Another all-girls public school for New York City!NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The people who founded the first all-girls public school in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. nearly ten years ago announced plans for their third all-girl's school. The Young Women's Leadership Foundation, Mayor Michael Bloomberg Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. He was a general partner at Salomon Brothers before founding the financial software service company in 1981. , and NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein Joel I. Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1.1 million students in over 1,420 schools. announced the plans to open "The Young Women's Leadership School, Queens Campus" at a press conference this morning. The school is a replication of the highly successful Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem, which opened nearly ten years ago and serves grades 7-12. Last fall, that school was replicated when The Young Women's Leadership Foundation opened the city's second all-girls school in the Bronx. The Bronx Campus of The Young Women's Leadership School is running successfully and is in high demand. In September, TYWLS TYWLS The Young Women's Leadership School (East Harlem, New York) , Queens Campus will open with 75 students in the seventh grade. Over the next six years this school will serve 450 girls in grades 7-12. The school will provide a complete college preparatory curriculum enabling the girls to become leaders in school and in their communities. None of The Young Women's Leadership Schools are gifted programs, however, the culture and expectation is that all graduates of TYWLS will attend and graduate from college. YWL YWL Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada (Airport Code) YWL Young Women Leaders (University of Alabama) Foundation will partner with the Principal and teachers of TYWLS, Queens Campus to enhance the educational experience of students and staff. The Young Women's Leadership Foundation staff will support partnerships to provide students with after school and summer programs. Young Women's Leadership Foundation also has schools in Philadelphia and Chicago and TYWLS, Queens Campus students and staff will participate in conferences and student exchanges with their sisters across the city and the country. Ann Rubenstein Tisch is the President of The Young Women's Leadership Foundation. She was instrumental in starting the national single-sex public school movement, when she opened the East Harlem school nearly ten years ago. Tisch said today, "We are excited to offer even more NYC girls the choice of a top quality, college-prep, single-sex environment and we are pleased to partner once again with the DOE on what we know will be our third successful NYC public school." |
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