Academic High School Awards 2026

Taking a celebratory dance break are Paraprofessional Representative Ashrafuz Zaman and English teacher Garth Wolkoff of Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS in Brooklyn.

Surrounding the Queens honorees with pride are Queens Borough Representative Tabio DaCruz (top left), UFT President Michael Mulgrew (top, second from left) and Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds (bottom, right).

Community Champion honoree Cassandra Dozier, the school secretary at Curtis HS on Staten Island, receives her flowers amid cheers.

Marilyn Ramirez (right), a special education teacher at the HS for Media and Communications in Manhattan, celebrates her Outstanding Union Activist award with her family.

They are the champions! The Community Champion honorees proudly hoist their plaques alongside Hinds.

Giving the Manhattan honorees all their flowers are Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (rear, left), Mulgrew (top, center) and Hinds (front, right).

Members from Queens Technical HS are all smiles as they take home a Team High School Award.

Members from Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters are positively beaming as they win a Team High School Award.

Community Champion honoree Taniesha Valentine (left), a school counselor at Origins HS in Brooklyn, and a guest wave bandanas in celebration.

Beaming members from Brooklyn West Alternative Learning Center accept their Team High School Award.

Hinds welcomes a crowd of some 300 people.

Outstanding Union Activists Award-winners are recognized for their achievements.

Standing with the Staten Island honorees are Mulgrew (second from right), Hinds (right), Staten Island Borough Representative Sean Rotkowitz (back row, left) and Staten Island IS/HS Representative Donna Coppola (back row, third from left).