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Secondary School for Research

 
237 7 Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: (718) 832-4300  Fax: (718) 788-8127
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Principal: Jill Bloomberg
Parent Coordinator: Patricia Squillari (347) 563-4950

WHAT'S SPECIAL: Dedicated faculty and administrators committed to developing student leadership and core academics
DOWNSIDE: Dispiriting building with metal detectors at entrance
 
Grade levels: 6 to 12
Class size: 30
Enrollment: 487
Ethnicity %:
  6 W; 40 B; 46 H; 7 A
Reading scores:
Math scores:
4 year graduation rate: 62.8%
District 15
HS Supt: Dov Rokeach
Admissions: District 15 priority
Neighborhood: Park Slope
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Students at the John Jay Secondary School for Research enter a school building that can seem foreboding, but once they're on the school's fourth floor, with sweeping views of the city and abundant sky, that sense of burden lifts. It is replaced by a sense that adults are there to help young people make difficult developmental and intellectual strides.

 

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Feb 25, 2008

Principal Jill Bloomberg received a 2008 Cahn Fellowship, a 15-month program at Teachers College designed to recognize outstanding principals. Cahn fellows attend workshops at Teachers College... read more

Dec 27, 2007 The Secondary School for Research's middle school has been added to the state's... read more
Nov 14, 2006 Principal Jill Bloomberg is a strong and vocal opponent of the city-required scanning at the building's entrances. "We take our students extremely seriously," she said. "We say 'we are educating... read more


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