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2020 BE S TO F B K. CO M EDUCATION BEST ADULT in scholarship funds. St. Bernadette is truly the CONTINUING best investment for your child’s future! EDUCATION BEST COLLEGE OR PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE BROOKLYN COLLEGE 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn (718) 368-4600 (718) 951-5000 - www.brooklyn.cuny.edu The Kingsborough Community College has Brooklyn College’s resume is an impressive been serving the Brooklyn community for many one. The school, voted best college or university decades. The higher education institution offers in the borough, boasts approximately 17,000 a variety of programs that have helped students students enrolled in 120 undergraduate and start their education and continue it, at an graduate degree programs in the humanities, affordable rate. As the only public college in the social, behavioral and natural sciences, borough, one of Kingsborough’s best programs education, business and the arts. To boot, is their Continuing Education, which serves Brooklyn College is renowned for its rigorous over 25,000 students per year. The program academics, diverse student body, awardwinning has a wide range of certificates, professional faculty and highly affordable tuition. development, trainings and much more. Located on a beautifully landscaped 35-acre Their services are all designed with working campus, Brooklyn College offers a rich student professionals in mind, by offering flexible life within an urban environment. With more schedules, small class sizes and affordable than 80 years of academic excellence under its tuition. belt, it’s a no- brainer as to why the innovative liberal arts institution was voted the best in BEST ART SCHOOL Brooklyn. 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The mission of the program is the fi eld with two major objectives: the development concept that a solid foundation of education is of professional skills and the enhancement essential for academic success through the years. of critical judgment based on an historical Through safe and nurturing practices, World of perspective. The school’s alumni include Wonders has created an environment that is tailormade renowned artists like designer Betsey Johnson, for the healthy development of children ages actor Robert Redford, and artist Ellsworth Kelly, 2 through 5. A typical day at World of Wonders who serve as an example of Pratt’s premier art includes morning circle time, play time, thematic instruction. activities, story time and outdoor play. The program includes a structured curriculum tailored BEST CATHOLIC to the specifi c needs of the children enrolled in SCHOOL their school. 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