Activities
To support our students towards college and career readiness, we offer a variety of Academic, Arts and Enrichment, Service, Leadership Activities and Sports. Additionally, there are lots of outside opportunities that students can apply for every month. Scroll down, read the brief descriptions of the opportunities, click on the links for the ones that sound interesting to you, make your picks and apply! For more information, contact Mr. King in Room 131 or email below:
October 2019 Opportunities
Futures and Options, CORE Internship- If you're at least 16, through this program, you can apply for a paid internship in the field you wish to pursue for your career like law, business, and finance!
DOROT School Year Internship- Volunteer by making friends with older adults! You'll visit homes, participate in intergenerational teen-led discussions, and help people who are older learn new technology!
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fall Dance Insider- Develop your dance technique and choreography skills at one of Brooklyn's most acclaimed performing arts institutions! You'll work with award winning choreographer Kyle Wells who will help you take your dancing to the next level!
Parsons Scholars Program- This is for 10th graders who are interested in art and design and are willing to take the initiative to apply for an amazing pre-college art program! It also helps you with getting prepared to apply to art schools!
Breast Cancer Walk- Come to Coney Island this weekend to participate in the annual Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk! We'll walk the boardwalk by the beach to help raise awareness on behalf of victims and survivors of breast cancer!
SEO Presentation- SEO is an organization that only admits 9th graders who are serious about succeeding in college and in their careers. They will give a presentation to interested freshmen who want to learn more about how SEO can help them achieve their college and career goals.
Youth Leadership Council- Join the Family Court Division's Youth Leadership Council! You'll you'll advocate for policies that promote mental health awareness, environmental sustainability, nutrition for young people, and use art as a tool for social action. This all happens while you work with other youth leaders from other schools.
Metropolitan Museum of Art High School Internship- This is a paid internship at one of the world's premiere art institutions! START APPLYING NOW!
Noguchi Museum Teen Advisory Board- Work with other teens who are also artistically inclined to advise the museum about how to better serve young people like yourself, curate exhibits, and plan teen nights. Also, this pays!
High School Heroes- Be a teacher and be a hero! Instead of being a high school student, you'll be an elementary school teacher through this program! You'll spend a day teaching the students of P.S. 16 and their hero for the day! All participants must attend both trainings prior to the day of the event.
- Website- https://www.futuresandoptions.org/fao/what_we_do/internship_program/
- Application- https://www.tfaforms.com/4714166
- Deadline- Rolling
DOROT School Year Internship- Volunteer by making friends with older adults! You'll visit homes, participate in intergenerational teen-led discussions, and help people who are older learn new technology!
- Website- http://www.dorotusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=vol_school_year_internship
- Application- http://www.dorotusa.org/site/Survey?ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&SURVEY_ID=9344
- Deadline- Rolling
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fall Dance Insider- Develop your dance technique and choreography skills at one of Brooklyn's most acclaimed performing arts institutions! You'll work with award winning choreographer Kyle Wells who will help you take your dancing to the next level!
- Website- https://www.bam.org/classes/2019/fall-dance-insider
- Application- https://www.bam.org/education/fall-dance-insider-application
- Deadline- October 18th, 2019
Parsons Scholars Program- This is for 10th graders who are interested in art and design and are willing to take the initiative to apply for an amazing pre-college art program! It also helps you with getting prepared to apply to art schools!
- Flyer- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lXqFAWLb20vYSDukSNPMMs9QHZaIWaGl/view
- Application- https://docs.google.com/a/brooklynprephs.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbf6QDK4Iuoc6h14YWcWo-67dwFKwZfRdLCo0C8afFZ5Xp0w/closedform
- Deadline- October 19th, 2019
Breast Cancer Walk- Come to Coney Island this weekend to participate in the annual Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk! We'll walk the boardwalk by the beach to help raise awareness on behalf of victims and survivors of breast cancer!
- See Mr. King for the permission slip
- Date- Sunday, October 20th, 2019
SEO Presentation- SEO is an organization that only admits 9th graders who are serious about succeeding in college and in their careers. They will give a presentation to interested freshmen who want to learn more about how SEO can help them achieve their college and career goals.
- Date of Presentation- Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Youth Leadership Council- Join the Family Court Division's Youth Leadership Council! You'll you'll advocate for policies that promote mental health awareness, environmental sustainability, nutrition for young people, and use art as a tool for social action. This all happens while you work with other youth leaders from other schools.
- Website- https://www.nycservice.org/pages/pages/74
- Application- https://growingupnyc.cityofnewyork.us/generationnyc/ylc-application/
- Deadline- Friday, October 25th, 2019
Metropolitan Museum of Art High School Internship- This is a paid internship at one of the world's premiere art institutions! START APPLYING NOW!
- Website- https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/internships/high-school/school-year-high-school-internships
- Application- https://app.wizehive.com/appform/login/hsinternshipsSpring201920
- Deadline- Friday, October 25th, 2019
Noguchi Museum Teen Advisory Board- Work with other teens who are also artistically inclined to advise the museum about how to better serve young people like yourself, curate exhibits, and plan teen nights. Also, this pays!
- Website- https://www.noguchi.org/museum/education/teens/
- Application- https://noguchieducation.wufoo.com/forms/tab-application-201920/
- Deadline- Thursday, October 31st, 2019
High School Heroes- Be a teacher and be a hero! Instead of being a high school student, you'll be an elementary school teacher through this program! You'll spend a day teaching the students of P.S. 16 and their hero for the day! All participants must attend both trainings prior to the day of the event.
- Training Day 1- Wednesday, October 30th,2019
- Training Day 2- Thursday, October 4th
- Day of Event- Thursday, November 7th, 2019