A couple of years ago, our school created an exchange program with the Lycée Camille Corot in Morestel, France, and we welcomed 48 students from this high school into our ESA community for a week-long exchange. This experience deepened our students\’ motivation to learn and use French in a very powerful way. In March of […]
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ESA\’s Partner VOLS (Volunteers of Legal Services) has compiled 10 things you should know about DACA. Please click here to read them! If you need more information, please contact Leslee at leslee@essexstreetacademy.org.
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These are just some of the amazing #gamechangers from ESA\’s Class of 2017! Our seniors are truly an incredible group and we are excited to see how they will change the world. MAYRA LOPEZ Class of 2017 Valedictorian Haverford College Haverford Scholarship $69,000.00 annually FELA DOSUNMU DePauw University POSSE Scholar $47,000.00 annually MARIA MOLINA Hampshire College Hampshire
On January 21st, ESA\’s Feminist Lunch Club and several staff members participated in the historic NYC Women\’s March!
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Although it wasn\’t a complete surprise to everyone, Community Day was an awesome day of getting to meet new people in the school and take part in teambuilding activities. Go ESA! All photo credit goes to senior Jonathan Maldonado.
Essex Street Academy has a partnership with the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. The law firm provides free assistance for families with legal issues that could disrupt the education of their child. They can provide legal help for immigration, housing, public assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, and S13. If you believe a lawyer may be
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October 9, 2015 Students in Jenny\’s Senior Circle literature class, \”The Struggle To Survive\”, work together to get more out of the texts we read. In this photo you can see students working in groups to analyze a common theme they\’ve identified in 3 or more of Edwidge Danticat\’s short stories from \”Krik Krak\”. This
Every year, ESA hosts two annual spirit weeks, one during the Fall semester and one during the Spring semester. It\’s a time for our community to dress up, be silly and most of all, have fun. The schedule for this Spring\’s spirit week, which runs from May 4th to May 8th, is as follows:
ESA would like to congratulate two amazing members of the Class of 2015, Grisel Isidor and Brianna Vizcaino, on their college acceptances! Grisel received full scholarships to Cornell University, Vassar College, and University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, and Brianna received full scholarships to University of Pennsylvania and University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Carla Cobb, class
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