this school is good it has some good teachers that help you the school has 5 acedimas like yale, cornell ,stanford, princeton and harverd but the best is stanford they have great teachers.
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Posted by a student on 11/23/08
This year is my third year attending Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo Da Vinci is a fine and well educated school. As the year pass by and under new managment the school become safer, funner, and educational. Every year the school had improved. I'm a student of I.S.61 and this year i will be graduating. I'm
... Read more from Harvard Academy, i was transferred from Yale. I really like this school because, we have different activities that make coming to school a funt hing to do. the teachers are awesome and the principals are kind. This school is the best! especially if you are enrolling to Leonardo Da Vinci join the after school tennis club called NYJTL. The best tennis and etc sports there is. Read less
Posted by a student on 11/01/08
this school is one of the best middile schools in queens
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Posted by a parent on 10/22/08
This is the best school ever. It is improving every day in acedimics. Its a place were us kids gcould go have fun and still learn from the best teachers ever.
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Posted by a student on 09/03/08
this school is the boom trust me im in that school. There is no other school like this. A lot of compititions contest and cool events. Diffrent acadamys they are Princeton!Harvord,Cornell,Stanford and Yale. Many kids this school has everything. I'm proud to be a I.S.61 student.
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Posted by a student on 06/18/08
Hell yeah this is the best school!!!!! Kids if u want to go to the best school of your life and if u want to have the greatest time of your life then come to this school> I'm a student currently attending to this school, im in the cornell academy and we just won the in the school's first spirit week
... Read more .I'm in the eight grade and so freaking sad that im going to leave the school where i met the my best friends of all life (im talking about the teachers too) in this school you can trust anybody if u need extra help or if just need a friend to talk to. i give this school a 10 out of five Read less
Posted by a student on 06/13/08
i say this school may have its ups and down but i love it im a student here and its great to be in here even though i hate the uniform good teachers security good lauguge arts{ela},math,scienec,sosical studies,health,spanish,gym,art,drama,chorus,dance and all the other free school during classes and
... Read more different academys like harvard,yale,cornell,princeton. all have different sections and activiets for use kidshope when you go there you like it also i been here scince the ffirst day of school in2007 from the 6th to going on 8th. im in the 7th grade here and its really cool here i like it not that much but its okay if you want to be somsething in life.!. Read less
Posted by a student on 01/25/08
I am a former student at IS61 in 6th grade, Standford. This school is great so far for the past few months really, great school, great grades, great teachers, and great classes. I love it!
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Posted by a student on 01/07/08
They dont do enough to keep children under control. They dont make students wear uniforms.
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Posted by a parent on 10/11/07
I am a former student of I.S 61 and my son currently attends the school. I am a member of the P.A and on the schools leadership team. I visited the school during school hours and the children were unruly in the class rooms and very noisie. I think that the principal and the A.P's should really tighten
... Read more up on the children, they are certainly a rough bunch and the teachers dont seem to have any control. The dress code is a very good idea but should be inforced. Parent participaiton is verv low. Test scores are also very low. Overall i think the staff is trying but they need to try much harder. Read less
* In 2008-2009 New York used the New York State Assessments to test students in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and math, in grades 4 and 8 in science and in grades 5 and 8 in social studies. The tests are standards-based, which means they measure how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of New York. The goal is for 90% of students to meet or exceed grade-level standards on the tests.
Student enrollment:
2,042
Students per teacher:
82
Full-time teachers:
25
Number of classrooms:
89
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Corona schools — Is 61 Leonardo Davinci is located at 98-50 50th Ave, Corona NY 11368. 98-50 50th Ave is in the Corona neighborhood and 11368 ZIP code in Corona, NY The school district for Is 61 Leonardo Davinci is the New York City Department Of Education. Is 61 Leonardo Davinci is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 8.
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