I.S.25Q. Adrien Block School

Coordinates: 40°45′54″N 73°47′23″W / 40.76500°N 73.78972°W / 40.76500; -73.78972

I.S.25Q. Adrien Block School
Address
34-65 192 Street
Flushing, New York 11358
United States
Information
School type Public junior high school
Established 1904
Status Open
School board New York City Public Schools
School district Community School District 25 (NYC Department of Education)
Superintendent Danielle Dimango
School number IS25
School code 25Q025 & Q025
Principal Mary Ellen Beirne
Grades 6–8
Enrollment 799
Schedule Monday - Friday 8:10am - 2:30pm
Campuses The Adrien Block Campus
Mascot Sharks
Team name IS 25 Sharks Football
IS 25 Sharks Soccer
Rivals M.S.158
Website http://www.adrienblockis25.com

I.S.25Q. Adrien Block School[1] is a junior high school which currently serves grades six through eight. The school dismantled ninth grade due to lack of sufficient participation by students, but added sixth grade beginning in the 2007–08 school year. The building is located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, United States in the Community School District 25. The school is part the Adrien Block Campus, and shares space with the World Journalism Preparatory School (WJPS). Part of the school's basement is shared with P233 or Class Y21 (a school for disabled children).

Mission

"Our mission is to cultivate life-long learners inspiring the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical potential of every student. Administrators, teachers, parents, and staff work together using Common Core Learning Standards to create a challenging environment specific to the individual student's needs in developing skills for a successful transition to high school, college, and future careers."[2]

IS25Q

Administration team

  • Principal: Mary Ellen Bierne (since 2009 school year)
  • Assistant Principals: Nancy DePoalo (sixth grade)
  • Assistant Principals: Irene Cacanando-Zimmet (seventh grade)
  • Assistant Principals: Jordan Fitzgerald (eighth grade)
  • School Dean: Catherine Piccolo (since 2010 school year)

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Student life

Classroom assignment

This school contains three SP (Special Placement) classes in each grade: 601 and 602, 610, 701 and 702, 710, and 801, 802, and 810 (SP Classes Information was changed in 2015). The students in the SP classes receive more challenging school work than in regular classes.

All 8th grade SP classes are offered the opportunity to take the US History and Government (instead of CCLS Social Studies), Living Environment (instead of CCLS Science), Algebra (instead of CCLS Math), and Korean (instead of Spanish).

State exams

Each year the students are given the statewide ELA (English Language Arts) and Mathematics exam. The eighth grade students also take the statewide science exam. Formerly, students have taken the MOSL (Measure of Student Learning) exam for social studies and science classes. 8th grade students do not take the Science MOSL due to the statewide science exam. Students in 8th grade SP classes are offered the opportunity to take the US History and Government Regents, Living Environment Regents, and Algebra Regents that is also included to there normal statewide ELA (English Language Arts) and Mathematics exam.

Talent and mandatory classes

The school offers talent courses that take place during the course of a school day. Students choose from Dance, Band, Keyboard, Chorus, and Art. Students choose a talent during their first year at the school and usually remain in that class until their year of graduation. Talent classes take place three times each week for one period each day. The school currently offers foreign language classes for 8th grade students, including Spanish (for non-SP classes) and Korean (for SP classes).

Extra-curricular activities and after-school clubs

Sports teams

The soccer team is run by the guidance counselor Daniel Flaxman. They are the New York City Middle School Champions for 2016.

The football team is run by Physical Education teacher Steve Margaroli.

The track team is run by Mr. Berger, chorus teacher.

Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM)

In the 2015-2016 school year, the school started the placement of the schoolwide enrichment model for student of grade 6 and 7. Students can choose from Newspaper, Drama, Poetry, Business, and more. The school supports the Schoolwide Enrichment Model from September to February and March to June. February and June feature a showcase for parents displaying what the students have done.

Debate team

The school added a debate team starting in the 2015–16 school year. The school has won numerous awards from weekly debate competitions with other New York City schools.

After-school program

IS25Q offers a free after-school program through the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council (GRYC).[4] It is funded by the Schools Out New York City (SONYC) after-school framework for middle schools from NYC Department of Youth & Community Development.[5]) It started in the 2014-2015 school year. This free high quality after-school program at IS25Q and World Journalism Preparatory School is only for grades 6-8 (students in World Journalism Preparatory School in grades 9-10 can join as youth employment). Students are given free snacks and homework help. They are then given activities aligned to the Common Core. Activities include Art/Drama Club, STEM Club, Chess Club, Guitar/Music Club, Builder's Club, Team Sports Club, Video Game Club, and Fitness Club. The program runs Monday through Friday, from 2:25 to 5:30pm.

Korean program

Adrien Block IS 25 provides an after-school Korean program to extend the Dual Language Program of its neighboring elementary school. This program is designed to give students formal language instruction, including various cultural experiences through extracurricular activities such as Tae kwon do, Korean dance, and calligraphy.

References

  1. ↑ "I.S. 025 Adrien Block (Q025) - NYC Department of Education". schools.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  2. ↑ http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/25/Q025/AboutUs/Overview/default.htm
  3. ↑ "Adrien Block I.S. 25 - IS 25 Family". www.adrienblockis25.com. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  4. ↑ "GRYC - IS25 (SONYC)". www.thegryc.org. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  5. ↑ "School's Out New York City (SONYC) - DYCD". www1.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
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