Schools

PS/MS 280 Burglarized

On March 10, burglars broke into PS/MS 280 at 3202 Steuben Ave. in the Norwood section of the Bronx and stole new desktop computers, laptops, lunch money and other items in the school.

New DOE Plan Could Ease Crowding

The Department of Education’s revised five-year plan for school construction includes an increase of more than 1,600 new seats within School District 10 in the northwest Bronx. But it is yet to be determined where the remaining seats will go.

Five Schools, One Team, One Walton Campus Spirit

As the seconds ticked down to zero in the Walton Campus’s thrilling 57-53 home court victory in the first round of the boys basketball city tournament, fans, coiled from the intensity of the game, rushed the court, hugging players and coaches and each other. A group of students formed into a circle centered with spontaneous dancers near midcourt. They chanted: “Wal-Ton! Wal-Ton! Wal-Ton!”

DOE Votes to Close Kennedy H.S.

The Department of Education voted this month to close down nearly two dozen schools throughout the city due to poor performance, a controversial decision that’s drawn outrage from students, teachers and parents alike. Included on the list of closures is John F. Kennedy in Marble Hill, which serves a number of students from across the northwest Bronx and is one of the last large high schools left in the borough.

With Nudge From Koppell, PSAL Adopts Pitch Limits

Dennis D’Alessandro, DeWitt Clinton high school’s varsity baseball coach, isn’t a huge fan of the PSAL’s decision to limit the number of pitches varsity pitchers can throw per outing next season. “I can’t understand why the city council wants to make the PSAL their plaything when there are other things to worry about such as playing field conditions,” he said in a recent interview.

‘Best Choir’ Award for Celia Cruz High School

The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music is ringing in the New Year with the title “Best Choir in New York City” after winning the Bronx Zoo’s inaugural SING! For Wildlife competition. The Hard Rock Café sponsored the event, which featured 250 students from seven schools.

2010 Year in Review: Discovery H.S. Gardeners Remake School Lunch

A group of Bronx students are helping to lead a green revolution right out of their own classroom, growing their own herbs and vegetables as part of gardening program at Discovery High School, on the Walton Campus in Kingsbridge Heights. The project is the brainchild of Steve Ritz, a longtime public school teacher who decided to incorporate some real life plants into his earth science and biology classes, rather than have his students read about them in a book. Before long, the classroom was the garden, and his students now grow their own herbs and vegetables in tall, vertical planters they keep in the back of the room.

City Continues Plans for New School on Webster

The Department of Education has completed design plans to construct a new elementary and intermediate school on Webster Avenue, according to spokesman Jack Zarin-Rosenfeld, who says the project should be completed by 2014.