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Grave work: Students learn masonry by restoring Green-Wood’s monuments

By Susan De Vries

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Arts & Entertainment

Letting colors fly: Brooklyn Children’s Museum gears up for annual Holi celebration

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Daughters of civil rights icons call for action and remembrance at Medgar Evers College

By Regina Martinez

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Greenpoint

City to build 450-seat elementary school in Greenpoint, across from former NuHart Plastics site

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Learning Blooms in Kindergarten at Achievement First

By Brooklyn Paper’s Advertising Partner

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Kids & Education

Catching up with St. Joseph’s University, New York president Dr. Donald Boomgaarden

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Carmelo Anthony surprises youth basketball practice ahead of McDonald’s All American Games in Brooklyn

By Cooper Albers

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Math Reimagined: Achievement First’s Approach to Deep Learning and Student-Led Problem Solving

By Melissa Lachman

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Health

Grant for NYJTL after-school program expands mental health support in Brooklyn schools

By Lauren Rapp

Kids & Education

‘Rightly fearful’: Teachers and parents rally against ICE at FDR High School

By Lauren Rapp

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Bushwick

Landlord of Bushwick childcare center slated to close ‘wants to make a deal’ with the city, though the future remains uncertain

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Facing ‘unsustainable’ low enrollment and financial struggles, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy will close in June

Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly

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Kids & Education

City Hall to meet with Brooklyn childcare centers fighting closure as providers, pols slam Mayor Adams

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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‘I am not useless’: Fort Greene teacher fights to keep job after DOE denies disability accommodation request

By Megan McGibney

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Kids & Education

Brooklyn childcare centers facing sudden closure say city is behind on payments, used incorrect enrollment data

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Music Brings Life Blood Awareness Assembly

Rapper-turned-director Keenan Bristol raises awareness of blood shortages through film, ‘Students Are Heroes’

By Lauren Rapp

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Red Hook

Red Hook school rallies to support migrant families amid housing crisis

By Lauren Rapp

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Kids & Education

Explore summer adventures at Brooklyn Family’s Ultimate Camp Fairs

By Brooklyn Paper

Downtown

St. Francis College dedicates chapel to former chancellor Frank J. Macchiarola

By Lauren Rapp

Community Offshore Wind

QNS

400 Queens and Brooklyn students learn about offshore wind career paths in hands-on workshop

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