Middle School Resources
The middle school application for students applying this year to enter middle school in fall 2021 opened on January 14th and will run through February 9th.
Read the Chancellor's letter from December 18th where he talks about middle schools not using academic records, auditions, or other screens or assessments to evaluate or admit students this year.
The DOE has informed us that the Welcome Letters with instructions to create the MySchools account were mailed to families the week of December 14th.
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Each Welcome Letter has instructions on creating a MySchools account, and the account creation code that lets parents link their child to their account.
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Welcome Letters will be mailed directly to all families; elementary school staff may also provide them to families.
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Families can continue exploring options through the MySchools Directory.
After Welcome Letters are distributed to families, the application will then open.
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At that time, families will then be able to access their personalized application, rank up to 12 program choices, and submit their application up until the application deadline.
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As in past years, families may also elect to submit their application through their elementary school.
What families can do now:
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Explore the links to D15 middle school websites, charter schools, and city-wide school websites below or through the MySchools Directory.
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Sign up for the DOE middle school admissions email list HERE.
D15 Middle School Information and Virtual Open Houses Schedule Updates are ongoing.
MS Virtual Open House dates with registration links are also posted on the D15 website calendar. Updates are ongoing so check frequently.
Middle School Websites
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Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies (BCS) Virtual Open Houses on Thursday, January 14th at 7 PM and Thursday, February 4th at 7 PM. Register HERE.
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Boerum Hill School for International Studies BHS will be adding more virtual Open House dates after the winter break. Please check the website after the winter break.
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MS 136 Charles Dewey Middle School Virtual Open House on Saturday, January 9th at 11 AM, January 19th at 6:30 PM, and Thursday, February 11th at 5:00 PM. All sessions register here . You can find their virtual Open House HERE.
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MS 442, Carroll Garden School for Innovation Virtual Open House Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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MS 88, Park Slope Educational Complex Watch a virtual tour HERE
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MS 51 MS51 virtual open house will be on Wednesday, January 13 at 5 pm. Parents must register HERE to receive the link. Check out MS 51's orientation video HERE.
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MS 447 Open House Dates for MS 447 are as follows: Tues, Jan 12, 7pm sign up here. Sun, Jan 24, 4pm sign up here. Mon, Jan 25, 6pm *Spanish* sign up here. Mon, Feb 1, 6pm *Chinese* sign up here. Check out MS 447's virtual tour HERE.
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MS 839 MS 839 will be holding an online viewing of our tour video (approx. 30 min) and will hold a Q&A session afterwards on the following dates January 12th at 10 AM & January 20th at 6 PM in English and January 13th in Spanish. RSVP here. Watch a virtual tour of MS 839 HERE.
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New Voices All tours will be virtual for 2020/2021. You can watch a virtual tour of New Voices HERE.
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Park Slope Collegiate You can email parent coordinator Steffen Nelson for information.
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Sunset Park Prep/821 Virtual Open House on Friday, January 15th, 5 PM, RSVP. You can watch an introduction video to Sunset Park Prep HERE.
Charter Middle Schools
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Brooklyn Urban Garden School (BUGS) Virtual Open Houses on 11/18 & 12/7 at 6 PM. RSVP HERE.
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Brooklyn Prospect Middle School The application for their lottery is now available on their admissions page. Please note: The Windsor Terrace Middle School (WTMS) is temporarily located at 40 Flatbush Ext., which is in District 13. By law, they are required to offer district preference to District 13 applicants. WTMS will eventually move into its newly constructed building in Gowanus. At that time, district preference will resume for District 15 families.
City Wide Schools
Online Resources for Families
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DOE's School Quality Guides. Search school stats and quality reviews, there is a lot of information available here for families.