For the first two school years, the charter school will be located at 2348 Webster Ave., an affordable housing development built by the Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation. The school will occupy the first floor of the building, which is powered by solar panels.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

For the first two school years, the charter school will be located at 2348 Webster Ave., an affordable housing development built by the Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

After the initial two years, the charter school will move to a permanent facility in the Norwood area.

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Four former teachers at the Bronx New School, PS 51, formed the charter school.

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While still completing his high school coursework, Peter attended advanced math and physics courses at Columbia University and took a research mentorship with a Columbia professor experimenting with the forces of gravitational waves. He is expected to graduate at the top one percent of his class at Stuyvesant.

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Peter Boyce, a senior at Stuyvesant High School and a Riverdale resident, was recently named a Ron Brown Scholar. The Ron Brown Scholar Program is the nation's leading scholarship program for African-American youth.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

Thieves broke into at least five metal companies and construction sites in Greenpoint and Williamsburg last week — the latest in a wave of copper thefts throughout Brooklyn that is directly attributed to the once-cheap electrical conductor’s soaring prices on the international metals market.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on April 17, 2008.

Thieves broke into at least five metal companies and construction sites in Greenpoint and Williamsburg last week — the latest in a wave of copper thefts throughout Brooklyn that is directly attributed to the once-cheap electrical conductor’s soaring prices on the international metals market.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on April 17, 2008.

“If someone tries to steal from this site, they have to go through me, and that’s not going to happen,” said the guard, Dennis Wise, who manned a post at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Willoughby Street.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on April 17, 2008.

• Two thugs snatched copper piping from an apartment building on the corner of McGuinness Boulevard and Calyer Street on April 7 — but this time, cops caught them copper-handed.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on April 17, 2008.

Throughout the school year, eighth-graders at the New School for Leadership and Journalism, MS 244, and the Sheila Mencher Van Cortlandt School, PS/MS 95, attended 20 sessions of ballroom dance instruction, taught by American Ballroom Theater teachers as part of an arts-ineducation program.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

Two local middle schools recently won gold medals at the American Ballroom Theater's Dancing Classrooms semifinals competition, held on April 8, at IS 45 in Manhattan.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

Throughout the school year, eighth-graders at the New School for Leadership and Journalism, MS 244, and the Sheila Mencher Van Cortlandt School, PS/MS 95, attended 20 sessions of ballroom dance instruction, taught by American Ballroom Theater teachers as part of an arts-ineducation program.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

To understand the baking process, the children watched a short video on how to bake the unleavened bread and took their cues from Chabad of Riverdale volunteers.

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First-graders at the Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy donned baking hats on April 7 to make matzo for Passover.

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After weeks of watching their mealworms grow, fourth-graders at Kinneret Day School were ecstatic to see the first pupa emerge last week. Fourth-grader Vivian Urman spotted the transformation.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

South Riverdale Little League kicked off its quest from the corner of West 238th Street and Riverdale Avenue on a brisk Sunday morning. The mass of players winded its way to the newly refurbished Seton Park behind the lead of the DeWitt Clinton High School marching band.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

On Saturday, the Kingsbridge Little League set off from the Visitation School, on Van Cortlandt Park South, led by the lively Shining Star Twirling and Marching Band of the Bronx.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

On Saturday, the Kingsbridge Little League set off from the Visitation School, on Van Cortlandt Park South, led by the lively Shining Star Twirling and Marching Band of the Bronx.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

After a brief ceremony on the PS 24 playground to celebrate the new season, the kids were eager to board the line of buses that waited to take them all to Shea Stadium for the league's eighth annual trip to catch a professional baseball game.

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The North Riverdale Baseball League had scheduled its parade for April 5, but cancelled it because of inclement weather. It's unclear when or if there will be a ceremony.

Published by Riverdale Press on April 17, 2008.

The mass of players winded its way to the newly refurbished Seton Park behind the lead of the DeWitt Clinton High School marching ban