NYC Achieves Milestone: 250K Students Funded, $42M Invested In College Futures
NYC Kids RISE Founding Executive Director Debra-Ellen Glickstein and NYC Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Equity & Racial Justice and the Gray Foundation made an announcement today. A new program allows public school alumni to give back — by raising or donating money that will go directly […]
How public school alumni can help kids at their old schools afford college
A new program allows public school alumni to give back — by raising or donating money that will go directly into the college and career savings accounts of third graders at their alma maters.
Former city students help current students afford college
Former city public school students are calling on New Yorkers to help current city students afford a college education.
Harlem Alumni Fund Local Students: Community Scholarships Boost Elementary School Futures!
NYC Public School Alumni from Harlem, in collaboration with NYC Kids RISE, today announced the 2024-2025 launch and significant expansion of the NYC Public School Alumni Community Scholarships initiative.
Queens Gazette: ‘Wave Makers’ Launch Splashdown in Jackson Heights
Things are going swimmingly in Jackson Heights this summer, where parents and youngsters are taking advantage of a program called “Wave Makers” that will provide 2,600 New York City second graders with free swim lessons. The new pilot program is the result of a public-private partnership between the city and nonprofit organizations including Asphalt Green, […]
NY Daily News: NYC student-athlete swims in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games
New York City-based swimmer Adell Sabovic, 22, competed Tuesday in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games, representing his family’s home country of Kosovo. After his race, he thanked Asphalt Green for his success. Asphalt Green made waves this year when it announced a public-private partnership with the City Council and the Gray Foundation […]
NBC News: Holocaust museum will host free field trips for eighth graders in New York City public schools
A Holocaust museum in New York City will offer free educational field trips to eighth grade students in public schools in a program announced Thursday aimed at combating antisemitism. The program will allow up to 85,000 students at traditional public schools and charter schools to tour Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage over the next three years, […]
AP News: Holocaust museum will host free field trips for eighth graders in New York City public schools
A Holocaust museum in New York City will offer free educational field trips to eighth grade students in public schools in a program announced Thursday aimed at combating antisemitism. The program will allow up to 85,000 students at traditional public schools and charter schools to tour Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage over the next three years, […]
NY 1: 85,000 NYC eighth graders to tour Jewish Heritage Museum
The Holocaust exhibit at the Jewish Heritage Museum begins with photos of Jewish families enjoying their lives. Then, a stark reminder written on the wall: Many of these Jews were murdered by April 1943. “I’m the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. And I can say firsthand, you can’t learn about the Holocaust simply from reading […]
Daily News: With antisemitism surging in NYC, 8th graders to learn more about Holocaust
All eighth-graders in New York City public schools will have the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust through field trips to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in lower Manhattan, as city officials grapple with growing antisemitism during the Israel-Hamas war, they announced Thursday. The program was spearheaded by Councilwoman Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) who, as the […]