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==References==
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Village School
Address
614 Middle Neck Road

Great Neck
,
NY
11023

USA
Information
TypeSenior high school[1]
Established1970[2]
School districtGreat Neck Union Free School District
PrincipalStephen Goldberg[3]
Faculty6.0 (on FTE basis) (as of 2006-07)[5]
Enrollment46 (as of 2007-08)[4]
Student to teacher ratio8.8 (as of 2006-07)[5]
Information516-773-1705
WebsiteSchool website

Village School is a high school, comprising grades 9 through 12. It is located in Great Neck, New York, as part of the Great Neck School District. A wide variety of students attend the Village School. The Village School's catalogue describes the students saying,

All have at least average ability, some have exceptional learning abilities and artistic talents, while others have special educational needs. Students who may have felt lost and isolated in a large school often thrive in the smaller and more personalized setting of the Village School. [6]

The school describes itself as a "college preparatory public high school dedicated to encouraging academic success through a non-traditional, innovative curriculum".[7]

Co-founder Arnie Langberg has been called "one of the most important pioneers in the field of public alternative education."[8]

Admissions

The admissions process at Village School is comprehensive. Each student takes part in an on-campus interview and is accompanied by a parent. The children are hand picked and visit the school twice before being considered a candidate for this program.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Recognition

The Village School, established in 1970, is one of the America's oldest and most successful alternative high schools. The School enjoys a national reputation and has been positively evaluated by the Center for the Study of Educational Alternatives at Hofstra University. The American School Board Journal granted its Magna Award to the School for its exemplary, nontraditional, high school program.[9] As a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, the Village School and its staff work closely with other member schools and with the education faculty of Brown University.[10]

Student Assessment

The Village School does not employ a traditional grading system; rather, it uses an individualized contract system in which students earn credits as they meet curriculum goals they have established with their teachers. Authentic, performance, and portfolio assessments of these student/teacher goals have long been a hallmark of a Village School transcript. Approximately 90 percent of Village School graduates are accepted at either four-year or two-year colleges.[10]

Curriculum

The Village School offers focused studies in the traditional academic areas: English, social studies, science, math, foreign language, art, and music. Some students elect to take additional courses at off-campus institutions, such as local colleges, the Great Neck Adult Program, or at one of Great Neck's two traditional high schools. Students often explore special areas of interest through guided independent study and the School's internship program.[10]

History

In Great Neck, the Village School occupies an A-frame cottage and annex that once served as a community recreation center. The first students, chosen by lottery, were creative types — artists, dancers, musicians — stifled by the discipline and structure of other schools. In later years, though, the Village School lost much of its cachet after attracting some students with drug and behavior problems. Parents refused to send their children, and enrollment dropped to as low as 28 during the mid-1990s.[11]

Stephen Goldberg, the principal, said the school toughened its academic and attendance policies and began requiring students and their parents to sign a no drug and alcohol pledge that calls for the automatic expulsion of violators. “I think we’re a niche school, and we fill a need, but I don’t think every school should be like the Village School,” he said. “Our student is a kid whose light switch is off, but there’s a lot of wattage.”[11]

Demographics

The student body in the 2007-2008 school year consisted of:[12]

  • 0 American Indian or Alaska Native students or 0% of the student body
  • 1 Black or African American student or 2% of the student body
  • 1 Hispanic or Latino students or 2% of the student body
  • 2 Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students or 4% of the student body
  • 42 White students or 91% of the student body
  • 0 Multiracial students or 0% of the student body

The school’s maximum capacity is 50 students and only 25% of them come from the Great Neck school district. About 50% of the students come from the needs area of Special Education while the other half of the students are in regular education. There is a maximum of 15 students per classroom with a minimum of four students, but there are no teaching assistants in any of the classes. The staff is hired from within the school and the Principal says that he hires good teachers who have personality based on character/logic issues. He says that he bases his decisions to hire on answers to questions like this: “What can you give to students once the door is closed?”Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Extracurricular activities

Approximately 50 students who are considered at risk academically for an array of reasons are enrolled in the Village School each academic year.[13] After-school activities are not offered at Village School. However, at-risk students are still required to get involved with the community, and Village School provides an Outdoor Education Program.[14]

In the 1970s students obtained credit for such activities as hitchhiking across North Africa, in the 1980s student work included designing software for a computer company, and being a sports magazine intern.[15]

Additional Information

Notable alumni

Fred Cohen, teh best student evar

References

  1. ^ Type of school; URL accessed May 3, 2009.
  2. ^ History; URL accessed May 3, 2009.
  3. ^ Principal's name; URL accessed May 3, 2009.
  4. ^ [1] Village School, accessed May 3, 2009
  5. ^ a b Village School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 3, 2009.
  6. ^ [2] Village School, accessed May 16, 2007
  7. ^ [3] Great Neck Village School official Web site, accessed April 28, 2007
  8. ^ [4] The quote is from Jerry Mintz, founder of the Alternative Education Resource Organization, in an interview Mintz conducted with Langberg, "Radio Interview With Arnie Langberg on the Night of the Littleton Tragedy" appearing in The Education Revolution Magazine, Summer 1999, accessed May 3, 2009
  9. ^ "Magna Awards presented today", American School Board Journal, April 16, 2007. Accessed October 18, 2007. "Great Neck (N.Y.) Public Schools -- Village School."
  10. ^ a b c [5] Great Neck Public Schools Web site, PDF document titled "Great Neck Public Schools: The Village School", accessed October 18, 2007.
  11. ^ a b c Hu, Winnie (2007-11-12). "Profile Rises at School Where Going Against the Grain Is the Norm". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ School Comprehensive Information Report (PDF); URL accessed May 1, 2009.
  13. ^ Rather, John (2002-09-08). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Great Neck; Great Site for Schools, Parks and Trains". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. ^ [6] Outdoor Education Program, accessed July 16, 2009
  15. ^ "Alternative Schools Adapt," by Fannie Weinstein. The New York Times, June 8, 1986, section A page 14.
  16. ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. "For ‘Hairspray’ Star, ‘My Darn Dream Come True’", The New York Times, July 8, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007. "In her sophomore year, unable to find her niche, she switched from the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School to the Village School, the district’s alternative high school, with 50 students. After class, she joined the theater program at the William A. Shine Great Neck South High School..."
  17. ^ Kilgannon, Corey. "THE ISLAND; An Uphill Fight to Shed a Lifelong Label", The New York Times, September 10, 2006. Accessed October 29, 2008. "Ms. Walsh, 27, is also from Great Neck. She never knew Mr. Friedman growing up, but she knew of him, especially because she attended his alma mater, a small charter high school called the Village School."

External links

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