Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Thursday morning awarded $15 million in capital investments to 58 Brooklyn schools to bolster their STEAM education, including major technology upgrades.
Adams presented physical checks to teachers and principals from the selected Brooklyn schools at an emotional press conference at P.S. 158 Warwick in East New York.
In addition to technology upgrades, the funds will also go toward the creation of 11 hydroponic labs, three maker spaces, a culinary arts space and a creative lab space. Over the last six years, BP Adams has invested $140 million in Brooklyn schools.
“I’m really excited,” said 16-year-old Brianna De La Cruz, a student at the Urban Assembly School for Criminal Justice. The Borough Park middle and high school received $70,000 for a new computer lab.
“College applications are online now, and we won’t have to worry about the computers breaking down as much, because that happens a lot,” she added.
According to the principal Nathalie Jufer, 90 percent of the students at Urban Assembly live below the poverty line and do not have access to the internet at home, making the computer lab an essential to finishing homework assignments.
“It’s going to make classes a lot easier and everyone’s lives easier,” De La Cruz said.
At P.S. 158 Warwick, the hydroponic lab will create a pipeline for students to keep pursuing STEAM classes in middle, school high school and beyond.
“Having the hydroponic lab not only in our district but in Brooklyn means equity for our students,” principal Latishia Towles said.
The occasion was especially impactful for Adams, he said, because of his experience as a police officer in the community when crime was high. The investments in schools were a sign that things would continue to change for the better in the community, he said.
“You know that one day I would like to be the mayor, but no matter what I do in life, in government, I’m going to find a way to continue to give these kids an opportunity,” Adams said. “We have a long way to go, but we are raising the bar and letting all children know that they matter right here in this part of Brooklyn.”
The schools receiving funding are the following:
|
School Name: |
Allocated |
Use |
|
Automotive High School |
100,000 |
Creative Lab |
|
Academy Of Hospitality And Tourism 911 |
1,200,000 |
Culinary Arts Lab |
|
Urban Assembly Institute Of Math And Science For Young Women |
179,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
P.S. 58 |
175,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
P.S. 130 |
565,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
P.S. 181 |
175,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
Academy For Conservation And The Environment |
500,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
East New York Middle School Of Excellence |
225,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
P.S. 158 Warwick |
225,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
P.S 190 Sheffield |
225,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody |
200,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
Frederick Douglass Academy Vii High School |
175,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
George Westinghouse Career And Technical Education High School |
175,000 |
Hydroponics |
|
Boys And Girls High School |
80,000 |
Infrastructure |
|
Brooklyn Generation School |
200,000 |
Maker Space |
|
East Brooklyn Community High School |
100,000 |
Maker Space |
|
Brooklyn Frontiers High School |
150,000 |
Maker Space |
|
Brooklyn Arts and Science |
100,000 |
Science lab |
|
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School |
235,000 |
Science lab |
|
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School |
200,000 |
Science lab |
|
Van Siclen Community Middle School |
600,000 |
Science lab |
|
P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb |
325,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
M.S. 267 Math, Science & Technology |
325,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
P.S. 92 Adrian Hegeman |
100,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
M.S. 394 |
200,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
P.S. 181 |
75,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
Academy For Conservation And The Environment |
135,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
The Uft Charter School |
319,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
P.S. 160 William T. Sampson |
439,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
The Academy Of Talented Scholars |
250,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
P.S. 209 Margaret Mead |
357,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes |
300,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
I.S. 347 School Of Humanities |
300,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
School For Career Development |
210,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
Explore Empower Charter School |
35,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
Frederick Douglass Academy Vii High School |
165,000 |
STEM Labs |
|
P.S. 46 Edward C. Blum |
250,000 |
Technology |
|
Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School |
100,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S. 1 The Bergen School |
386,000 |
Technology |
|
Park Slope Collegiate |
180,000 |
Technology |
|
J.H.S. 57 Whitelaw Reid |
350,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S. 161 The Crown School |
240,000 |
Technology |
|
M.S. 394 |
150,000 |
Technology |
|
Urban Action Academy |
50,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff |
112,000 |
Technology |
|
J.H.S. 259 William Mckinley |
250,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S. 176 Ovington |
60,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington |
165,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S. 102 The Bayview School |
350,000 |
Technology |
|
Urban Assembly School For Criminal Justice |
70,000 |
Technology |
|
Riverdale Avenue Community School |
75,000 |
Technology |
|
The Brooklyn School For Social Justice |
250,000 |
Technology |
|
P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene |
350,000 |
Technology |
|
Lamad Charter School |
250,000 |
Technology |
|
Brooklyn High School For Law And Technology |
240,000 |
Technology |
|
Brooklyn High School Of The Arts |
90,000 |
Technology |
|
The Urban Assembly School For Collaborative Healthcare |
80,000 |
Technology |
|
Medgar Evers College, CUNY |
1,000,000 |
Technology |
