Robert Schreier - ThePrincipalship

Under the leadership of Robert Schreier, Principal till 2002, Middle School 118 moved from a middle placement within the City of New York to one of the top achieving schools in the city. Chancellor Rudolph Crew placed Middle School 118 on his Honor Roll where it remained for five years. The school's reading scores were the highest in the district. The school won numerous accolades and honors, including being chosen for a Cool School Award for academic excellence by Donna Hanover. Randy Weingarten, UFT President called the school a model learning environment for the children of New York City. Model school recognition came from Clara Hemphill when Middle School 118 was highlighted in her book, NYC's Best Public Middle Schools. The school also fielded a National Championship Chess Team, a First Place Debate Team, and had student’s who won an amazing number of high school scholarships and admissions to specialized competitive high schools. As a result of meeting this challenge, students at Middle School 118 felt secure and were involved in their own education. The faculty demonstrated a genuine caring and a sense of responsibility for the student’s success. Anyone who walked through our building knew the feeling is palpable. This caring attitude for students serves as a model for the values a school must share. Everyone knew of no higher goal that an educational community could aspire to. The results of this approach can be seen in improved reading and math scores. Many of our students are admitted to New York’s finest high schools, including Stuyvesant High School, The Bronx High School of Science, Brooklyn Technical High School and Fiorella LaGuardia High School for Music and Art, as well as private schools and parochial schools.