YCS is a SHOWCASE SCHOOL

YCS is proud to have been honored as a Showcase School for  four years in a row, 2015-2019. We were selected to showcase and share with other educators across the city how we Design Cross-Curricular Thematic Units of Study. Our thematic units of study provide our students with continuous opportunities to participate in whole class discussions and investigations that encourage verbal and written communication, collaborative studies, and student directed research. We focus on the vertical alignment of curriculum from kindergarten through fifth grade in order to deepen content knowledge and promote student ownership over the learning process.

What is a Showcase School? The Showcase Schools Program was designed by the NYC Department of Education to promote the collaboration and sharing of strong practices. Schools that excel in a specific learning focus area host educators from other schools to share their successful structures and strategies, and discuss the path they took to develop those structures and strategies. A Showcase School hosts three learning focus tours for educators from other schools. With tailored support and guidance from the DOE Office of Interschool Collaborative Learning, the Showcase Schools will build their own capacity to share strong practices and plan to execute learning focus tours.

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Awards and Accolades

Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, February 2019 Issue
"NYC Elementary School Sharing New Teaching Tools"
Showcase School - 2015 to present
Blackboard Award 2010 - New and Noteworthy School
Blackboard Award 2017 - Outstanding School
New York State Assembly Citation - April 2010
Otty Award 2010 - Principal Samantha Kaplan featured in Our Town, February 2010
"From the Ground Up, Guided by Rigor and Create Kaplan Launches a New School"
Principal of the Week/DNA Info - March 2012, October 2015
Recipient of NY CIty Council CASA Grant - 2009 to Present
YCS is named a Literary Landmark by the United for Libraries organization - May 2014