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School service awards

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Bleachers in the In-Tech Academy, MS/HS 368, gym were packed May 4 as several local schools in the Children First Network 104 gathered to celebrate community service projects and student talent.

Katherine Marshall-Polite, the youth director for the Children First Network, welcomed students from IN-Tech, PS 24, PS 7, Robert J. Christen School, PS 81, the Sheila Mencher Van Cortland School, PS/MS 95 and other nearby schools to the sixth annual Youth Leadership forum.

 “This is always a wonderful event that showcases everything you do,” Ms. Marshall-Polite said. “After I finish, I promise this is the last adult you’re going to hear from today.”
The IN-Tech band then performed “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele and Tyler Ward’s version of “Dynamite”, both of which the crowd clapped along to.

The PS 7 student council discussed its leadership on community service projects including: cleaning up Van Cortland Park, collecting glasses and cell phones for soldiers abroad, and a working on a food can drive. 

Several peer mediators from PS 24 explained how learning to talk through problems improved their school environment. 

Student organization leaders talked about the school’s two big charity projects: collecting donations for a food pantry and donating hundreds of pennies to charitable organizations via the Penny Harvest.

Next, the gym heard from the PS 81 Student Government about their fund raising for local pubic libraries, the North Riverdale Boys and Girls baseball leagues, UNICEF and those in need of coats.

The Youth Forum also featured dance and singing solos from IN-Tech students.

Art at Horace Mann

Horace Mann debuted an art exhibition on Monday, featuring work in various mediums made by  students in the upper division. 

Harry Bauld, an English teacher, played the piano with accompaniment from senior Samuel Torres during the opening reception.

The Fisher Gallery will display a piece curated and crafted by each upper division student through Wednesday, May 16. 

Fulbright at MC

Robert Geraci, an associate professor of religious studies at Manhattan College, was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar grant to research cultural views on artificial intelligence and robotics at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. 

Mr. Geraci is among about 1,100 U.S. professionals who will travel abroad this year through the Fulbright program, an international education exchange program.

He plans to interview Indian researchers who work with robotics and computer scientists to see how their religious beliefs relate to their work.

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