Bronx Charter School for Better Learning
Elementary schools that recognize and nurture every child's natural ability to learn.
BBL was chartered in 2003 and currently has serves just over 1000 students across two campuses. These students are primarily from low-income, minority families, including 94% who are African-American, and over 75% who are economically disadvantaged (eligible for the federal Free/Reduced Price Lunch Program). There is a large immigrant population in the community, and many of our students’ parents
09/20/2024
We've got a for you! Here are some spectacular photos of our beloved BBL staff at a luncheon before the first day of school. Big smiles all around!
09/19/2024
It's always great to receive a visit from a Bronx Better Learning Board Member!
BBL 1 was lucky to have Dr. Marilyn Maye visit this week! Our Board Members are incredible professionals in their fields who dedicate their time and considerable talents to ensure our scholars succeed. We couldn't do this work without them!
Learn more about our Board of Trustees here: https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/our-team/board-of-trustees
09/17/2024
The future is so bright! ✨
At Bronx Charter Schools for Better Learning, we believe that all children are inherently brilliant and naturally equipped with a remarkable power to learn.
Our unique approach is called the Subordination of Teaching to Learning, and it's the time-tested and successful approach we have been using since our founding more than 20 years ago.
You can learn more about the history of this approach and how we use it in the classroom by clicking this link:
https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/about/curriculum
09/12/2024
On National Day of Encouragement, a day dedicated to uplifting people and making a positive impact, we can all take a moment to think about those who've encouraged us and how we can encourage others, especially as it pertains to our educational journeys. And thankfully, this is a virtue we engage in daily at our schools!
09/09/2024
Happy Monday - the first of a brand new academic year!
Since our founding in 2003, our goal has always been to provide our students with a solid foundation for academic success. We're unique, child-centered, lucky to have a close-knit staff akin to a family, and we as a school community are excited for a year of learning and achievement ahead!
09/05/2024
And... we're back!
We hope everyone has a wonderful 2024-25 school year!
09/04/2024
How lucky are we that ELA PD Specialist Doris Fleming also looks after the BBL gardens and beautifies our schools each year? Thanks to her efforts, we're bursting with vibrant color in time for the first day of school! 🌺🌸🌼
09/04/2024
See you TOMORROW! We can't wait!
09/03/2024
We're on the home stretch now!
09/02/2024
See you on Thursday!
https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
09/01/2024
Welcome to the month of September!
See you in four short days!
https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
08/31/2024
FIVE!
See you soon, BBL staff and scholars!
08/30/2024
08/29/2024
We'll be back to school in one week!
There is still time to apply to our schools!
More here: https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
08/29/2024
The one week countdown has begun! We are so looking forward to seeing our scholars and staff all together in one week! 🥰
08/23/2024
Calling parents and guardians of soon-to-be Kindergartners!
The Bronx Charter Schools for Better Learning are enrolling for the 2024-25 school year! Come discover our unique, joyful, child-centered approach to education which has been highly successful in helping our scholars achieve for more than 20 years! Serving Bronx children and families is our passion and our honor. We look forward to educating a new cohort of students this coming year!
Link to apply: https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
Calling parents and guardians of soon-to-be Kindergartners!
The Bronx Charter Schools for Better Learning are enrolling for the 2024-25 school year! Come discover our unique, joyful, child-centered approach to education which has been highly successful in helping our scholars achieve for more than 20 years! Serving Bronx children and families is our passion and our honor. We look forward to educating a new cohort of students this coming year!
Link to apply: https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
In just a little more than two weeks, we'll be heading into the new school year with gusto!
First day back is Thursday, Sept. 5th!
08/16/2024
Guidance Counselor Lachandra McPherson talks about working at the Bronx Charter Schools for Better Learning and the joy she says comes from working with children as part of a staff which she describes as a family.
Watch here and find out more about working at BBL:
Guidance Counselor Lachandra McPherson talks about working at Bronx Better Learning BBL is a family; hear directly from staff!
08/14/2024
August is Back to School Month, a time to look ahead to the start of the academic school year and to prepare!
This is the perfect time, with just weeks left of summer recess, to make sure students are equipped with the necessary school supplies, as well as a positive mindset, to start the year off on the right note, with a focus on setting new routines and mental well-being as children transition from summer break to their time back in the classroom.
BBL's first day back is Thursday, September 5th, and there is still time to apply for the 2024-25 school year.
You can find out more about our approach to learning and the application process via this link: https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
Who else is excited for the first day of school!? 🙋🏾♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏻♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏾🙋🏽🙋🏼🙋🏻
08/12/2024
BBL was proud to be a part of this wonderful and thought-provoking forum.
The Urban Future Forum at NYU Tandon was focused on climate tech and equitable solutions | NYU Tandon School of Engineering Looking for News or Events?
08/09/2024
BBL Academic Leader Kaley Clavell talks about the importance of teachers learning from each other and her own professional growth! 🙌🏼
Click the link to listen to her explain her journey. ✏📚
BBL Academic Leader Kaley Clavell talks about her professional growth Interested in joining BBL? Hear from an Academic Leader about her professional growth.
08/08/2024
Parents and guardians -- there is still time to apply for the 2024-25 school year!
https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
08/07/2024
¡Escuche a uno de nuestros educadores hablar sobre lo que hace que nuestras escuelas sean tan especiales!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54iK0V35GNs
Welcome to Bronx Charter Schools for Better Learning (Spanish) Learn about what makes BBL to unique (Spanish)
08/05/2024
Happy Monday, BBL community!
In June, our BBL 1 graduates took to the stage to celebrate their academic achievements and smiled for the camera alongside Dr. Aderemi Ogundiran. Here is the full album; we hope you enjoy these happy photos.
We're so honored to have been a part of their educational journeys and are incredibly proud of their successes. We're eager to see what they do next as they continue on in their schooling. We know that the world is their oyster and that they will do great things!
It's hard to believe but school is back in session in just a little more than one month -- the first day back is Sept. 5!
Our schools offer scholars a learning-centered, caring, rigorous academic experience. Our approach combines genuine love and care with the expectation that our students are more than capable of academic excellence; our students come to us with innate brilliance. Teachers are trained to become expert observers, assessing progress both in students and in themselves.
We teach with the understanding that worthwhile learning does not always follow a straight line. That's why our classrooms use carefully designed instructional experiences to ensure coursework resonates meaningfully.
You can find out more about our schools and the application process by following this link: https://www.bronxbetterlearning.org/apply/application-forms
07/30/2024
Today is International Day of Friendship, a day which seeks to honor a shared spirit of human solidarity. At BBL, our staff and students alike form unbreakable bonds, many of which will last their entire lives. We value the friendships that have made in our buildings throughout the decades and look forward to many more friendships that will be formed in the years to come!
“The memories made with childhood friends stay with us forever.”
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07/26/2024
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats
07/24/2024
Congratulations to our BBL 1 graduates, seen here with Dr. Aderemi Ogundiran at their graduation ceremony last month!
We're thrilled and honored to have helped usher our brilliant students through their academic experience during their time with us and can't wait to see what they accomplish next!
“A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.” — Nelson Mandela
07/22/2024
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." - B.B. King
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