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Neighborhood Notes: Final Push to Get Taxes Done

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service
Free GED Class SUNY Bronx Educational Opportunity Center, 1666 Bathgate Ave. (between 172nd and 173rd streets), offers tuition-free class for those 18 and over interested in obtaining their GED diploma. Classes begin on April 16. For more detailed information, requirements, and to register (required), call (718) 530-7000. Producer Training Producer training workshops are available to Bronxites at BronxNet Television starting April 9. Topics include field production, audio recording, directing and more. Participants who complete the program will gain access to professional studios and equipment free of charge. To register, email training@bronxnet.org. Pre-K Registration Parents can register their children born in


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English, Isolation, and the Next Steps Facing Teens of Foreign Born

Working while attending school, overcoming misplaced perceptions, and struggling to learn English often leaves young English language learners (ELLs) with the tough decision on whether or not to stay in school. It’s a decision that frequently hits children of foreign-born parents. “I didn’t know anyone here. Didn’t have any friends,” Lily Rivas, 18, a freshman attending Lehman College, told the Norwood News. “I couldn’t even talk to anyone because they wouldn’t understand [me] and I wouldn’t understand them either.” Rivas, a former English as a second language (ESL) student, graduated from the Leadership Institute High School in the Bronx last


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Op-Ed: Building Stronger School Communities

By CARMEN FARIÑA, Schools Chancellor
As Chancellor, I love talking to our students and parents at community meetings, forums, town halls and even in the grocery store–and I hear the same message time and again: every parent wants to see their child graduate and ready to conquer the world—and every child wants to follow their dreams and achieve. I took this job specifically to make success a reality for every child and every family across New York City.

Bronx Notes: Opportunities for Young Adults

F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services System is hosting a Project Rise program at the Bronx Youth Center, 412-424 E. 147th St., 4th floor, that will offer free GED classes, paid internships and career advisement to young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who are out of school and work. For more information, call Jordana Kerschner at (718) 742-3576.