Roosevelt Island Youth Program Boot Camp Prepares Local 8th Graders For Specialized New York City High School Admission Test - Good Luck With Test Tomorrow

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 The Roosevelt Island Youth Program reports:

The Roosevelt Island Youth Program with College Math Professor and long-time resident volunteer Lydia Tang offered 8th graders a 6 week Boot Camp for their Specialized High School Admission Test taking place this weekend. The eight students who took advantage of this program were schooled four days each week, 2 hours twice a week in Math and 2 hours twice a week in English verbal skills, logical reasoning and reading comprehension by a licensed Board of Education teacher.

The boot camp was the result of a conversation between the Roosevelt Island Youth Programs Executive Director Charlie De Fino and Ms. Lydia Tang last June concerning how we could help our young people get into the "City's Elite High Schools". Ms. Tang offered her services as a volunteer Math Instructor and RIYP hired a English teacher and 6 weeks later Ms.Tang will escort these 8 Roosevelt Island students to the test Saturday October 29th, 2011.

Lets hope they do well. A more expanded version will be offered in January to both 6th and 7th graders to start preparing them for the test as well as working with students who want to study music and art.

Good Luck with the Test!!!!