Jan
17
2009
Miami Schools
Posted by admin in Middle School Article, tags: Budget Concerns, De Leon Middle School, Magnet School, Miami Schools, Student Body PopulationAh, beautiful Miami! Sun, sand, and palm trees. It’s also the town of opportunities for most students in Kindergarten all the way up to 12th grade who attend Miami Schools. Magnet programs are abundant, and surrounding communities like Coral Gables and Aventura teem with innovative and exciting schools. Of course, Miami Schools also have their fair share of problems, as well. Budget concerns and dropout rates continue to burden the district.
One of Miami Schools’ success stories is Coral Gables. The town has a highly respected magnet program, which resides at Coral Gables High School. It received a Magnet School of Distinction Award at the 24th Annual Magnet Schools of America Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
Also on the horizon for Miami Schools is a new International Studies Magnet High School, which will open near Coral Gables High School. It will offer intensive study in foreign languages and culture. Seven hundred of Miami Schools’ students will spend half of each day learning the history and cultures of Europe entirely in a foreign language. It will be the first and only high school of its kind in the country! The curriculum will be based on the successful international education programs already in place at Miami Schools like Carver Elementary, Sunset Elementary, and Ponce de Leon Middle School, all of which teach French, German, and Spanish. Not only are students immersed in a foreign language, they are instructed in a foreign culture; just as other students in France, Germany, or Spain would be. English isn’t spoken at all during the foreign language part of the day. It’s as if schools from those countries have been scooped up and set back down into the Miami Schools’ district of Miami-Dade. The goal of the program is to produce students who are proficient in a foreign language.
Another success story for Miami Schools, at least so far, is the Continue Reading
Sep
06
2008
Schools Add To Allure Of Morristown NJ Real Estate
Posted by admin in Middle School Article, tags: Chabad Lubavitch, David Chase, Magnet School, Morristown Beard School, Ronald PerelmanMorristown New Jersey is home to some of the best public and private high schools in the region. It is also home to the Rabbinical College of America and the College of Saint Elizabeth. Because of all the fine educational experiences available in Morristown, this charming suburb is a wonderful place to call home.
The Morris School District’s public schools serve the communities of Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains. It serves approximately 4,700 students with three primary schools, three intermediate schools, one magnet school for kindergarten through fifth grade, one middle school and one high school.
Morristown also boasts numerous excellent private schools. The Red Oaks School is a Montessori school, serving students from preschool through sixth grade. Students from kindergarten through eighth grade attend Assumption Roman Catholic grade school. The Peck School, a private day school, serves nearly three hundred students through grade eight.
Several private junior and senior high schools are also found in Morristown. The Delbarton School is an all-boys Catholic school with a student body of over 500 students in grades seven through 12. Morristown-Beard School is a private co-ed school for sixth through twelfth graders. The Religious Teachers Filippini also conducts the Villa Walsh Academy, a private Catholic college prep school.
The Rabbinical College of America in Morristown has trained thousands of Lubavitch rabbis on its 82 acre campus. It is one of the larger Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic Yeshivas in the world today. The Yeshiva is supported by some of the wealthiest Jewish community philanthropists, including David Chase, Ronald Perelman and Ronald Lauder. Rabbi Moshe Herson directs the Yeshiva.
The Rabbinical College of America is licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education to grant a four year bachelor’s degree in religious Continue Reading