Students at the Urban Institute of Mathematics (UIM), a middle school serving grades six to eight in Throggs Neck, visited the Bronx Historical Society (BHS) in Norwood on Nov. 19, to unveil its map of the 18th century, capping a six-course assignment with borough historians. The program, dubbed Map It! Exploring Your School’s Neighborhood, has been around for two years. The BHS project was funded by the New York Community Trust. BHS partnered with the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to fuse the borough’s archaic back story into social studies lessons at participating schools. Students from Throggs

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