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| Intermediate School 318 (IS 318) The Eugenio Maria de Hostos School | |
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 IS 318 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn | |
| Address | |
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101 Walton Street , 11206 | |
| Information | |
| School type | public junior high school |
| School district | 14[1] |
| Principal | Leander Windley[1] |
| Faculty | 134 |
| Grades | 6th–8th |
| Enrollment | 1,623 (2014)[1] |
| Website | www.is318.com |
Intermediate School 318 (IS 318; also known as the Eugenio Maria de Hostos School) is a public junior high school at 101 Walton Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.[2][3][4][5] Most of the school's 1,623 students, who are sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders, are from Williamsburg.[1][3][6] The school has 134 teachers.[4]
Over 70% of the students come from families whose income is below the poverty line. Over 90% of the students are of Latino, Black, or Asian/Pacific descent.
The school's chess program has been called the best middle-school program in the United States, and in 2012 the school's team became the first middle school team to win the United States Chess Federation national high school championship. The school's team was followed and featured in a 2012 documentary film entitled Brooklyn Castle.
- ^ a b c d "I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos", nyc.gov
- ^ Robert R. Desjarlais (2011). Counterplay: An Anthropologist at the Chessboard. University of California Press. p. [page needed].
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- ^ a b Anne Barnard and Dylan Loeb McClain (April 17, 2012), "At a Brooklyn School, the Cool Crowd Pushes the King Around", The New York Times
- ^ a b "'Brooklyn Castle' in Context: Intermediate School 318 (I.S. 318) | Brooklyn Castle". PBS. October 7, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Celia Walden (March 22, 2013). "Mini masters: the hard-up Brooklyn school producing chess champions". Telegraph. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Steve Lipman (April 24, 2012). "'I Like To Attack'". The Jewish Week. Retrieved June 12, 2014.