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Montefiore is ‘Keeping Kids Healthy’ in the Bronx 

Keeping Kids Healthy Children’s Health Fair 2008 to Focus on Wellness and Safety

WHAT:

For families with children 12 years old and younger, the themes for this year’s Keeping Kids Healthy Children’s Health Fair 2008 are: wellness promotion, health education, and safety and community. This FREE, fun-filled afternoon is sponsored by The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center and HIP Health Plan of New York. While offering an afternoon of entertainment, games and refreshments, important health education and health screenings will be provided.

Great visual opportunities

The Children’s Health Fair will include:

Child Health History I.D. Cards and Fingerprinting

Asthma and Diabetes Information

Nutritional Information

Medication Safety

Hearing and Vision Screenings

NYPD Representatives

FDNY Representatives

Face Painting and Activities

WHEN:

Sunday June 1, 2008

Noon - 3PM (Rain or Shine)

WHERE:

Mosholu-Montefiore Community Center

Corner of East Gun Hill Road and DeKalb Avenue

Bronx, NY

Keeping Kids Healthy Children’s Health Fair 2008 is open to children ages 12 and under who are accompanied by an adult.

SOURCE: PRNewsWire.com

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Middle School 391 Students Show They Care

Students at Middle School 391 in Tremont are trying their hands at philanthropy.

They’re participating in the O Ambassadors program, a nationwide effort that’s part of Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Network.

As part of the program, MS 391 students will work to raise awareness in their community about different UN Millennium Development Goals, including poverty, education and health.

Students got to choose the region of the world they wanted to study and support. Over the coming year, they will raise funds to support development projects in Latin America.

“We’re proud to represent the voices of youth in the Bronx,” said Principal Pedro Santana. “There are so many issues in our world that need our attention and we’re ready to show that youth in the Bronx care.”

SOURCE: NYDailyNews.com

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Bronx Museum of the Arts set to open Arts Education Center

The Bronx Museum of the Arts will dedicate its Arts Education Center in a special ceremony next week.

The 3,000-square-foot arts center is housed in the museum’s new North Wing, built in part to expand education programs for youth and families.

Education programs include the Interpretive Art Program and Student Docent Program for visiting schools, Teen Council, Media Lab and Design Lab for after-school youth and Family Affair for children ages 5 to 11 and their parents or guardians.

The event will feature a commemorative plaque presentation to Rep. José Serrano for his support of the museum’s education programs and the arts.

The dedication will take place at 3 p.m. May 31 at the museum’s North Wing entrance at 1040 Grand Concourse.

SOURCE: NYDailyNews.com

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Bronx community boards set their meetings 

Community Boards are the little City Halls of the city, dealing with local issues involving city agencies, and serving an advisory role in zoning and other land-use issues.

- COMMUNITY BOARD 1 (Melrose, Mott Haven) meets at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 29, at CB1 Office, 3024 Third Ave. Call (718) 585-7117.

- COMMUNITY BOARD 4 (Highbridge, Mount Eden and Concourse) meets at 6p.m., Tuesday, June 24, at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Murray Cohen Auditorium, 1650 Grand Concourse. Call (718) 299-0800.

- COMMUNITY BOARD 5 (Morris Heights, Fordham, Bathgate and Mount Hope) meets at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, at South Bronx Job Corps - Auditorium, 1771 Andrews Ave. Call (718) 364-2030.

- COMMUNITY BOARD 9 (Soundview, Clasons Point, Parkchester, Bruckner and Harding Park) meets at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 19, at CB9 Office, 1967 Turnbull Ave. Call (718) 823-3034.

- COMMUNITY BOARD 10 (Throgs Neck, City Island, Pelham Bay, Co-op City, Zerega, Westchester Square, Country Club and Edgewater) meets at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 19, at Middletown Senior Center, 3035 Middletown Road. Call (718) 892-1161.

- COMMUNITY BOARD 12 (Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn Eastchester and Baychester) meets at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 26, at CB12 office, 4101 White Plains Road. Call (718) 881-4455.

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City controller’s report blasts Bronx school overcrowding, lack of relief

Bronx schools are bursting at the seams and “flawed” planning is to blame, a new report by the city controller’s office charges.

“There are too many neighborhoods with overcrowded schools, elementary schools in particular, and no relief for years to come,” Controller William Thompson said in releasing the report.

The report compares the new seats provided in the city Department of Education’s 2005-09 Capital Plan with expected neighborhood population growth.

The study highlights several Bronx neighborhoods, including Soundview-Castle Hill, Throgs Neck and Highbridge, where activists have been advocating for a new middle school.

In District 10 in the northwest Bronx, Thompson’s report charges that “schools were over capacity in virtually every CSD 10 neighborhood.”

That finding mirrors the calls of local activists who have been pushing to include two new schools in the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment project.

The DOE, however, has said it sees no need for new schools in the area.

Its 2005-09 capital plan provides for 36,500 new elementary and middle school seats in new school buildings or additions to relieve overcrowding.

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