It’s Community School Coordinators Appreciation Week, and we are celebrating our school coordinators and directors who are often the unsung heroes of successful community schools.

The community school’s investment in student and family support services and technology helped ease CACPCS teachers’ and students’ transition to remote learning.

11-year-old Breanna Collazo organized a Black Lives Matter protest in her Bronx neighborhood.

The Child Welfare and Family Services Education Team launch Grab and Go Book Project: Feeding Minds and Bodies.

Fatima Reyes, who has worked at Children’s Aid for more than 20 years, is an invaluable resource to families struggling during the pandemic.

Our College and Career team mentor youth and help them focus on sports and education during COVID- 19.

 Lucerny Guzman, an adolescent literacy program coordinator at Salomé Ureña Campus, is helping families access critical resources.  

Our family planning and pregnancy prevention team is hosting a series of workshops to educate teens during Sex Ed for All Month.

Dayamara Cruz, an early head start teacher at P.S. 5 in Washington Heights, is relying on technology to provide high-quality lessons.

Carol Wilkins, an interventionist at CACPCS, is using technology to help strengthen her students’ reading skills during remote learning.

Karen Aponte-Velez, a school librarian, is now a critical resource for families who do not speak English as a first language.

Mirabel Smith, a kindergarten teacher at CACPCS, hasn’t let distance stop her from providing the best instruction to her students.