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Mental Health Awareness Month at Long Island City High School

Through the New York City Community Schools initiative, Long Island City High School and Zone 126 have been able to work in collaboration with the Child Center of NY (CCNY) to establish the Wellness Clinic. With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, its fitting to highlight, our successful…

A Powerful Partnership

May 4th was an exciting day at CS 111Q . Community-Word Project , a collaborative arts residency program, and Neuberger Berman , an investment management firm, came together to celebrate the scholars of CS 111Q who participated in CWP’s residency this Spring! The organizations came together and gifted…

NYC Kids RISE for Families

During the 2017-2018 school year, Zone 126 and CS 111Q partnered with NYC Kids RISE , an organization dedicated to assisting families with financial planning and support for college. Mrs. West, Parent Coordinator at CS 111Q, has played an integral role in this partnership. She has worked closely…

enACT: Show UP!

Thursday May 24, 2018 Left to Right: Anju J. Rupchandani, Michelle Makabali, and Principal Selenikas were honored at enACT ‘s Show UP! for their commitment to the enACT partnership at LICHS and students’ social emotional needs Zone 126 at LICHS: On the Road to College

Children of A Lesser God?

When children live and learn in poverty does it matter if it’s low, moderate, high or extreme? New York City has a larger number of people living in poverty today than it has since 1970. Thirty percent of all children in the city were living in census tracts…

Supporting Success Through Partnership and Parent Engagement

At Zone 126, some of our most profound work includes engaging with children and families in our community. While there are many important tasks at hand, creating supportive systems for our families and seeing these systems utilized at family events are some of the most salient for us….

Zone 126 at Ready By 21

For three days, hundreds of leaders who work with young people to get them ready for college, work, and life by age 21 gathered in Palm Beach County to exchange ideas and dialogue. The birth to 21 initiative brought together local and national partners. Each year’s Ready By…

A Inside Look Into Community-Word Project at CS 111Q

Community Word Project (CWP) is an arts-in-education organization working with Zone 126 and the scholars of CS 111Q . In previous years, CWP has partnered with some of our younger scholars in K-2nd grades to boost their literacy, writing and social skills though their 10-15 week program. Two…

Books = Brain Power

Zone 126 sprang into the spring season by hosting an Egg-Stravaganza Hunt at PS 171Q for students in Pre-Kindergarten through 1st grade. Zone 126 bunnies hopped into the school library and hid eggs with sweet treats along the shelves of books, with several Golden Eggs strategically placed for…

Program Building = System Changing: Building Blocks For Success

“Program Rich, Systems Poor,” is often a phrase that we hear repeated over and over again in collective impact, and especially in the field of education. A plethora of programs exist to do work to increase attendance, pregnancy prevention, combat the drop out crisis, provide academic support and…