A Letter from the PTA President
Dear Families,
On behalf of the BHSEC PTA Executive Board, welcome to the 2018-2019 school year!
The PTA has two missions of equal importance. One is to raise money for the school. This money goes towards arts and music programming, sports equipment and team uniforms, library resources, student planners, after-school clubs, and seminar books for all Year One and Year Two students. In other words, every single student benefits from the PTA fundraising efforts. The second mission is to foster a community among parents. PTA meetings are held monthly, food is served and everyone is encouraged to attend and make their voice heard. Featured speakers and student performances ensure that there will always be something of interest for everyone. Additionally, we host off-site events in the fall and spring.
As parents of Bard High School Early College Manhattan students, you are automatically members of the PTA, but if you are interested in being more involved there are opportunities both big and small. Do you have a few hours a month? You can help sell Bard clothing at our open school nights or stuff envelopes for a mail campaign. A few hours a week? Maybe join the Spring Party planning committee or consider an elected position on the Executive Board. We welcome and encourage the contributions of all parents.
Please share your name and email address with us so we can keep you informed of upcoming events.
Felix Adler, an early 20th-century education reformer said, “The place where people meet to seek the highest is holy ground” and I agree. For me, there is no higher purpose than donating my time to the place that educates my child. I look forward to meeting you and working together for Bard High School Early College.
Alison Henin Bowers
President, BHSEC PTA
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR Y2 STUDENTS, WHO, ALONG WITH THEIR FELLOW BHSEC STUDENTS AT THE QUEENS AND NEWARK CAMPUSES, RECEIVED THEIR ASSOCIATE DEGREES FROM BARD PRESIDENT LEON BOTSTEIN ON JUNE 19!.
It was an inspiring ceremony as 330 Bard High School Early College students from across the tri-state area became the latest cohort to join the 15 years of alumni who have left high school with an Associate Degree in the Arts from a premiere liberal arts institution.
Bard College President Botstein reminded us all of how extraordinary their accomplishments are and how BHSEC has given these students opportunities available nowhere else in the country.
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Student Stories
The Writing and Thinking Workshop is a weeklong intensive learning experience that provides Bard Early College students with exercises in critical reading and writing.
The Seminar Sequence is the signature humanities experience of the Bard Early College program. The four-semester interdisciplinary Seminar Sequence exposes students to seminal texts from antiquity to modernity, which students engage through critical reading and interpretation.
BHSEC students come from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds. In addition to a rigorous academic schedule, students are involved in clubs, sports, and other extracurricular activities.
Diversity in the student body and in the school community as a whole enriches learning experiences by broadening the perspectives both inside and outside of classrooms.
The mathematics department offers students at BHSEC Manhattan a range of courses in Pure and Applied Mathematics as well as Computer Science.
The science department provides a solid background in the three basic sciences, physics, chemistry, & biology and follows the physics first sequence.
Various supports are available to help students in the high school program, in the college program, and in applying to their next school.
The Writing Center, for example, supports students who seek individualized help on class essays and college essays. Students may make appointments for one-on-one tutoring
The Bardmaticians math club, for example, also operates the BHSEC Online Math Center. Students write down their questions on this open tutoring portal and the Bardmaticians respond with guidance.
The BHSEC Manhattan library website has further information on academic supports:
The various art forms are not only a vehicle for expression, but also methods of investigation and problem solving. The intuitive and sensory skills developed by engagement in the arts work in parallel with the other learning disciplines, and are part of any truly liberal arts & sciences education.
A Bard Early College
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Stories
Kyla on Transferring CreditsSeptember 7, 2016 - 3:25 am
Abena on 9th Grade TransitionSeptember 1, 2016 - 1:27 pm
Aly on FriendsAugust 20, 2016 - 9:30 pm
Samantha on 60 CreditsAugust 20, 2016 - 8:27 pm
Samantha on Transition to Year 1August 20, 2016 - 7:22 pm
Marah on 9th Grade TransitionAugust 20, 2016 - 1:40 pm
Reham on College AdvisoryAugust 20, 2016 - 1:23 pm
Alex on 9th Grade TransitionAugust 19, 2016 - 11:45 am
