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City of Yonkers & Yonkers Board of Education Sign Lease to Create New Public School
The school will enroll approximately 500 students from Grades 6 to 12 and focus primarily on media and the performing arts.
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Mr. Michael Walpole Honored With Leadership In Education Award
School 23 Principal Michael Walpole was honored by the Board of Education with the Leadership in Education Award during the June 14, 2022 Stated Meeting. Presented by the Rotary Club of East Yonkers, the award is conferred on an administrator who personifies the spirit, dedication and accomplishments of an outstanding instructional leader.
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Three Teachers of the Year Inducted into Hall of Fame
The Yonkers Board of Education formally inducted three extraordinary educators into the Teachers Hall of Fame during the June 14, 2022 Stated Meeting. The 66th Annual Teacher of the Year award was presented to Dawn Marie Soliman, Sunitha Howard, and Theresa Smith.
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December is…
National Human Rights Month
World AIDS Day 12/1 is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of prevention, care & treatment of HIV & AIDS & mourning those that have passed
LL Col. Charity Adams Earley was the commander of the first and African American woman unit in the Army during WW II 12/5
Dr. Gladys Mae West is an African American mathematician known for her contributions toward the mathematical modeling of the earth’s shape. Her work is included in the GPS system we use daily 12/6
National Cookie Day 12/4
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Dec. 7, 1941)
Grace Hopper was a pioneer in computer science & a U.S. Navy admiral. She helped create COBOL, one of the most widely used computer languages. From universities across the world, she was awarded 40 honorary degrees during her life 12/9
Dewey Decimal System Day 12/10
Human Rights Day 12/10
Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer known for her work with stars. Along with a colleague, she is credited with refining the first system of organizing and classifying stars based on their light patterns & temperatures 12/11
Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, a Chinese immigrant, became the first licensed Asian American female licensed to fly internationally. She was recognized by the Smithsonian Museum as the “First Asian American Aviatrix” 12/12
Chanukah 12/18 -12/26
Bill of Rights Day 12/15
Wright Brothers Day 12/17
Ralph William Braun is an inventor who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and at the age of 22, he built his first motoraized wheelchair. He was also the CEO/founder of the Braun Corp. 12/18
National Twin Day 12/18
National Ugly Sweater Day 12/16
Winter Solstice 12/21
Christmas 12/25
Boxing Day 12/26
Kwanzaa 12/26 – 1/1
Nichelle Nichols is a Black American actrss who played Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek. She was later a NASA recruiter, who inspired people of color to pursue careers in science 12/28
Allen Ono was the first Asian & Japanese American lieutenant general in the U.S. Army 12/32
New Year’s Eve 12/31
