Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month was a national effort to raise awareness of teen dating violence. 33% of women get sexually, physically and verbally abused, according to loveisrespect.org. It was has been observed every February since 2004. At CSSJ, Ms. Saini and Ashley created a wall installation for students to write anonymous personal experiences, definition […]
Dungeons and Dragons Club: “Pick Your Poison!”
Community School For Social Justice has opened students to join the gratifying and amusing club of Dungeons and Dragons hosted by 11th grade history educator: Anthony Bernardo, who has been the Dungeon Master since 2017 to 2025 and continuing. The club includes a summary of around 6-7 kids from various grades and whether they’re experienced […]
Senior Year at CSSJ: Looking Back and Stepping Forward
Senior year at Community School for Social Justice (CSSJ) brings a mix of excitement, pressure, and reflection. As the final year of high school approaches, seniors are focused on finishing strong, preparing for the future, and savoring their last year with friends and teachers. Reflecting on the Past For many seniors, this year is a […]
Donald Trump’s New Immigration Policy: How Does It Affect Immigrants?
You would assume that you are safe in schools, hospitals, and churches, but in this past week we have been shown that we are not. As soon as Donald Trump was inaugurated as the forty-seventh president of the United States, we saw him sign a flurry of executive orders. Many of which affect the immigrant […]
Guitar Heroes: CSSJ Students Find Their Beat
The guitar class at Community School for Social Justice helps students earn art credit and expand creativity. Students are learning the basics in how to play guitar like strumming a chord by brushing the strings with their fingers, finger positioning, barre chords, and basic chord shapes. Students use two types of guitar, electric guitar and […]
Ice skating trip with mentors and mentees
One of the best experiences of being mentors and mentees at CSSJ is going on trips together to build community and connect with each other. Mentors and mentees skated at an ice skating rink in Prospect Park on a chilly Monday morning in Brooklyn. As expected, some kids fell multiple times but got back up, […]
Can Yondr Pouches Unlock Student Potential?
The new school year has started back in September, but with a kick. As the use of smartphones have become more ubiquitous, distraction and antisocial behavior have become a concern for parents and schools. After years of phones being semi-allowed to be used on the school premises, in 2023, CSSJ came to the conclusion that […]
Beyond Emo and Metal: The Diversity of Gothic Music
There are many popular Television shows that contain Gothic elements, a recent example of this is American Horror Story. In the fifth season of this TV show, the soundtrack is littered with gothic music and the scenery is filled with gothic imagery that many people who have seen the show will not have known. A […]
CSSJ holds its first Halloween Parade
On this Halloween, students and staff members at CSSJ celebrated Halloween for the first time officially with a custom fashion parade. Halloween was celebrated in such a unique fashion at CSSJ. Students and staff members who dressed up for the occasion wore outfits such as Ghostbuster, Little Red Riding Hood, the Grinch, a trash bag, […]
Welcome to The Pulse
Just 27% of schools have a school newspaper as stated by Baruch College, and that is very worrying. In today’s time, many people don’t know how to separate misinformation from actual information. This becomes especially worrying due to the fact that now we are all scrolling through our phones. The constant scrolling could make us […]