Thanks 04.30.07

It was a very busy week and weekend at New York Harbor School. Read below for updates on the Social Justice Math Conference, Staff Sail, Harbor Basketball, ELL Parent Conference, and SCUBA class, and more!

Student college acceptance trips continued as Jennifer L., Daniel L., Yoscar, and Luz all traveled to Ithaca College to check out the school gain further information on their full scholarships. Thank you to Melissa Franco for taking an assortment of seniors to the bus at 5:00am on Monday morning to go to Ithica College!

Thank you to teacher/ESL Coordinator Marybelle Marrero-Colón for her organization of our building wide ESL Conference for Parents. The conference took place on Saturday with workshops and encouragement for parental involvement. Parents from AUP, BSSJ, and Harbor attended. Alan also was a tremendous help, along with AP Janet Miranda from AUP, who together with Marybelle gave parents an overview of the NYSESLAT exam and the ELA Regents. Student Vanessa M. also performed her spoken word during the lunchtime presentation.

Congratulations and thank you to Ralph Perez , Noah Heller and the Harbor School Basketball team for their undefeated Saturday in an Urban Assembly Round Robin Tournament. NYHS defeated the hosts Bronx School of Law, Government and Justice 84-72, and also defeated the Urban Assembly Academy of Music and Art 48-34. Players included Shamel, Daquan, Devon, Divine, John G., Kevin H., Todd, and José M. This is a first step towards a possible developmental team in the PSAL when our school moves to Governors Island.

Thanks to Shaun Strobel for his organization of our SCUBA training class on weekends for staff and students. This week's training contingent in the pool included staff members Shaun, Shirley, Juan, and Shane, as well as students Asha, Dwayne, Claude, and Angel T. The certification class is hard work, but those involved seemed very enthusiastic.

Thanks to Captain Jonathan Kabak and the members of the Lettie G. Howard crew for hosting our NYHS staff overnight sail about Lettie. Friday night was cloudy after the heavy rains, but Saturday dawned beautifully. Staff members Maya, Sonjah, Awilda, Roy, Rick, Tizoc, Nasiha, and Sonia went aloft (almost all), raised sail, and even got a private tour of the Merchant Marine Academy in Kingspoint, NY. It was a great overnight sail.

Thank you to Math teacher Noah Heller for inviting teachers from all over the country to visit our school Friday April 27, as part of the Math and Social Justice conference taking place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Teachers from Boston, L.A., Berkeley, and even Queens (F.K. Lane H.S.) visited Harbor math classes and discussed ways of making math more accessible and powerful for students.