The BSGE was established in 2002. See its official site. We are an International IB school with a Middle Years Program for 7th through 10th graders and the IB program for the 11th and 12th graders. Some live in parts of Astoria and Long Island City within walking distance of the school. Others live as far away as Rockaway Beach, at the southern edge of New York City on the Atlantic Ocean. It takes some an hour and a half or more to get to school.