63 Duffield St #3F
Brooklyn, NY 11201

I have been a volunteer at BIHS for several years. Sometimes I work in a classroom, and sometimes I work with students one on one. I love the school. The teachers are young and energetic and committed to the students. The students are motivated and have a very positive attitude toward learning. The atmosphere in the hallways is positive and playful. The atmosphere in the classrooms is focused and attentive. Brooklyn International is a truly wonderful place, and every time I go there to work with the students, I come away feeling like my day has been made brighter and that I have been part of something special.

This school needs new leadership, new support staff and a few new teachers. As a new parent with a child in school for the first time, I have never experienced such an unorganized and unprofessional school. This school is being ran by amateurs and sometimes, the individuals who claim they work there look like people they picked up off the streets. In a school with such a small amount of children there are too many people walking around (without identification) claiming to be support staff. No one ever introduces themselves and they all seem to be involved with the children for one reason or another. At times, when I pick up and drop my child there are so many people just there hanging around (not parents or teachers) in the auditorium doing absolutely nothing but yelling at the kids and pulling them off the lines when they think they've seen their parent. There is no organization and the rules at this school change frequently. One week pick up is at one time. The next week it changes. There is no consistency. Another issue is Communication here is unreliable. Whoever is running their social media and Class Dojo needs to be fired. The informational fliers are never clear and are almost always missing important information such as dates, links, etc. There is so much more I can say but one thing's for sure, we will not be returning to this school for another year. I don't know how or why this school is still open.