'International School Of Brooklyn' Moving Into Former Parochial School Building On Court Street

Thank you, Jay, for pointing this out to me.

The International School of Brooklyn (ISB), a private school currently based in Prospect Heights, is moving to the former parochial school building of Saint Mary Star Of The Sea , the Catholic Church on Court Street.

According to its web site, ISB is "an independent, non-sectarian, not-for-profit educational institution. ISB is New York's only French & Spanish language immersion school following the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Students at ISB are taught in a nurturing and challenging environment in order to become bilingual, critical thinkers, and global citizens."

ISB currently offers programs for children from Nursery to 3rd Grade. The school hopes to grow to twelfth grade along with its students.

Tuition for the 2010-2011 school year is
$19,000 for Kindergarten-4th Grade
$17,000 for Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten ($10,200 for part-time Nursery)

A sign in front of the 477 Court Street building indicates that the school will open at its new location in September 2010.

Until recently, this was the home of the Blue Feather School.


For decades, Carroll Gardens' children attended St. Mary's Star Of the Sea when it was part of the parish. I know my friends Gloria and Rita did and have regaled me with their funny school stories.
If you were one of the students there, won't you please share your memories with everyone?

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Francis Got A's At St.Mary's ...in 1958

More fun with Carroll Gardens school stories. My previous posts about Sacred Hearts and St. Agnes in the early 1960's prompted reader and Carroll Gardener Francis Pirrone to send in a math and a spelling tests from his own school days at St. Mary's in 1958. You see, his mother kept many objects from his childhood. Luckily. What great documents (and super grades)!

Francis writes:

It was a rule homework had to be checked and signed by our parents. Same thing with the test we had to bring them back in the next day and Miss McCormack would check the signature (note the examination instructions at the top and, of course. In those days,it was a sin to cheat. Me and my brother went to St. Mary's. My two sisters went to Sacred Hearts.

Thanks, Francis!

Related Reading:

Sacred Hearts' Second Grade In 1960/61. Regognize Any Carroll Gardeners?

Remembering Schooltime At St. Agnes In 1960

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