New York, NY, May 28, 2014… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has designated 76 New York area schools across the five boroughs, upstate, Westchester, Long Island and New Jersey as “No Place For Hate®.” The schools were recognized for creating safe learning environments, bringing awareness to the issues of bullying and bias, and promoting unity and respect.
The 76 schools were recognized during a ceremony at The Skirball Center for Performing Arts in Manhattan on May 21.
No Place For Hate, an ADL initiative offering students, teachers, administrators and family members the opportunity to work together to enhance a culture of respect in the school community, encourages schools to complete various activities and projects to promote unity and reduce bullying, name-calling and other expressions of bias.
“It was truly an emotional experience to see first-hand the tremendous passion for this program from the students,” said Gregg M. Mashberg, ADL New York Regional Board Chair. “It was incredible to hear the stories from the students of how stereotypes, name-calling, jokes and bullying escalated to hate, and how No Place For Hate served as part of the solution.”
Evan R. Bernstein, ADL New York Regional Director, added, “The sheer enthusiasm from the students and teachers about this initiative and their excitement at the ceremony shows us that the program makes a direct impact on the environment in the classroom.”
The ceremony included several speakers from ADL including National Director Abraham H. Foxman, Ambassador Daniele D. Bodini, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of San Marino to the United Nations, and Ernest Logan, President of the Council for School Supervisors and Administrators.
Students from the Brooklyn International High School, and Hyde Leadership Charter School in the Bronx, along with educators from P.S. 72 – The Bridge to Success school in the Bronx – were honored with the ADL Alexander Bodini Prize for Diversity for going above and beyond in making their schools “No Place For Hate.”
Dr. Charlotte Frank, Senior Vice President of McGraw-Hill, was presented with the League’s Making a Difference Award for her tireless education work in New York.
Since its inception in 1999, No Place for Hate® has directly reached over 3.5 million people and is currently active in more than 1,500 schools and communities nationwide.
Schools Awarded by Region:
Brooklyn:
Abraham Lincoln High School
Brooklyn International High School
Khalil Gibran International Academy
P.S./IS 109
Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
Leif Ericson Day School
Prospect Heights Campus
P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School
Saint Agatha School
The Math & Science Exploratory School
Bronx:
Creston Academy C.A.R.E MS 447
Harry S Truman High School
Hyde Leadership Charter School, K-8
Jonas Bronck Academy
P.S. 72 The Bridge to Success
P.S. 176X
P.S./M.S. 279
Urban Assesmbly Academy
Bronx Career & College Preparatory High School
High School of Computers and Technology
PS 8
P.S. 11 The Highbridge School
P.S. 73 SCAN After-School Program
P.S. 126 Majorie Dunbar Elementary School
Manhattan:
The Paula Hedbavny School PS/MS 278
High School of Hospitality Management
High School of Fashion Industries
Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics
Stuyvesant High School
The Duke Ellington School PS 4
Queens:
Irwin Altman Middle School 172
P.S. 36Q The St. Albans School
P.S. 154
P.S.255 @ P.S. 154
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
Richmond Hill High School
The Lynn Gross Discovery School PS 175Q
P.S. 193 Alfred J Kennedy
P.S. 161Q Arthur Ashe Jr. School
The Bayside School
Staten Island:
Curtis High School
P.S. 22 The Graniteville School
Staten Island Technical High School
Tottenville High School
IS 72 The Police Officer Rocco Laurie Intermediate School
Long Island:
Woodland Middle School
Jerusalem Avenue Elementary School
WC Mepham High School
Suffolk Y JCC
Westchester & Upstate:
Algonquin Middle School
Ballston Spa High School
Bishop Grimes
Burnt Hills – Ballston Lake High School
Canisius High School
Doane Stuart School
Fred W. Hill School
Malta Avenue Elementary School
S.A.E.C BOCES
Schenectady High School
Shatekon Elementary
The Washington Street Teaching and Learning Center
Watervliet Jr-Sr High School
William B. Tecler Elementary School
Bronxville
Greenville School
New Rochelle High School
Rye Neck Middle School
Edgemont Junior-Senior High School
Grover Cleveland High School
Springhurst Elementary School
Thomas Edison Elementary School
New Jersey:
Freehold Township High School
Somerset County Educational Services Commission
Yeshivat Noam
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