By tdesimon on February 23rd, 2009
On Friday, February 13, Coach Baylock lead his team to a win against Rise Academy. For those of you who missed the game, there are photos below, or your can catch TEAM Academy face off against the first place team in the Charter School League, Lady Liberty. The game will be at the NCC on Hayes St. and begins at 5:45 pm on Tuesday, February 24. Check our calender for details on more games.
By tdesimon on February 12th, 2009
Please congratulate the following students when you see them.
Individual Head-to-Head Competition (Junior Division)
1st place: Ashli Fitts (GRADE 5!!)
2nd place: Rakieer Jenninigs
Team Competition (Junior Division)
1st place: Rise A – Ashli Fitts, Soular Andrews, Aliyyah Torres, Nettia Conyers
2nd place: Rise B – Rakieer Jennings, Michael Riera, Nanayaw Appiah-Kubi, Samir Rice
Also of note: 6 out of the top 8 scorers in the individual competition were Rise students (all of the above except Soular and Samir, though samir’s scoresheet was graded wrong so technically, he should have been in the head-to-head also)
The next competition is in March.
By tdesimon on February 7th, 2009
The Big Fix
New York Times Magazine
By David Leonhardt
Published: January 27, 2009
“… Fortunately, we know much more than we did even a decade ago about how education works and doesn’t work. In his book, “Whatever It Takes,” (and in this magazine, where he is an editor), Paul Tough has described some of the most successful schools for poor and minority students. These schools tend to set rigorous standards, keep the students in school longer and create a disciplined, can-do culture. Many of the schools, like several middle schools run by an organization called KIPP, have had terrific results. Students enter with test scores below the national average. They leave on a path to college.
The lessons of KIPP — some of the lessons, at least — also apply to schools that are not so poor. Last year, the Gates Foundation hired an economist named Thomas Kane to oversee a big new push to prepare students for college. Kane is one of the researchers whose work shows that teachers may matter more than anything else. Good teachers tend to receive high marks from parents, colleagues and principals, and they tend to teach their students much more than average teachers. Bad teachers tend to do poorly on all these metrics. The differences are usually apparent after just a couple of years on the job. Yet in a typical school system, both groups receive tenure.
The Obama administration has suggested that education reform is an important goal. The education secretary is Arne Duncan, the former school superintendent in Chicago, who pushed for education changes there based on empirical data. Obama advisers say that the administration plans to use the education money in the stimulus package as leverage. States that reward good teaching and use uniform testing standards — rather than the choose-your-own-yardstick approach of the No Child Left Behind law — may get more money. [view article . . . ]
By tdesimon on February 5th, 2009
Congratulations to Eze Sanabria for winning the Fifth Grade Spelling Bee today. The winning word was “indispensable”.
Past Event: The TEAM Academy fifth grade spelling bee will be tomorrow morning at 7:55 AM. It’s always a good time if you can make it and the kids get really pumped up.
By tdesimon on February 4th, 2009
The TEAM Boys are 2 – 0, thanks to the superfans who’ve supported us! Come enjoy the excitement of TEAM Academy basketball tomorrow afternoon.
Come support and earn your superfan points.
By tdesimon on February 4th, 2009
United States Olympic fencers, Tim Morehouse and Jason Rogers, speak to the Class of 2016 setting goals, working hard, and taking risks.
By tdesimon on February 4th, 2009
It’s not just six full days of training every week that got Cullen Jones his gold medal in swimming.
Former Newark resident tells 5th grade how a strong sense of character and perseverance made him who he is today.
He then speaks with TEAM’s athletes about balancing work and sports.
By tdesimon on February 4th, 2009
TEAM Academy hosts their only cross country home meet of the year. Racing against KIPP Academy and KIPP Infinity from NYC, students ran a 1.5 mile track at Weequahic Park, Newark NJ.
TEAM Academy seventh grade student Zahriyah set the course record for girls while TEAM Academy eighth grader Josiah set the course record for boys. It was a great showing for all runners with more than a hundred students, families and staff members cheering them on.
By tdesimon on February 4th, 2009
Many thanks to the dedication and hard work of nine TEAM Academy students and hundreds of other people (young and old alike) who work, live and learn in this city. Upper School (seventh and eighth Grade) students attended the 6th Annual Community Cleanup hosted by the City of Newark and the New Jersey Clean Communities Council, on October 2nd.
TEAM joined forces with the Greater Newark Conservancy and friends from the Urban Environment Institute to forge the “Tree Huggers” team. Using rakes, brooms, shovels, trash tongs and many trash bags we cleaned the streets of Newark until noon.
Students brought back rulers made of recycled denim, plastic, and pencils made from reclaimed U.S. currency. More importantly, they brought back good feelings about making Newark cleaner and being the change.
