Helen Rosenthal Outlines Funding For UWS Schools

In an email sent to her constituents on September 25, Helen Rosenthal stated that her office has allocated over $570,000 to UWS public schools for fiscal year 2021, which will contribute to a “wide variety of enrichment, arts, and after-school programs.”

Here is the list of recipient schools outlined in Rosenthal’s email:

• PS 191 — Literacy & Mandarin Programs
• PS 452 — Enrichment Programs
• PS 84 — Enrichment Programs
• MS 245 — Artist Residency Program
• PS 166 — The Metropolitan Opera Guild Program
• MS 258 — Activities & Enrichment Program
• MS 256 — Activities & Enrichment Program
• MS 250 — School Activities
• New York City Center at PS 84 — Arts Program
• CUNY Creative Arts Team at MLK Campus high schools — Arts Program
• Reaching for the Arts at PS 191 — Operating Expenses for Afterschool Music Program
• Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center/Lucy Moses School for Music & Dance at Special Music School — Arts Program
• Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York at PS 199 — Philharmonic Program
• Marquis Studios at West End Secondary School — Arts Program
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts at PS/MS 191 — Arts Program
• YMCA at PS 191 — Afterschool Folk Arts Program
• Catholic Charities Community Services at Innovation Diploma High School — Regents Prep Work
• PS 75 Parent-Teacher Association — PS 75 Afterschool Program

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In addition to direct grants to these schools, the email states that funding has been provided to the following non-profit cultural and educational groups which provide programming for them:

• National Dance Institute — Dance Residency Programs
• Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation — Dance Programs
• New 42nd Street — New Victory Theatre Education Programs
• Kids Creative 404 — Operating Expenses for Kids Creative Summer Camp
• New York City Ballet — Residency Programs
• Film Society of Lincoln Center — Film Programs
• Young People’s Chorus of New York City — YPC Programming
• Vivian Beaumont Theater — Open Stages Programming in Public High Schools
• Sadie Nash Leadership Project — Leadership Programs
• Pride Not Prejudice — Anti-Bullying Presentations
• Wellness in the Schools — Nutrition Programming at PS 452, PS 75 and other District 6 Schools
• Mouse, Inc. — Digital Literacy Initiative in High Schools
• Goddard Riverside Community Center — Youth Afterschool Programs at the Bernie Wohl & Lincoln Square Neighborhood centers
• Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council — Afterschool Programming at The Commons
• BioBus — Environmental Education Programming
• Include NYC — Resources for Families with Children with Special Needs
• New York Road Runners — Supplemental Phys Ed Programming
• Class Size Matters — Development of Outreach Material & Information On Education Issues In Public Schools

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Lastly, Rosenthal states that she’s allocated $1.75 million to upgrade technology systems, renovate auditoriums and a library, and keep school buildings safe and in good repair. The following schools have been listed as recipients of this capital funding:

• MLK High School: Upgraded sound & lighting system for the school auditorium
• PS 84: Technology Upgrade
• MS 43: Technology Upgrade
• PS 75: Technology Upgrade
• PS 166: Technology Upgrade
• MS 250: Technology Upgrade
• M256: Technology Upgrade
• PS 452, M191, & M452: Yard Renovation
• West End Secondary School, M837, & M291: Library Upgrade
• M333 MSC: Auditorium Upgrade

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