News12 visited 194 & 19 to see their exceptional robotics programs. Students are solving problems and really taking an active role in finding positive solutions. Device for Parkinson patients and devices for student in a wheelchair! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

D11’s PS 121 participated in the American Debate League event! The smiles are bigger than their trophies! Congratulations! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩

D11’s PS 194 are winners at the Debate League event! These students were passionate, articulate, and informed! Congratulations! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩

D11 hosted our 3rd Annual STEAM Expo today! PS 153 was a returning school to the Expo and PS 112 and PS 483 are new schools to the event! Kids tackling real world problems and coming up with unique solutions! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩

PS180 came to the D11 STEAM Expo ready to compete! They went old school today and took inspiration from the Jetson’s and Pokemon! They coded, engineered, articulated their designs,and worked together as a team! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩⁦NYC Public Schools⁩

D11 students came to our 3rd Annual STEAM Expo! I am so proud of all our students because they imagined it, coded it, and built a working bot for their unique problem! Thank you to our super star teachers! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩

PS19 students wanted to help the lunch ladies clean their lunch tables more efficiently- they created a bot to clean the lunch tables quicker and more efficiently. It uses AI in its design! ⁦Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos⁩ ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩

PS 175 students working with City Island Oyster Reef created a bot that would filter and remove parasites off oysters. Kids thinking about their environment and applying their knowledge of science and robotics to find a solution! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

Principal Tucci came to support her students at the D11Annual STEAM Expo. Her kids created a bot to help ensure bicyclists stay safe!Real world problems our kids found solutions for-real world application of core content & skills! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

Principal Valladares and the Techno Tigers from 11x194 celebrating their achievements at the D11’s 3rd Annual STEAM Expo. These geniuses tried to help their classmate participate better in gym class. Kindness and compassion at work! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

PS 19’s Principal Katechis and Ms Moriarty celebrate with their expert programmers at the D11 STEAM Expo. These kids came up with a robot to help Parkinson’s Patients! Great kids- Great minds! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos⁩

District 11’s PS 175 is having a Teach In for Climate Justice! Students have a chance to learn from City Island Oyster, Billion Oyster, Hutchinson River Project, and the CI Historical Society! Kids learn ing from the experts! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

Teachin at PS175 kids investigating if oyster spate will grow on bamboo, wood, plastic,or concrete.Seniors sharing what they learned about oysters with younger kids so they continue the work on saving the oysters and the shoreline! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

Teach in at PS 175 kids being climate warriors! Kids are reusing bottle caps to create environmental art projects! Little artists painting and using discarded plastics to create the shoreline and the critters who live there! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

PS 19 in D11 working with NYC Grows to beautify their school. PS 19 is getting above ground planters, plants, and irrigation. Students loving getting their hands dirty and applying what they learned in science! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

PS19 students in Woodlawn learning to be urban gardners & apply science concepts . These kids are eager to see the plants growing because they are talking of coming during the summer to weed and water the beds! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture⁩

PS 175 students are presenting at the Billion Oyster Symposium today! These kids are authentic scientists- identifying a problem, collecting data, and finding possible solutions to oysters and the waterway! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

PS175 robotics students in our D11 Robotics Initiative connected robotics with their work with oysters! Kids created a bot that will detect oyster drills & brush them off the oysters!Environmental scientists and engineers here! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

Special shout out to phenomenal science and robotics teachers at PS 175! Ms Heil, Ms Lawless, and Ms Chi make my work at District 11 worth it! They are passionate and dedicated to STEM! Happy kids work was recognized at BOP! ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩

D11is super proud of PS 175’s Amazing Sharks Robotics Team. These girls took 2nd place at the Minecraft Battle of the Boroughs. They are 2nd place champions of the Mayor’s Cup! Go girl gamers, you rock! ⁦Cris Vaughan⁩ ⁦NYC District 11Community School District⁩ ⁦NYC Public Schools⁩