Office of Student Activities at BHSEC

Calling All Student-Athletes!

whitneybates — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:07 +0000

The Health Plus/NY1 Scholar Athlete program celebrates student athletes who successfully combine academics with athletics, and also find time for community service. The program, operated in conjunction with the New York City Department of Education, is open to any senior attending a New York City public high school. Selected students receive a $2,000 scholarship to the school they choose to attend in the fall. Anyone interested should come see Ms. Nardone.

Please click on the link below and read this short article. NY1 gives scholarship money to PSAL student-athletes each week during the school year. Scholar athletes must be nominated by the coach or athletic director. It is very easy to do. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to assist our student-athletes.

http://ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/top_stories/?SecID=1000&ArID=62555

Submit Your Work to the ONE Festival!

whitneybates — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:07:33 +0000

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 2009

The ONE Festival NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

New York — Teatro LA TEA and Caicedo Productions present the 5th annual The ONE Festival. This new exciting festival begins on April 5th through April 18th, 2010. Submissions are currently being accepted until February 28, 2009.

The ONE Festival will have a two-week theatrical run, with multi-talented playwrights and performing artists from all over the world. This annual event will showcase theatrical works from men and women of solo performances.

The ONE Festival will be accepting original non-published theatrical works, full length and shorts. Each work will perform at least two times during the festival. One of the theatrical works produced by the festival will receive $500 cash prize, plus a full theatrical production at Teatro LA TEA at The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center in NYC’s Lower East Side. The audience will be the judges by voting for their favorite play. Only finalists with 75 votes or more will qualify for the cash prize. The performance with the highest votes will be the ONE winner!

Submission requirements for “The ONE Festival” 2010:

$30-Full Length – Maximum 1hr, Minimum 45 minutes

$15-Short Length – Maximum 30 minutes or less

Please send submission fee with 1 copy of each of the following:

• Playwrights bio. Please include: name, address, telephone number and email

• Treatment of theatrical work

• Complete script of theatrical work, plus a 10 minute DVD “sample work”

• Actor/director/crew bios, if available

• Description of Set and Props

• Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, February 28th, 2010

• Include SASE if you would like materials returned

Please send submissions and fees payable to Caicedo Productions or Teatro LA TEA (no drop-ins) to:

TEATRO LA TEA

P.O. Box 20673

New York, NY 10009

Attn: Veronica Caicedo

CAICEDO PRODUCTIONS

7304 5th Ave.

PMB 184

Brooklyn, NY 11209

For more information, please contact Veronica Caicedo at theonefestival@gmail.com

How to Send Your Child to College

whitneybates — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:23:14 +0000

New York State Senator Bill Perkins Invites You To Participate In An Educational Forum

“How to Send Your Child to College”

Saturday, November 21, 2009

10:00 am until 2:00 pm

Wadleigh High School for the Visual and Performing Arts

215 West 114th Street, Auditorium

Between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Frederick Douglas Boulevard

Expert Panelist * Break Out Sessions *Information Tables

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn firsthand how you can pay for your child’s college education. Financial Advisors will be on hand to tell you how you can cut the cost of higher education!

Environmental Rally w/BSAN and ECO

whitneybates — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Please Join the BHSEC Student Activist Network and the ECO Club at an Environmental Rally next Tuesday (the eve before Veterans Day)!

What: We will be rallying against hydraulic fracturing (a dangerous form of natural gas drilling) in New York State and sending the message to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that the “Draft Supplement Generic Environmental Impact Statement” has not satisfactorily addressed the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.

When: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
3:45 PM Meet in front of auditorium. We will take the train to Stuyvesant High School, the location of the event, in a group.
5 PM Rally & Press Conference
6:30 PM Department of Environmental Conservation Public Hearing

Never heard of hydraulic fracturing? You are especially welcomed to come along and find out about it!

RSVP to inkyfingers19@verizon.net

More info at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-stringer/state-must-end-threat-to_b_345504.html
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/takeaction/urgent-action.asp?ID=79&cat=Water%20Quality%20Threat&subcat=Gas%20Drilling

OH, SNAP! Young Powerful Voices at Work

whitneybates — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:18:10 +0000

Saturday, November 21, 2009

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

El Taller

2710 Broadway @103rd Street

The Peace Poets, a community based arts collective from New York City, facilitate a two-hour spoken word workshop for teens. Right after the workshops! Participating youth will share their work with the public as part of El Museo’s spoken word series SPIC UP/SPEAK OUT!

News Wanted by MTV: teen drama queens, alpha males, texters

whitneybates — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:29:15 +0000

Know any Brooklyn teens ages 15 to 18, who qualify as dancers, musicians, athletes, drama queens, bookworms, shy types, alpha males, alpha females, texters or party hoppers? (Isn’t that… everyone?) MTV’s casting agents have asked Brokelyn to help get the word out about a call for local non-actors of all types and ethnicities to star in the US version of Skins, the UK series that gave Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel his start in show business. We’re obliging partly because we can’t wait to see this thing: The racy UK mega-hit, currently in its fourth season, follows a bunch of foul-mouthed kids as they navigate a range of real-life issues including homosexuality, pregnancy, anorexia, drugs, fractured families, and so on.

So why is MTV especially interested in Brooklyn teens? “It’s a no brainer. We were handed the task of finding the most charismatic and actually edgy kids we could,” casting agent Kim Madalinski tells Brokelyn. “We need real people with real life experiences and the courage to show it. Everyone says ‘you need to go to my neighborhood,’ and ‘my neighborhood’ is always somewhere in Brooklyn.’ “ Though the the US version will be ultimately set in Baltimore (ahem!), casting calls—specifically aimed at those without acting experience—have been announced only for NYC and Toronto so far.

The NYC casting call is Nov. 15 from 10 to 4 at the University Settlement at the Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery, (corner of Bowery and Houston) NYC. Bring photo ID as proof of age: 15-18 only. Contact: skinsuscasting@gmail.com.

Fall Community Day is Tomorrow!!

whitneybates — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:42 +0000

Schedule

We will follow a regular Wednesday schedule with shortened periods starting as follows:

1. 9:00 AM
2. 9:45
3. 10:30
4. 11:15
5. 12:00
There will be the usual 5 minute passing periods.

Community Day Assignments

Please read carefully, as assignments are different for this semester. Assignments are by last name AND advisory.

How to read the chart:

Your type of advisory
The first letter of your last name
Your item assignment

Advisory	Last Name	Item
High School (9^th and 10^th)	A-H	Dessert/Snack
High School (9^th and 10^th)	I-O	Plates and napkins
High School (9^th and 10^th)	P-Z	Drinks
College/CTO (Y1 and Y2)	A-K	Cups and utensils
College/CTO (Y1 and Y2)	L-Z	Fruits/vegetables

Dessert/Snack

Please select one item below and bring enough for 4-6 people. [Note: “100 Calorie Packs” are a great way to fulfill your assignment!]

- Trail mix

- Cookies (oatmeal raisin, walnut, macadamia nut)

- Granola bars

- Pretzels

- Fig bars

- Tortilla chips and salsa

- Pita and hummus

- Raisins, dried fruit

- Breads (banana, carrot, etc.)

- Baked potato chips

Drinks

Please select one item below and bring enough for 4-6 people. NO SODA, PLEASE.

- Water

- Fruit juice

- Gatorade/sports drink

- Apple cider

Fruits/vegetables

Please select one item below and bring enough for 4-6 people:

- Fruit salad

- Whole fruit

- Sliced vegetables (carrots, celery, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, etc.)

- Fruit snacks

Do Not Bring:

- Soda

- Chewing gum

- Candy (including hard candy, jellies, gums, marshmallow candy, fondant, licorice, spun candy, and candy coated popcorn)

Please be sure to list the ingredients of all home-baked items clearly on the front. Also, each item must be CLEARLY labeled with the name of your advisory group. Please see Ms. Bates in 406 with questions.

My Rights, My Nation: Talking About Constitutional Freedoms — Now and in the Future

whitneybates — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:27:43 +0000

A Symposium for High School Students

Sponsored by the New York City Bar Association

November 21, 2009

11am-2:30pm

Please join judges, lawyers and high school students from the New York area to learn what’s behind the law and recent Supreme Court decisions and discuss how the Constitution affects your life.

Students will select two discussion sessions from the following topics:

Treating Youth as Adults in the Criminal Justice System

Separation of Church & State

Drugs, Health & the Constitution

Speakers:

Hon. Jeffrey D. Lebowitz

Hon. Daniel Lewis

Hon. John E.H. Stackhouse

Elizabeth R. Yablon

Zeb Landsman

Zakiyyah T. Salim

Agenda

10:15am – Registration Opens

11am – President’s Welcome/Opening Remarks

11:30am – 12:40pm – Small group discussion 1

12:45pm – Luncheon

1:20-2:30pm – Small group discussion 2

The program will be held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The Association is located on 44th Street between 5th & 6th Avenue.

Fall Sports Make Headlines!

whitneybates — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:12:07 +0000

An athletics update from Ms. Nardone:

Girls Soccer

Boys Soccer: Class B Breakdown, Boys Soccer highlights from Saturday

Girls Volleyball The girls also defeated Lab Museum United (currently 2nd in the league) on Friday in 3 games.

Congrats to all of our student athletes!!

No Community Day Tomorrow!

whitneybates — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:05:53 +0000

Community Day has been moved to November 4^th!!

Stay tuned for more details…..

-The BHSEC Students’ Union