| The Berkeley Carroll School |
 | | Motto | "Excellence in every child." | | Established | 1982 | | School type | Private | | Headmaster | Robert D. Vitalo | | Head of Admissions | Colin Macmahon | | Chairman, Board of Trustees | Timothy F. Quinn | | Location | Park Slope, Brooklyn | | Enrollment | Total: 775 [1] | | Faculty | Fulltime : ?? Part-time: ?? | | Mascot | Daniel Bogart | | Homepage | The Berkeley Carroll School | The Berkeley Carroll School is an independent, nonsectarian, coed day school, enrolling about 750 students from pre-kindergarten through high school. Berkeley Carroll School is located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn at three locations: 181 Lincoln Place, 701 Carroll Street, and 515 Sixth Street. Image File history File links Berkeleycarrollschool. ...
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History
Established in 1982, the school was created by the consolidation of the Berkeley Institute, an all-girls school chartered in 1886, and the Carroll Street School, a Montessori-style preschool founded in 1966. The Berkeley Institute was named after Irish empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In 1996, the school was designated a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, the only private or public school in Brooklyn to win the accolade for general excellence.[1] 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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Berkeley Carroll School now The school has four educational divisions, from preschool through high school. The Child Care Center is affiliated with New York Methodist Hospital and provides a year-round learning environment for infants and toddlers. The Lower School, with preschool through grade four, focuses on the fundamentals of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. Middle School, grades five through eight, promotes social and intellectual growth with an academic program including language arts and literature, history, computer science, physical education, the arts, and French, Spanish, or Latin. The college preparatory objective of the Upper School, grades nine through twelve, is reflected in the academic and co-curricular programs including a foreign student exchange program, creative arts electives, independent study, advanced placement classes and community service. Additionally, many students are also involved in student government, choir,jazz, rock or chamber music ensembles, and team or intramural sports. A human infant The word Infant derives from the Latin in-fans, meaning unable to speak. ...
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Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ...
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Berkeley Carroll has an athletic center at the President Street location. The facility has a four lane, 75-foot long swimming pool, a full-size gymnasium, a mezzanine area for fitness and strength training, and an open rooftop playground. Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ...
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Including alumni of The Berkeley Institute and Carroll Street School, Berkeley Carroll School has over 2,000 alumni. An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...
Over the summer, Berkeley Carroll offers two summer camp programs: The Children's Day Camp (for ages 3 to 8) located at Carroll Street, and the Creative Arts Camp (for older children and teenagers) at Lincoln Place. Summer camp is a common destination for children and teenagers during the summer months in some countries. ...
In December 2006, given the "brownstone-Brooklyn baby boom", Berkeley Carroll has experienced an unprecedented overload of preschool applicants. This lead the school to stop accepting applications early, much to the dismay of parents, as reported in New York magazine.[2] Headquarters New York magazine is a weekly magazine, founded in 1968, concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. ...
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References The United States Department of Education was created in 1979 (by PL 96-88) as a Cabinet-level department of the United States government, and began operating in 1980. ...
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