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Great job, PS97Q! 👏🎉 We love seeing our schools actively engaging in Jenna Ryall #CivicsWeek and empowering student voices. 🗳️📢 Huge thanks to Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar’s team, and all who made this week so meaningful. Keep inspiring, future leaders! 🚀💙 NYC Public Schools

🌍 Empowering future leaders starts with student voice! 🗣️👏 Huge congratulations to the amazing students at JKO Elementary for their inspiring work in the Civics for All poster contest! 🏆 Your creativity and commitment to civic engagement make a difference! 🌟 Proud to support

Thrilled that my class’ project to create podcasts about community issues has received ⁦Jenna Ryall⁩ accreditation to earn students NYS Education Department Civic Seals & is now being shared with ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩ thanks to our partner ⁦DoSomething⁩ dosomething.org/dosomething-to…

SoapboxNYC Citywide is tonight! SoapboxNYC is a student public speaking initiative put on by CFA and Mikva Challenge that calls on young people to develop and deliver an original speech on an issue that matters to them. We can't wait to celebrate student voice this evening! 🎉

🎉👏🏽Congrats to our third grader who participated in the #SoapboxNYC showcase! One of the top 50 speakers out of 50,000 to participate! We are so proud of him ❤️Mikva Challenge Jenna Ryall NYC Public Schools #WhereCollegeBeginsInPrek

Last night, 51 students from across the city shared their original speeches on issues that matter to them! 🎤 Our 10 mainstage speakers were heard by a packed auditorium of parents & teachers. Huge thanks to @mikvachallenge for making it a success! #SoapboxNYC

Today, Community School District 27 teachers gathered at King Manor Museum 🏛️ for a powerful @CivicsforAll PD session! In partnership with the Civics for All team, our educators explored the curriculum 📘, reflected on Civics Week 🗳️, and planned for future civic engagement 🌍—all in service of

Congratulations to all the students who shared their speeches during our largest #SoapboxNYC event to date! Our students are proving that young people aren’t just the leaders of the future—they’re leaders today.

By strengthening Civics for All through initiatives like Project Soapbox, we’re giving students real-world opportunities to advocate for change. This is just the beginning. We must continue to educate and empower our students to amplify their voices and engage in our democracy.

Mikva Challenge Jenna Ryall Thank you to our Social Studies and Jenna Ryall teams for continuing to champion civics education in our schools. Thank you to Mikva Challenge for their partnership bringing SoapboxNYC to our students.

Mikva Challenge Jenna Ryall Thank you to our school leaders and educators for empowering student voices. I am incredibly inspired by all the students—including kindergarteners—who represented their boroughs and spoke out about issues they care about, reminding us that civic leadership has no age limit!

Shoutout to MS137Q Heroes for an inspiring Career Day! 💼✨ The @CivicsforAll spirit is alive throughout the building, with vibrant student work and a strong commitment to civic identity and student voice. 🗳️📝 Proud to see this happening across our Community School District 27 schools! 🎉

Participatory Budgeting in Your School gives STUDENTS the power to vote on real projects that improve their school community. From new technology to upgraded sports equipment, their voice shapes the change! #ParticipatoryBudgeting #CivicsforAll

'There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter.’ – Barack Obama 🗳️ We're sending a huge thanks to the educators, student volunteers & everyone who made our student voter registration drive a success in 2025! 🎉

Happy National Assistant Principals Week! 🎉 From April 7–11, 2025, we’re celebrating the leaders who keep our schools running smoothly and make their school communities incredible places to be! Thank you for all you do!

We're wishing all the NYCPS staff & students a restful Spring Recess this week! Our next newsletter will be sent out next week.

Last month, NYC Public Schools students got to showcase their passion for civics at #SoapboxNYC with Mikva Challenge. Young people are not just the future—they're leaders of today. Thank you to our Social Studies and Jenna Ryall teams for amplifying the voices of our students!

🗓️ Mark Your Calendars! Take a look at our upcoming professional learning opportunities for Civics and Social Studies educators this spring. Register at nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart.com ✨

This March we released TWO new comics - How to be an Action Activist #2 and Action Activists #4! Check them, and all of our other comics, out under the resources tab on our Hub linked in our bio. #CivicsforAll

Our team hosted a professional learning all about Comics, Community & Action! Participants were able to engage in a community walk using the new BINGO card activity pairing with the Civics for All Comic Group Comic, titled How to be an Action Activist #2! #CivicsforAll