Castle Hill Middle School

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Castle Hill Middle School is a public middle school in Parkchester, Bronx, New York City, USA. It educates just under 1,500 students in grades 5-8. The majority of the students are Hispanic or Black with just 2% in the category of White non-hispanic.[1] The principal is Harry Sherman.

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In the 1980s the school was an unwieldy institution with poor performance, discipline and security. By 1994 this had been turned round by the then principal Dori Collazo-Baker with the establishment of three mini-schools. Each mini-school has its own speciality allowing parents to choose which suits their children best.[2]

In a notable project for dealing with cultural and linguistic diversity, one of the mini-schools, International Studies, was set up.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Ms 127 Castle Hill Middle School", Public schools Report, accessed 2 December 2007
  2. ^ "Turning Around A Troubled School", Marvine Howe, New York Times, July 24, 1994
  3. ^ "School Bridges Cultural Gaps", Garry Pierre-Pierre, New York Times, March 13, 1994

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