Tag Archives: Dennis Walcott

600 NYC High School Students March to Submit College Applications

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Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and NYC Outward Bound Schools Board Chair Carl Weisbrod joined Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School seniors during the second annual College Application March to drop off their college applications.  Continue reading

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Fathers and Children Learn How to Ride Together

Human Resources Administration Commissioner Robert Doar, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and NYC DADS Coordinator Alan Farrell, joined fathers and children at PS/IS 180 on West 120th Street in West Harlem to learn how to ride a bike. Continue reading

Qoute Of The Day: “93 percent of the students live in poverty….”

With less than a month before students return to school, not all families count down with excitement to the first day of classes. Continue reading

Harlem Teachers’ Aide Accused of Sexual Abuse

In a story posted by the NYTimes, Gregory Atkins, 56, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of sexual abuse, attempted criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child.

On Monday, the schools chancellor, Dennis M. Walcott, along with P.S. 87’s principal, Monica Berry, and the head of the child abuse unit of the Manhattan district attorney’s office, are to meet with parents to answer questions and explain what steps to take if they suspect Mr. Atkins had inappropriate contact with their children, officials said. Continue reading

WNBC & Telemundo Award $400k

 
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Today, the NBC and Telemundo New York television stations, WNBC 4 and WNJU Telemundo 47 respectively,  awarded $400,000 in grants from the NBC Universal Foundation to seven non-profit organizations in the tri-state area that work directly with middle and high school students. Continue reading