
BELA Graduation 2022
Brooklyn, New York, June 17, 2022 – On Friday, June 17, the graduating class at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter High School received their



Myalynn Morales: Embodying the Public Prep Core Principles
This podcast speaks with Myalynn Morales, who attended Public Prep from her first grade year. Today, she attends BELA (Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy), and a



Ms. Jaida Dent, Valedictorian, Class of 2022, Speech
Good Morning Everyone, This is the moment I’ve waited 4 years for, rewritten the speech in my head for the last 6, and it has



BELA Graduation 2022
Brooklyn, New York, June 17, 2022 – On Friday, June 17, the graduating class at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter High School received their



A College Shower For BELA’s Class of 22
On Friday, June 10, BELA celebrated the success of our graduating class by “showering” our seniors with college and dorm essentials such as luggage, headphones,



Meet the Delves
Our BELA community is strengthened by the wonderful, supportive families who put their trust in our mission. We caught up with Alexandria Sumpter-Delves, whose daughter



BELA Seniors “College Swag Reveal”
On Friday, June 3, with all the fanfare befitting the occasion, seniors at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter High School revealed to the community



“A Full Circle Moment”
Meet English Language Arts Teacher Marieme Diouf. What stories have shaped our lives? How does time, place, and social context influence our identity and the



Career Mentorship Event Connects Students with Over 90 Prominent Female Leaders
All-Girls Charter High School Caps Off Women’s History Month with Mentoring Event Honoring The Role Of Resilience In The Professional Lives of Women Brooklyn, New



BELA with Steve Harvey
When the producers of Steve Harvey’s Facebook Watch talk show (Steve on Watch) heard about our amazing Class of 2021 and that 100% of the



Brooklyn 45 Young Academic Achiever: Jael Delves
Brooklyn 45 recently celebrated BELA’s own Young Academic Achiever – Jael Delves! Jael joined BELA this year as a freshman and she is already making



The Kelly Clarkson Show
When the producers of The Kelly Clarkson Show heard about the accomplishments of our amazing Class of 2021, they invited us to be a part



NowThis!
NowThis! interviews Nicia Fullwood, Co-Founder and Head of School of BELA. Watch the NowThis interview >



The Class of ’21 Graduation Celebration
On Friday, June 18, the inaugural graduating class at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter High School received their diplomas – the culmination of a



The Reese Waters Channel
Congratulations to the graduating class of BELA High School! Watch The Reese Waters Channel Post



Good News Movement
Congratulations to the graduating class of @belacharterhs . Since the school opening in 2017, it’s the first time all applicants graduated and will be attending



Because of Them, We Can
Because of Them, We Can (BOTWC) featured BELA’s amazing Class of 2021! This online news platform was the perfect place to honor our students. The



Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Honors Inaugural Graduating Class
Brooklyn, New York, June 14, 2021 – On Friday, June 18, the inaugural graduating class at Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter High School will



Bed-Stuy School Sends First-Ever Graduating Class Off To College
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — And the high school seniors are off! But not without some swag. Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter School, an all-girls high



A College Shower for BELA Charter School’s First Graduating Class
First-Generation College Students At Bed-Stuy All-Girls School Will Be “Showered” with College Essentials Brooklyn, New York, May 28, 2021 – On Monday, June 7, Brooklyn



C.O.R.E crew
We bet you can’t find interns doper than ours? From bomb interviews to fresh write-ups, our squad is covering a variety of topics for C.O.R.E



Lift As You Climb: BELA Charter Is Changing The Approach To High School
The Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy Charter High School, aptly known as BELA, co-founded by Nicia Fullwood and Shannon Riley, has chosen an untraditional approach to



‘The Women Have to Come Together’: At Brooklyn All-Girls School, National Walkout Has Local Reverberations on Violent Streets
In Tatiana Gonzales’s neighborhood, she said, people “can’t even go outside and play in the park without us feeling like we’re not protected.” For Gonzales



All-Girls Charter School with STEAM and Latin Classes Proposed for Bed-Stuy
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — The former assistant principal of two downtown Brooklyn schools is teaming up with a longtime colleague and social worker in hopes of empowering