Academic High School Awards 2025

April 25, 2025

Academic High School Awards 2025

About 250 UFT members from the city’s academic high schools gathered on April 25 at Shanker Hall at UFT headquarters to honor outstanding educators and schools and to celebrate the 10 years since the UFT’s Team High School gave its first awards to academic high school educators.

Two teachers cheer when their school is announced during the UFT Academic High School Awards on April 25, 2025.

Teachers Lisa Martinez (standing) and Jenice Rivera from Mott Hall V, the Bronx recipient of the Team High School Award, cheer for their school.

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UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds, the architect and emcee of the event, addresses members in attendance.

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Members from Hillcrest HS, the Queens recipient of the Team High School Award, show their school pride.

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The crowd packs Shanker Hall for the 2025 UFT Academic High School Awards to celebrate high school educators’ accomplishments.

The crowd packs Shanker Hall to celebrate high school educators’ accomplishments.

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A teacher from Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School, celebrates winning an Excellence in Education Award with her sister, son and husband at the UFT Academic High School Awards on April 25, 2025.

Melisa Pinto (second from right), a teacher at Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School, celebrates winning an Excellence in Education Award with her sister, son and husband.

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Enthusiastic educators from Team High School Award recipient Curtis HS on Staten Island beam with pride as they accept the award for their school, joined onstage by Hinds (left).

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Community Champion Award honoree Quwan Pearsall (right), a paraprofessional from HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in Brooklyn, celebrates with his husband.

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Evelyn Wing (foreground, center), a teacher from the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, celebrates her Excellence in Education Award with colleagues from her school.

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Teachers Lisa Martinez (standing) and Jenice Rivera from Mott Hall V, the Bronx recipient of the Team High School Award, cheer for their school.

Erica Berger

UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds, the architect and emcee of the event, addresses members in attendance.

Erica Berger

Members from Hillcrest HS, the Queens recipient of the Team High School Award, show their school pride.

Erica Berger

The crowd packs Shanker Hall to celebrate high school educators’ accomplishments.

Erica Berger

Melisa Pinto (second from right), a teacher at Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School, celebrates winning an Excellence in Education Award with her sister, son and husband.

Erica Berger

Enthusiastic educators from Team High School Award recipient Curtis HS on Staten Island beam with pride as they accept the award for their school, joined onstage by Hinds (left).

Erica Berger

Community Champion Award honoree Quwan Pearsall (right), a paraprofessional from HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in Brooklyn, celebrates with his husband.

Erica Berger

Evelyn Wing (foreground, center), a teacher from the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, celebrates her Excellence in Education Award with colleagues from her school.

Erica Berger