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Photo of the Month: Lights On Afterschool and Mental Health at Roosevelt Island Beacon
On October 26, two of The Child Center of NY’s founding principles came together in a beautiful way at our Roosevelt Island Beacon at P.S./I.S. 217 in Manhattan. Staff and students celebrated Lights On Afterschool to shine a spotlight on afterschool programs while participating in the “Kinder, Braver Together” campaign, a partnership between The Child Center and Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation to raise mental health awareness. This month’s Photo of the Month collage tell
Oct 31, 20232 min read
September Photo of the Month: Community School M.S. 72 Celebrates Attendance Awareness
September is Attendance Awareness Month, and there’s no better place to celebrate it than at Catherine and Count Basie Magnet School for Multimedia and Performing Arts M.S. 72.
Sep 29, 20233 min read
Program Spotlight: Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
It’s back-to-school season, and 15-year-old Ethan (far left in the above photo) feels ready and full of a sense of confidence he built slowly but surely this past summer.
Sep 20, 20233 min read
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