Early College News

• Bard College Debate Union Hosts Second Annual Middle and High School Debate Tournament
  Eighty students from Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Kingston, and the three Bard High School Early Colleges competed on Friday, March 1, in a World-Schools-Style debate tournament at Bard. The Bard College Debate Union and the Bard Center for Civic Engagement hosted the second annual tournament, with twice as many middle and high school students participating as did last year. 03-02-2013
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2402
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  Bard Applauds Governor Cuomo’s Reform Commission Recommendation to Fund and Expand Early Colleges
  
  In its recently released report, Putting Students First, Governor Cuomo’s Education Reform Commission recommends the expansion and funding of early college programs in New York State. Bard College, which has run public early college high schools in New York City since 2001, and has been a leading champion of the model, applauds the Commission’s recognition of the importance of early colleges in increasing college access and success, particularly for underserved students. 01-04-2013
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2377
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  BHSEC Newark Sophomore Katrina Anderson-Little Maps Out Her Future Law Career
  
  Bard High School Early College Newark student Katrina Anderson-Little has the next 30 years all mapped out: Graduate from BHSEC, earn an undergraduate degree, attend Harvard Law School, practice criminal law at Loeb & Loeb in New York City, and finally open her own private practice in Newark. 11-26-2012
  http://blogs.bard.edu/bhsecnewark/?p=56
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  Student Filmmaker Gets Noticed
  Seventeen-year-old filmmaker and Bard College at Simon's Rock student Zev Vel has accomplished a lot since becoming interested in film just a few years ago. His documentary short The Symbol of Peace has been accepted to four film festivals. 11-08-2012
  http://www.simons-rock.edu/newsroom/headlines/20121101-filmmaker-gets-noticed Photo by Adam Bigelow SR '12
  
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  Video: Bard Early College Academy
  Bard Early College Academy is an after school and summer program at Bard High School Early College in New York City that prepares students for the city's competitive high schools. In this video, academy faculty talk about how the program engages middle-schoolers in critical thinking. 10-01-2012
  https://t.co/6gULsu4W Still from Bard Early College Academy video