Middle School News
Check out the latest news from our Middle Schools Division.
Anti-Bullying Conference
Educators across the city brought some 400 students to the UFT Middle Schools Division’s annual Anti-Bullying Conference on Oct. 15. Students learned strategies for preventing and addressing bullying to implement in their school communities.
Creative approach yields big results
Teaching is a natural fit for the creative and energetic Selinda Edwards of IS 117 in the Bronx.
Colleagues say her thoughtful and dynamic teaching style is yielding big results with her 6th- and 7th-grade math students.
Donna Menna
Middle school teacher Donna Menna of IS 5 in Elmhurst, Queens, is one of this year's UFT Middle Schools Division Legacy Award winners.
John Herron
Middle school teacher John Herron of IS 96 in Brooklyn is one of this year's UFT Middle Schools Division Lifelong Learner Award winners.
Middle Schools Awards Night
Over 200 honorees and guests attended the inaugural Middle Schools Awards at UFT headquarters in Manhattan, where some 40 members were honored for excellence in education, collaboration and union activism.