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BELL Academy is the proud recipient of the 2018 Respect for All award and awarded a No Place For Hate designation for the 2018 school year! We received Gold Star status for far exceeding the program’s requirements! Very proud of all the hard work from the BELL students and dedicated staff!

Thank you to all of the members of our community for being part of BELL Academy's Career Day! Students prepared for the event by taking a career interest survey and creating questions to ask volunteers. Students spent the morning meeting people from various career fields. Guests included people who work in different careers. Some examples are medicine, service, finance, law, politics, and business.

For the Names, Not Numbers program, students from BELL Academy worked with HAFTR and Lawrence Middle Schools. Students interviewed Holocaust survivors. In the program, students learned different interview techniques and how to use the professional recording equipment. Students then created a documentary film.

Our amazing basketball team is supported by Ms. Milazzo and the BELL Cheerleaders, our school’s mascot, Bolt the Bulldog, and our inspirational Coach, Mr. Beller.   

The BELL Academy student government was sworn in by Council Member Vallone in front of the entire 8th grade. Our student government president was surprised when the Council Member asked him to swear him in! We were honored to have the new Speaker of the City Council, Corey Johnson, attend the event. 

Congratulations to some of our 8th grade students for their participation in Algebra Nation! Algebra Nation is a national platform that NYC’s Algebra for All provided for all NYC teachers. Students can contribute to this platform by offering support and feedback to their NYC peers. Students earn Karma points by helping other students. For the month of October, 8th grade student Kian Montazery received the highest number of Karma points in NYC, which earned him a brand new Ipad! Shazil Atif, Kaitlyn Chung, and Samuel Chu received enough Karma points to warrant a t-shirt and some other prizes. Congrats to class 804 for earning the highest class points in the city!

For BELL's Rising New York Road Runners team, everything is Mission Possible

Congratulations to the winners of the BELL Academy anti-drug poster contest. Students did a great job of creatively spreading the message that substance abuse is not tolerated in our school community. Nice job!

The BELL Academy and P.S. 169 school communities proudly stand together and unite in honor of September 11th.  To commemorate the day, students recited original poems and sang songs.  Principal Abbott reminded us that we are, “stronger when we work together to battle bullying and we should always consider ways of supporting each other with acts of kindness.”  Councilmember Vallone, Superintendent DiMango, CEC Member Mr. Di Benedetto, and D25 UFT Representative Joe Kessler, were all on hand to help send a positive message of hope and unity.  A special thanks to Mr. Neggie, Ms. Milazzo, and Musical Director Mr. Baum for their contributions. ​

BELL Academy is a proud recipient of the 2017 Respect for All award.  Thank you to our staff and students for creating a school with a culture of tolerance, acceptance, and citizenship.