link

Thursday, November 19, 2020, 6:00 PM

Register in advance for this meeting: Registration Link

Friday, December 4, 2020, 8:30 AM

Register in advance for this meeting: Registration Link


NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies
All.About.Lab – Virtual Open House December 2nd and 9th at 6:00





Williamsburg high school for architecture and design
More info here : https://www.whsad.org/

Tuesday, November 10th – 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.

Tuesday, November 17th – 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.

Saturday, November 21th – 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

Tuesday, November 24th – 5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.




Tuesday, September 29, 2020

If you have a child in High School or just graduated -- please complete the survey

 I am collecting new reviews of NYC High Schools.

Please take a moment and click here for the survey: http://bit.ly/2020highschoolreview to fill out the questionnaire.
Parents of kids currently in high school and those who have graduated in June of 2020 can participate.

Your responses will be posted anonymously to the Parents of NY Teens blog.

REMEMBER: Begin the survey when you have a few extra minutes to jot down your review of you and your child's experience at the school.


Please share this link to anyone with a child in high school: http://bit.ly/2020highschoolreview
Please click here to see the survey results that have come through so far.

Thanks for your participation!