P2L: Pathways to Leadership

Congratulations to the Entrepreneurs of the Evander Childs Campus on their fourth successful Maker's Market!

Happy TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! Thank you teachers, paras, and teaching artists for your talent, dedication, patience, humor, secret stash of snacks, creativity, and for getting up so darn early!! We are in awe of your "just another day at the office".

Happy National Libraries Week!! Your library card is a FREE pass to other times, places, and imaginations. Not to mention wifi and tech support, job training, and community engagement. If you haven't applied for your library card yet, do it today!
New York Public Library (Manhattan/Staten Island): https://www.nypl.org/library-card/new
Brooklyn Public Library: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/card/
Queens Public Library: https://www.queenslibrary.org/get-a-card

Happy Earth Day! Let's all commit to Reducing, Reusing, or Recycling a little more than last year. Here are a few ways students, families, and all of us can make a difference:
1. Switch to a reusable water bottle 💧
2. Turn off the water when brushing your teeth 😁
3. Get your next favorite fit at a secondhand store 👠🎩
4. Take advantage of NYC's Composting program 🥦
5. Make art! Make an instrument by adding pebbles or old beans to a used bottle to! Turn those mismatched socks into puppets! Transform used clothing into costumes! 🥸👸🧑‍🌾

"Cheers!" to submitting our School Violence Prevention grant proposal 6 hours ahead of the deadline!! 🙌🤞

The new episode of just dropped, featuring PS15 (and filmed in the P2L room)! Noah Kahan is a natural - notice how he accepts, compliments, and builds on every idea. If he ever gets tired of being a rock star, Noah will make a fantastic youth development facilitator! Thank you for spotlighting PS15, supporting our teachers, and inspiring our students!!

Noah Kahan Helps Students Turn Their Stories Into a Live Music Performance Chart-topping singer/songwriter, Noah Kahan steps into PS 15 on the Lower East Side of New York City to teach students the art of storytelling through music....

Students at PS15 are loving these tear-off Kind Words to Share! Shout out to Community School Director Miss Shamwell, Social Worker Miss Hallie, and Miss Aleeza for designing another creative Positive Behavioral Intervention Strategy. "You make our school special"!

New York City Public Schools' long-awaited guidance on using AI in school has dropped! They use a Traffic Light approach to organize AI use: Red = Do Not Proceed, Yellow = Proceed with Caution, Green = Proceed with Confidence. What's your take on the use of AI in schools?
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/vision-and-mission/guidance-on-artificial-intelligence

Today is the LAST DAY to apply for 3K/Pre-K and SYEP (Summer Youth Employment Program)! If you are interested in these programs and haven't applied yet, head over to https://myschools.nyc/en/ or https://application.nycsyep.com/ by 11:59pm!!