Reading to the children at the Community Learning School at PS 30 in East Harlem is Brooklyn Technical HS student and PS 30 graduate Ricardo Hughes.

Librarian Brenda Schufelt translates for Spanish-speakers at Family Reading Night at PS 30.

Librarian Brenda Shufelt (left) and community resource coordinator Shell Lewis lead Family Reading Night.

Second-grade teacher Karen Brown follows a night time book reading with tips like having children retell a story to help parents build literacy at home.

Teacher Mary LeBlond participates in an after-school fitness class.


Teacher Jessica Figueroa coaches 4th-grader Javin Vega at after-school chess club.

Soccer coach Mario Osorio leads a workout in the gymnasium.


Soccer mom Isabel Tierra with her daughters--one current and one future student at PS 30M.