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Flushing lawmaker meets with new principal of East-West School
Photo courtesy of Assemblywoman Nily Rozic
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic visited the East-West School of International Studies in Flushing to meet with new Principal Anthony Cromer and speak with students. During the visit, they discussed
the importance of public service and building a career path after high school. Rozic applauds the East-West School for its course off erings in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, which imbue a global
perspective in students.
Photo: Twitter/@NYCService
Two Queens schools participate in mentoring session and receive grant for music programs
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
Students from 10 New York City
schools, including two from Queens, have
been chosen to participate in a mentoring
session from professional New York Citybased
musicians.
Th ey include students from Channel
View School for Research in Rockaway
Park and John Adams High School in
Ozone Park. In addition to the mentoring
session, each school will receive a $2,500
grant from the GRAMMY Museum to
fund their music programs.
In honor of the national MLK Day of
Service, NYC Service partnered with the
Grammy Museum and the Recording
Academy New York Chapter to mentor
50 high school students who are looking
to further their skills in their music programs.
All of the volunteer mentors are
New York City residents with careers in
music ranging from Grammy winning
songwriters and producers to engineers.
“Opportunities that connect young
people to role models and adults that care
are vital to achieving our goal of engaging
thousands of New Yorkers as mentors,”
said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Th ank you to
the volunteers for sharing your experience
and career paths with our students.
We know that if students have the opportunity
to connect with caring adults from
diverse walks of life while learning new
career paths, they are more likely to succeed
and reach their full potential.”
“Mentorship is one of the pillars of our
educational outreach, both in Los Angeles
and throughout the country,” said Scott
Goldman, Grammy Museum executive
director. “Many of our programs
are focused on pairing music industry
leaders and executives with young people
who hope to one day have a career in
the industry. Th is opportunity with NYC
Service gives us the extraordinary opportunity
to reach youth in New York, and
we are thankful to the city for their support
in helping us to inspire and educate
future generations.”
Th e event was a part of a citywide initiative
to increase mentoring opportunities
for high school students in all fi ve
boroughs. Launched in January 2017,
the initiative aims to establish mentoring
programs in 400 New York City high
schools by 2022, which would annual
engage 14,000 New Yorkers as volunteer
mentors to 40,000 high school students.
Additionally, it supports the city’s Equity
and Excellence plan to achieve 80 percent
high school graduation and two-thirds
college-readiness rates by 2026.