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May 2001
April 2001
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New York City
April 2001

Youth and Education Committee: Community Board 8

by Sybil Maimin

Volunteers are needed for Junior Achievement, a decades-old organization that teaches K-12 youngsters the values of the free enterprise system. Speaking to the Youth and Education Committee of Community Board 8 at its March meeting, manager Alex Vasquez explained that Junior Achievement brings to schools and non-profit community organizations an activity-filled curriculum that introduces business and economic principles. Materials such as workbooks, posters and teaching guides are provided, and volunteers are trained and given on-going support. Grades K-6 focus on themes such as “Ourselves,” “Our City,” “Our Nation,” and “Our World.” Middle school programs directly emphasize economics and business, including “The Economics of Staying in School,” and “Exploring Math in Business.” High school programs show how trade connects peoples and cultures around the world. Students learn leadership and success skills and, if they choose, may run a student company that makes, markets and receives profits from a product. They may also operate highly technical companies in computer-based simulations through JA TITAN. Junior Achievement now functions in over 300 schools and 40 community organizations in the five boroughs, during school hours, after school and in the summer. Those interested in joining its participant base or volunteer crew should contact Alex Vasquez at 212-907-0027.

The first task force meeting regarding an academically strong Upper East Side high school was not encouraging. The commitment of a site (Life Sciences High School on E. 96th Street) made by the Board of Education at a large community forum in January seems to be wavering. And parents in The Partnership for an Upper East Side High School are questioning the feasibility of meshing the proposed academically rigorous high school with the current Life Sciences High, a Gateway Program school for “kids at risk.” Partnership parents would prefer a shifting of schools and students between Life Sciences and Julia Richmond, a building they covet, to better utilize space and provide the number of seats and type of academic program they seek.

 

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