Archive for February, 2010
A Charter for Success
President Barack Obama swept into office last year on a promise to modernize and reform the nation’s education system. He and his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, have undertaken this task in earnest, with Duncan starting the Race to the Top program. The initiative, with the incentive of four billion dollars in federal funds, encourages [...]
Be a Good Person (Everybody Else is Doing It!)
The recent 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti killed nearly 170,000 people, and the American Red Cross estimates that nearly three million people in total were affected. These people, who already live some of the most impoverished lives in the world, cannot recover from such a disaster alone. All around the world, in response to the [...]
Charter Schools: Not a Silver Bullet
In recent years, charter schools—schools that receive public funding but are subject to less oversight and far fewer restrictions than traditional public schools—have been treated as a silver bullet, a panacea for all of our nation’s education problems. They’re popular among politicians because they sound like something that can improve our country’s flailing education system. [...]
Fewer Days, Higher Prices
Scheduling issues, budgetary concerns and other logistical problems have led to fewer practice days, an increase in ticket prices and the three SING! tech crews sharing set elements such as platforms. In spite of these changes, all three SING! slates have not expressed concerns regarding the completion of their productions prior to the performances. Principal [...]
Robotics and Strive Hold E-Cycling Drive
The Stuyvesant Robotics team and the Students Taking Resolute Initiative to Vindicate the Environment (STRIVE) club are currently holding an electronics recycling drive outside room 209. The drive, which began on Tuesday, February 2 and does not yet have an end date, encourages students and faculty members to drop off their electronic trash into a bin [...]
Numbers
Total number of students admitted to Stuyvesant: 958 Number of Asians admitted: 602 Number of whites admitted: 157 Number of Hispanics admitted: 17 Number of blacks admitted: 7 Number of American Indians admitted: 1 Percentage of students who are male: 58 Percentage of students who are female: 42
New Photo Enlargers Purchased for Photography Room
Six new photo enlargers costing 2,000 dollars apiece are being installed over February break in room 338 to replace the two-decade-old machines currently in use. The enlargers were purchased in December and arrived in late January. Private donations, not school funds, were used to purchase the enhancers. The Alumni Association donated 6,000 dollars and the [...]
Pascu Wins Award for Distinguished Math Teachers
Mathematics teacher Oana Pascu received the 2009 Edyth May Sliffe Award for “Distinguished High School Mathematics Teaching” from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in late December 2009. She was nominated by juniors Jeremy Chan and Yichi Zhang, seniors Peter Cha and Shaoxiang Wang and alumni Paul Fisher (’09) and Benjamin Hirsch (’09). Pascu has been at [...]
Fundraising Efforts for Haiti Still Underway
Members of the Stuyvesant community continue to fundraise money for relief efforts after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, January 12. Stuy Skate for Haiti and the Pokémon Fan Club tournament are two upcoming events that Stuyvesant individuals and clubs have organized for the cause. Social Studies teacher Muriel Olivi will host [...]
Grant Received for New Computers
Stuyvesant High School received an 80,000 dollar grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) which will go toward purchasing eighty to ninety new Dell computers for the Computer Aided Design (CAD) rooms. The installation of the computers will occur by either the end of spring break or September 2010. The LMDC was created by [...]
