Manhattan Charter School
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t Manhattan Charter School, located at 100 Attorney Street in the Lower East Side, students are not just taught; they are taught to learn, and to love doing it. Their mission is to cultivate curious minds and to develop a solid foundation on which to base wise choices and build meaningful futures. All Students, in grades K-5, are taught French along with art, technology, health, and physical education, in addition to regular classroom instruction. Every student receives daily music lessons and has the opportunity to join the band and chorus. Mobile technology labs in every classroom, as well as Chrome Books, iPads, and Promethean Boards are used for all subject areas. Classroom STEM lessons are complemented with a dedicated science lab. Formal and informal assessments take place throughout the year to help gauge students’ success and help them reach
their potential. Manhattan Charter School students have been accepted to many specialized middle school programs including Prep for Prep, The Mark Twain School, George Jackson School, Holy Child School, Blue Man Group, The Institute for Collaborative Education, and more. “I love Manhattan Charter School”, says proud parent, Liz Morales. “This was my daughter’s elementary school; the teachers were so good and she learned a lot”. Entering its 13th year, Manhattan Charter School is accepting applications for the 2017-2018 school year. Tours for prospective parents and students are given every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Students who reside in CSD 1 are given preference, but all are welcome to apply. For more information or to register for a tour, call (212) 533-2743, email: info@ manhattancharterschool.org or visit www.manhattancharterschool.org.
EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILD
WHY PARENTS CHOOSE US: Consistently higher performance than benchmarks Daily music instruc on for every child French lessons beginning in Kindergarten Small class size that allows for personal a en on Extended school days
INFO | ؑ Manha an Charter School 1 Phone: (212) 533-2743 100 A orney Street—New York, NY 10002 Manha an Charter School 2 Phone: (212) 964-3792 220 Henry Street—New York, NY 10002
www.manha ancharterschool.org
Now accepting students from Grade K —3 Preference given to students speaking a language other than English at home. To apply: www.manhattancharterschool.org/enroll
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March 23 - April 5, 2017
Associated Press / D. Pickoff
Banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, who died on March 20 at age 101, is regarded by many as one of the founding fathers of Downtown’s resurgence, dating from his push to keep the headquarters of Chase Manhattan Bank in Lower in the late 1950s.
David Rockerfeller, champion of Lower Manhattan, dies at 101 BY COLIN MIXSON Billionaire philanthropist and tireless promoter of Lower Manhattan David Rockefeller died at his upstate home in Pocantico Hills on march 20. He was 101 years old. In his time, David carried the Rockefeller name — synonymous with wealth, charity, and power — further and wielded it with greater influence than perhaps any other heir of the legendary founder of the Standard Oil Company and America’s first billionaire, his father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. As chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank, Rockefeller played a pivotal role in the revitalization of Lower Manhattan in the decades following World War II, a conflict in which the tycoon heir served as an enlisted man doing intelligence work for the army in North Africa and France. As much in decline then as it is on the ups today, the Lower Manhattan of the 1950s was a place businesses were looking to escape, choosing instead to site their posh, stately headquarters in Midtown. But in the 1950s, Rockefeller began lobbying a skeptical Chase board to seek out Downtown accommoda-
tions rather than Midtown offices with a view of Central Park — and in 1960, 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza on Liberty Street celebrated its grand opening. The decision to invest in Downtown was not without its risks, Rockefeller said later. “In retrospect, it was a risky decision, but we hedged our bets by trying to convince others that remaining Downtown was not only in their best interests but also in the best interests of the community as a whole,” Rockefeller told the Downtown Alliance in an interview. “Our commitment to both stay and build a new headquarters convinced a number of other banks, brokerage houses, and, indeed, the New York Stock Exchange, to remain Downtown and to upgrade their own facilities.” In the year’s proceeding the bank headquarters’ opening, Rockefeller looked to shore up the neighborhood’s waning prestige, and gathered support from other Downtown business leaders to create the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association, which advocated for numerous high-profile develROCKERFELLER Continued on page 12
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