Axlen Gonzalez Clase, Multicultural HS Principal Peter Ng-A-Fook This year, CSA introduced a new award: The Donald Singer Scholarship, in recognition of his enduring contributions to CSA and his distinguished tenure as CSA president. This scholarship is awarded to the student whose essay among the...
Thank you to our wonderful morning panel of education and community-based organization leaders - exalt's Gisele Castro, New York City Public Schools' Joshua Laub, Multicultural High School's Peter Ng-A-Fook - and to Bloomberg LP's Fatima Shama for her skillful moderation. See full article by clicking here ...
The top honor, which included a trip to this summer’s Aspen Festival, went to students at Multicultural High School, a school in Cypress Hills geared toward recent immigrants. The team developed a website and workshops to connect newly arrived immigrant students with resources like legal...
May 2023 (Bayside, N.Y.) -- Queensborough Community College and Brooklyn’s Multicultural High School have formed an afterschool intensive language program called English Boost, designed to help Spanish-speaking students learn writing, reading, and vocabulary skills in English. The bilingual program, designed by Queensborough and funded by the...
As concerns grow over upcoming policies regarding undocumented immigrants in the United States, Multicultural...
Recently I had an exciting time meeting City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, top center. He gave us a tour of City Hall in Manhattan. I learned that he wants to really help Latino people obtain a better future. He really also does care a lot...
Coming to America was my biggest dream. I remember when I first arrived to this country two years ago from El Salvador. I came to a school feeling scared because I didn’t know anyone and didn’t speak English. However, with the help of many people, I...
This week, states submit their final plans to the Department of Education about how they’ll measure student success based on rules set in the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. The measurements provide data that affect major issues like school funding and allocating other resources. See...
Juniors and seniors are trained as peer group connection mentors to engage students in small groups of boys or girls from the ninth-grade in a myriad of activities as they transition to a new country. See full article by clicking here...
Multicultural High School, located on the Queens-Brooklyn border, has had the amazing opportunity to partner with the Global Nomads Group to foster a cultural exchange program. The school treats Global Nomads as a “study abroad” experience for high school students, but instead of traveling to...