John Dewey HS in Brooklyn, NY Initiates FIght Back Fridays

Threatened with being closed down after being fed a poison pill by the NYCDOE of having the very programs that have attracted generations of students eliminated, an influx of students from other large high schools in Brooklyn and budget cuts, the John Dewey school community has implemented a Fight Back Friday series of before school rallies on Stillwell Avenue beginning at 7:15. If you are in the neighborhood stop by or honk as you drive by.

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[warsman111]

I support John Dewey High School!

[Boulevard07]

In 1973, when faced with massive budget cuts the students and faculty of John Dewey HS organized a rally in front of the Board of Education offices at 110 Livingston St. It was a huge rally and got major press coverage at the time.

This rally today is a great example of the Dewey spirit that was alive in 1973 and still alive today.

God bless these students and teachers for taking matters into their own hands, pushing back on the forces that would destroy public education & close this school.

[JDHSupporters]

John Dewey High School isn't your typical NYC high school. You can literally look at the school and say "Wow that high school is situated in New York City's Brooklyn?!" because of its huge field and campus makes it like look like an American suburban high school. Lining up with the theories of John Dewey, this institution definitely is college-like, challenging but at the same time, motivational. At JDHS, school spirit is still strongly present. A simply beautiful high school is what JDHS is.

[JDHSupporters]

Some of the comments here are awfully negative. John Dewey High School, 2012, a new year for hope. Thankfully the idiotic idea of closing JDHS has been abolished and day by day, Dewey is improving. Along with the installation of more teachers, sports teams, funding for extra curricular activities and an afterschool program for extra-mile tutoring. This school is unique for its ideals on education, and the atmosphere. There are so many positive things to say about this school, it's unbelievable.

[Italianhustla421]

fuckk dewey!!!...

[16uranium]

I never though their would be in Sheepshead Bay HS.

Keep fighting to save your high school.

[Ay0Jas0nXD]

@Omgitzgpikachu you damn right. LOL

[Ay0Jas0nXD]

lol theres fights in the hallways at john dewey high school. security guards who are suppose to be assigned into different places stay as a pack which is really unwise. no teams at dewey. dewey sucks.

[XAnimeXFan]

Im Sophomore In Dewey Its Not Bad!!! Dewey Forever!!!

[warsman111]

@bloodyfatal Your an Idiot.

[eboo28]

Begin your day with Fight Back Fridays. Join us every Friday at 7:15 am at the gates of Dewey.

Together let's keep our school open.