
United Community Schools Showcase 2019

UFT Vice President and United Community Schools Board Member Karen Alford (right) meets with students at the showcase.




Doug Friedlander, the UCS initiative’s executive director, welcomes guests to the showcase.




UFT Vice President and United Community Schools Board Member Karen Alford (left) discusses the importance of the initiative with teacher Doreen Green, the co-chair of the advisory board of PS 156, a neighboring Brownsville UCS.

Chapter Leader Antonella Lombardo (right) from UCS PS 177 in Sheepshead Bay came out to the showcase with the school’s Principal Anne Marie Letteri Baker (left) and Parent Coordinator Susanna Caleca.

Parents Anastasie Muamba (right) and PTA Secretary Angeline Smitson from the Gotham Professional Arts Academy, a UCS from Prospect Heights, are all smiles at UCS showcase event.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (left), Chapter Leader Denise Huggins (second from left) and Community School Director Wanda Speede (right) join the audience in giving the student oratory contest winners a standing “O” for their outstanding presentations.

The new branding and logo for United Community Schools (formerly Community Learning Schools) is revealed to the crowd.

UFT Vice President and United Community Schools Board Member Karen Alford (right) meets with students at the showcase.




Doug Friedlander, the UCS initiative’s executive director, welcomes guests to the showcase.




UFT Vice President and United Community Schools Board Member Karen Alford (left) discusses the importance of the initiative with teacher Doreen Green, the co-chair of the advisory board of PS 156, a neighboring Brownsville UCS.

Chapter Leader Antonella Lombardo (right) from UCS PS 177 in Sheepshead Bay came out to the showcase with the school’s Principal Anne Marie Letteri Baker (left) and Parent Coordinator Susanna Caleca.

Parents Anastasie Muamba (right) and PTA Secretary Angeline Smitson from the Gotham Professional Arts Academy, a UCS from Prospect Heights, are all smiles at UCS showcase event.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew (left), Chapter Leader Denise Huggins (second from left) and Community School Director Wanda Speede (right) join the audience in giving the student oratory contest winners a standing “O” for their outstanding presentations.

The new branding and logo for United Community Schools (formerly Community Learning Schools) is revealed to the crowd.