All City Leadership Secondary School

Announcements

• Announcements for Friday, April 16, 2021

  Please see today's announcements attached.

  • 4-16-2021 Friday docx.pdf

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• Opt-In Opportunity for Families

  For those families who just opted into in-person learning during the March 24- April 9 opt-in window, we will welcome students back to school buildings for in-person learning starting on April 26th.  You should have each received an email on April 13 with additional information.  If you have any questions, please call the school at 718-246-6500.

  (Students who selected remote-only instruction will remain in remote only.)

  • 32561-comms-2021-update-for-families-march-22-2021-spanish.pdf
  • Update for Families March 22 2021.pdf

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• NYCDOE Spring Recess Travel Advisory

  As we look towards spring break, we want to make sure that all our families stay healthy and safe next week by minimizing travel as much as possible. Please see the attached document containing important travel guidance and information.

   

  We wish you all a restful, safe and healthy spring recess.

  • 32583-spring-recess-travel-advisory-spanish.pdf
  • Spring Recess Travel Advisory.pdf

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• 2021 ACLA Parent Symposium

  We are pleased to announce that our annual parent symposium is returning this year in a modified online format! This Saturday, March 27, 2021, the following four workshops will be presented virtually, in partnership with CITE, the Center for Integrated Training and Education:

  • • 1) Supporting Your Child in a Remote Environment (Presenter Matt Zagami)
    • 2) Covid-19 Parenting (Presenter Stella Kostopoulos)
    • 3) Dealing with the Social and emotional needs of children (Presenter Renata de Assis)
    • 4) Emergency Preparedness (Presenter Rebecca Bravo)

  Please log on at the link below at 9:45 am.  Each workshop will be presented twice, both at 10:00am and again at 11:00am. All workshops will occur at the same link and we will direct parents to "breakout rooms."  We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday!

  Register in advance for this meeting:

  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-GhqzgiE9c_Wdi-NeI3AlHP5Ali1J4A

  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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• Family Financial Aid Workshops available in 10 Languages!

  The NYCDOE College and Career Planning Team has partnered with several CBO's (Community-Based Organizations) to host FAFSA Completion/Financial Aid workshops in 10 different languages in the evening and weekends of the next few weeks.  It's never too early to start thinking about the costs of college, so feel free to join no matter what grade your child is currently in!

  DATE	Language	CBO	Registration Link
  March 25	Haitian Creole	Flanbwayan	http://tiny.cc/FAHaitianCreole
  March 27	Urdu	SAYA	http://tiny.cc/FAUrdu
  March 29	Spanish	ASPIRA NY	http://tiny.cc/FASpanish
  April 6	Arabic	Arab American Association of NY	http://tiny.cc/FAArabic
  April 10	Bengali	SAYA	http://tiny.cc/FABengali
  April 14	Russian	Shorefront Y	http://tiny.cc/FARussian
  April 15	Korean	Korean Community Services of MNY	http://tiny.cc/FAKorean
  April 20	English	Goddard Riverside-Options Center	http://tiny.cc/FAEnglish
  April 21	Chinese	Chinese-American Planning Council	http://tiny.cc/FAChinese
  April 26	French	New Settlement Apartments	http://tiny.cc/FAFrench

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• Bushwick Heroes - Youth Leadership Discussions

  Calling all students ages 12-17. . . Join Youth Leadership Discussions with Youth Officers Slater and Libertucci.  See attached flyer for details!

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• Chat and Chew - Saturday March 27th

  Young women ages 15 and under - Join Youth Coordination Officers Slater and Libertucci for a women's history event!  See attached flyer for details.

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• Become a NYC Lifeguard!

  Sign up now for a great summer job!  See attached flyer for requirements - qualifying tests for summer 2021 begin now!

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• TWO ACLA Semi-finalists - Cooke College Scholarship Program!!!

  The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced, today, the selection of 496 high school seniors as semifinalists for the prestigious Cooke College Scholarship Program. This highly selective scholarship provides exceptionally talented students who have financial need with up to $40,000 annually for four years of college, to enable them to attend a top-performing college or university.

  Congratulations to BOTH Isaidy Medina and Paola Rodriguez, ACLA seniors who have been selected as semi-finalists!!!!

  The semifinalists were chosen from a pool of 5,860 applicants and represent 428 different high schools. Every year, around 60 students are chosen for the scholarship. The 2021 Cooke College Scholarship recipients will be announced in April.

  “These semifinalists embody determination and resilience as they navigate finishing high school during one of the most difficult and unprecedented times in American history,” said Executive Director Seppy Basili. “In the midst of these challenging times, we remain deeply committed to ensuring that students have the opportunity to access an education and reach their fullest potential. I am honored to recognize these students for their hard work and achievements.” 

  Students applied from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. A list of the semifinalists can be found below. 

  Cooke College Scholars are selected based on exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership. Students must be current high school seniors residing in the United States. Scholarships are awarded without respect to religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, geographic region, race, or ethnicity.

  Learn more about the College Scholarship Program here and sign up to be notified when next year’s application opens. 

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• ACLA Earns College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award

  Recognized for Closing the Gender Gap in AP Computer Science Principles

   All City Leadership Secondary School has earned the College Board AP^® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for the third year in a row for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP Computer Science courses.

  Out of the 20,000 institutions that offer AP courses, 1,119 achieved either 50% or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population during the 2019-2020 school year. That’s nearly 37% more than the 818 schools recognized last year. In 2020, [School Name] was one of 831 recognized in the category of AP Computer Science Principles.

  “ACLA’s students need the power to shape technology, not just cope with it,” says Stefanie Sanford, College Board chief of global policy and external relations. “Young women deserve an equal opportunity to become the next generation of entrepreneurs, engineers and tech leaders. Closing the gap in computer science education empowers young women to build the future they want.”

  The first year of AP Computer Science Principles in 2016-17 attracted more students than any other AP course debut, and participation is on the rise. In 2020, more than 116,000 students took the AP CSP Exam—more than double the number of exam takers in the course’s first year, and a 21% increase over the previous year. In 2020, 39,570 women took the AP CSP exam, nearly three times the number who tested in 2017.

  Providing female students with access to computer science courses is critical to ensuring gender parity in the industry’s high-paying jobs and to drive innovation, creativity, and representation. The median annual wage for computer and information technology occupations was $88,240 in May 2019. However, a code.org analysis of 2017 Bureau of Labor Statistics data finds women represent just 24% of the 5 million people in computing occupations.

  That’s why new College Board research about AP CSP is so encouraging. According to the data, female students who take AP CSP in high school are more than 5 times as likely to major in computer science in college, compared to similar female students who did not take CSP. The study also finds AP CSP students are nearly twice as likely to enroll in AP CSA, and that for most students, AP CSP serves as a stepping-stone to other advanced AP STEM coursework.

  These findings make it all the more imperative that schools nationwide achieve gender parity in AP Computer Science classrooms. The 1,119 schools that receive this year’s AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award should serve as inspirations and models for all American high schools, where overall, female students remain under-represented in computer science classes, comprising just 34% of AP Computer Science Principles participants. So there is a long way to go to achieve equal gender representation in the field of computer science. Currently, less than half of the nation’s high schools teach foundational computer science, a clear opportunity to be addressed by strong partnerships between policymakers, the tech industry, and educators.

  • APCSP Female Diversity Award.pdf

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