October 7, 2008
Life in the Middle Series
Power Girls of JHS 217 learn etiquette
Several girls, clasping a cruise line's sample menus, ordered dinners with themes like Mediterranean Night and Captain's Gala.
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Principal draws from her experience
In a series of stories over the next year, Newsday will examine education changes and challenges in the city through the lens of JHS 217, the Robert Van Wyck School in Jamaica. Approaching its 50th birthday, the vibrant school has a student body diverse even by Queens' standards.
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An old School's new challenges
At lunch time, Perla Bautista flashed picture cards to teach the ABCs and English, not in a kindergarten class, but to a group of sixth-graders.
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Travails of teaching
Some call teacher Steve Mindlin the "bag man."
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Maneuvering to get a good high school
Let the games begin: Now is the time when parents position their high school bound kids for next year with stories from big-school phobia to sudden changes of address.
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Scrabble lunch club at JHS 217
Newsday is spending a year visiting JHS 217 in Jamaica. This is one in an occasional series.
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