Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Fall 2015: Brooklyn Academy of Music: Arts & Justice Due November 13, 2015

Students Only

Jan 6—Mar 24, 2016

Students develop the artistic and critical thinking skills to examine social justice.

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Part of Education

Students examine important social justice issues through the lens of the arts in this unique interdisciplinary program. Through workshops in theater and creative writing, participants develop artistic, critical thinking, and presentation skills—while also gaining a deeper understanding of important issues affecting young people and their communities.
In this program, students:
・ Engage in self-expression, creative writing, research, and in-depth group projects
・ Develop an original theatrical presentation to share with their friends & family
・ Performed at the BAM Fisher
・ Attend events and discussions with invited guest speakers
Application deadline: Nov 13, 2015
All students must complete an online application and interview in order to be considered for the program. No previous experience is required.

Support for Arts & Justice provided by Donald A. Capoccia; The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770; Saul & Devorah Sherman Fund.

Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, 4—6pm; Tech Week: Mar. 21—24, 4pm—8pm

Appropriate for grades 9—12

Application Deadline: Nov 13

FALL 2015 Musuem of Modern Art Due October 30, 2015: London, Chicago, and New York’s Art Scenes Exposed!

A Tale of Three Cities

http://www.moma.org/learn/teens/free_classes#course101

Online Course

London, Chicago, and New York’s Art Scenes Exposed!

Three huge cities, three major art museums, and three groups of young people collaborated to create our newest online art course for teens. For the first time ever, Tate, the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Museum of Modern Art have worked on a single educational and social experience, bringing the BEST of each of our cities’ vibrant cultures together into one incredible four-week online course. Visit international artists in their studios and learn about underground art spaces and emerging art scenes. Explore the politics, communities, and everyday challenges that shape the contemporary art world today. Investigate issues surrounding fashion, gender, artistic value, curating, aesthetics, inequality, art making, and more. Gain VIP access to exclusive content available only to course participants, and meet other young, creative people from around the globe. This is a class on YOUR terms, made for YOU, by a community of YOUR peers. And you can take part anytime you want, day or night. It’s like having 24-hour access to three of the world’s premier arts institutions…for FREE!
Please note: All applicants must be 13-17 years old. No prior art experience necessary. The course is completely free of charge, begins on November 4, and runs for four weeks. Applications can be found online and are due by Friday, October 30.

Monday, October 26, 2015

FALL 2015...Join the New Americans Youth Leadership Corps!!! Applications are due by Monday, November 15 at 5pm.

Please share this message widely with high school students, educators, and youth-focused organizations/agencies!

Join the New Americans Youth Leadership Corps!!!

Do you want to develop leadership, civic engagement and advocacy skills? Learn about college access and personal finance management? Support immigrant communities in becoming empowered and gaining access to important services and resources? If so, consider applying for the New Americans Youth Leadership Corps (NAYLC) TODAY!!!

The NAYLC program will support high school students - who are immigrants or children/grandchildren of immigrants - in their pathways to success, and in developing key skills and knowledge in support of their self-empowerment. Between January 13 and April 20, 2016, NAYLC participants will engage in a series of interactive workshops focused on leadership, civic engagement, advocacy, college access, and finance management, and will then put their learning to practice through volunteer services in support of immigrant communities and nonprofit organizations that serve them.
In order to be eligible for the NAYLC program, applicants must be:

an immigrant or a child/grandchild of an immigrant
currently enrolled in high school
interested in attending college
available to participate in all of the scheduled NAYLC workshops and commit to 12 or more hours of volunteer service between January 13 and April 20, 2016

Applicants from households with less than $57,003 in income will be prioritized for spots within the NAYLC program.

Applications are due by Monday, November 15 at 5pm.

To learn more information about the NAYLC program and how to apply, please click here.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

FALL 2015 WHEELS Baseball raffle information

The WHEELS Baseball Program

is selling raffle tickets to raise money for necessary expenses such as equipment, assistant coaches, umpire fees, tournament fees, as well as other expenses.

One hundred percent of the proceeds

from this fund-raiser will go to the baseball program.

Each member of the baseball program has been asked to sell a minimum of $100 worth of raffle tickets at a price of $2 for students $5 for adults.

There will be one winner.

The winner has the choice of one of the below

- PS4

- Xbox One

- $300 gift card.

The winner will be selected randomly by 12/18/2015

unless we have not sold enough raffle tickets to cover the cost of the prize,

in which case the drawing will be rescheduled for a later date.

After paying your donation you should receive a ticket stub with a unique number on it as your receipt.

Please write your full name and phone number on the back of the ticket stub that the player will be turning into me so we can contact you, should you win.

Thank you for your patronage, and best of luck in the raffle.

If you have any questions please contact me at below information

Joshua Bluestone

Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School

Athletic Director

Baseball Coach

j.bluestone@wheelsnyc.org

Fall 2015 Duke of Edinburgh International Award interest meeting on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 3:15 PM in room 406

Looking for a challenge?

Duke of Edinburgh International Award

·Get fit.

·Learn a new skill.

·Complete community service.

·Take an adventurous journey.

Interested?

Meet with us!

Thursday, October 22, 2015

3:15 PM-3:45 PM

Room 406

Questions?

Please see Mr. Maciejewski or Mr. Voulgarides

FALL 2015... VOLUNTEER to babysit our youngest WHEELS students and WHEELS family members during WHEELS Family Association meetings

VOLUNTEER

to babysit

our youngest WHEELS students

and WHEELS family members

during

WHEELS Family Association meetings

Wednesdays

5:45 PM-8:30 PM

Interested?

Contact Virginia Annibale.

(Her mailbox is in our main office...)

Fall 2015 American Museum of Natural History one day workshop: Inside/Outside Birds on Saturday, November 7, 2015

Inside/Outside Birds

American Musuem of Natural History One Day Workshop
Saturday, November 7, 2015
9AM-4 PM

With nearly ten-thousand different species living on all seven continents,

birds are everywhere.

Birds have captivated scientists for centuries, with dramatic diversity of their anatomy, plumage, and behavior.

In this special one-day high school workshop students will explore how museum ornithologists study the diversity of birds around the world:

from tropical forests to our own backyards.

We will visit the museum’s vast ornithology collection which holds nearly one million skins, skeletons, eggs, nests and tissue samples.

Researchers from the museum will guide students through the process of preparing a bird specimen for a research collection, and learn how specimens can help answer big scientific questions about the biology, evolution, and ecology of birds.

Application Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FY16_ASP_workshop1-App

Application Due Date: October 25, 11:59pm

Please contact hsprograms@amnh.org with any questions or concerns regarding the class.

FALL 2015 VOLUNTEER at a local soup kitchen in Washington Heights

What?

A local soup kitchen which feeds the homeless and hungry.

Students needed:

*to help with the preparation of the meal;

*to serve the food and from

*to clean up.

From Grabiela Vasquez, WHEELS alumna,

"Even though this is an Episcopalian church... religious view are not centered around the events that take place on Fridays."

Where?

Holyrood Episcopal Church

715 West 179th Street

New York, NY 10033

When?

Every Friday

4 PM to 8 PM

Interested?

Contact Jacqui.

(917) 763-4955

(718) 276-4774

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Fall 2015. Friday, October 23, 2015. College Fair at the American Musuem of Natural History. 5PM-7:30 PM

The Museum invites all NYC high school students to its 13th Annual College Fair
on Friday, October 23, 2015
from 5:00 – 7:30 PM.

FREE! Open to the public, no pre-registration required.

Location: Hall of the Universe, American Museum of Natural History.
Enter through the 81st Street/Rose Center entrance,
between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.

This year we are excited to offer a free Kaplan seminar on the college application and financial aid processes with a Q & A session from 5:30-6:15pm located in the Food Court Annex.

Directions: To get to the Museum by subway take the B or C train to 81st Street. Two blocks west of the Museum, the 1 train stops at Broadway and West 79th Street. To get to the Museum by bus take the M79 bus traveling east/west on West 79th Street across Central Park, with a stop next to the Museum on West 81st Street. Other buses also stop at or near the Museum, including the M7, M10, M11, M86 and M104 buses. Need a local map to the AMNH? Click here. Enter through the 81st Street/Rose Center entrance, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.

PAST & POTENTIAL FAIR ATTENDEES

Amherst College
Bard College
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Barnard College
Binghamton University
The City College of New York (CUNY)
College of Staten Island (CUNY)
Cooper Union
Cornell University
CUNY Hunter College
CUNY Welcome Center
CUNY Lehman College
Ithaca College
New York University
Penn State University
Reed College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stony Brook University
Tufts University
University at Albany (SUNY)
University of Pennsylvania
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Yale University

Fall 2015. Inwood Hill Park Hiking Trail.

Inwood Hill Park Hiking Trail

Difficulty Level: Moderate
Length: 2 miles
Take a step back in time and imagine Manhattan as a forest grove of tulip trees, oaks, and maples. Inwood Hill Park’s marked scenic sites or historic highlights trail will lead you to the top of the hill, where the park’s oldest trees, two cottonwoods planted before the park was established, still live. Trails begin in the Northwest section of the park.

http://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/fall-hiking-trails

Fall 2015. Stewardship Day at Inwood Hill Park. Saturday, October 24, 2015. 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Inwood Hill Park

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Fall Stewardship Day at Inwood Hill Park

Saturday, October 24, 2015

9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Eight years ago, the city launched MillionTreesNYC with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one million new trees across the city. The benefits to be gained were clear: improved air and water quality; reduced pollution from storm water runoff, flooding and erosion; and reduced energy costs, to name a few. But MillionTreesNYC is just the first step in enhancing and preserving New York City's urban forest. Tree care and stewardship are the next critical steps to ensuring the survival of our urban forest. Since 2007, we have come a long way towards reaching our goal of planting one million trees. We ask you now to continue the work that we've done together and to join us in meeting the next challenge to ensure a sustainable city.

Location

Payson Center in Inwood Hill Park Accessible

Payson Avenue and Dyckman Street

Manhattan

Directions to this location

Cost

Free

Event Organizer

NYC Parks Stewardship

Contact Number

(212) 360-1463

Fall 2015. City Harvest Canned Food Drive.

Donate.

Canned good are being collected

through the month of October

by team 10.

Donations accepted in rooms 447 & 420.

Fall 2015. Inwood Pumpkin Pageant. Sunday, November 1, 2015, 5PM.

Sunday, November 1, 5:00 PM
Isham Park

With that first fall chill now in the air, it’s time for a quick reminder that the Inwood Pumpkin Pageant will return!

Back for our 2nd year! Please save the date (always Nov 1, due to the shelf life of rotting pumpkins) which this year will be a Sunday evening. Start thinking about those carving ideas now! Bring your carved pumpkin to Isham Park on Nov 1st. We will line them up and light them up at dusk and compost them after. Boo!
https://www.facebook.com/inwoodpumpkin

Fall 2015. Highbridge Park Field Day. Tuesday, November 3, 2015 (Election Day!) 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Highbridge Park, Manhattan 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue

Fall Field Day

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 (Election Day!)
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Highbridge Park, Manhattan
172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue

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FREE EVENT
Rain or Shine
NYC Parks presents the first-ever Fall Field Day, at Highbridge Park in Manhattan. Kids, teens, and their families are invited to relive classic and nostalgic field day activities as they are re-introduced to a new generation. With an array of activities fit for all ages and abilities, Fall Field Day will have something for everyone to enjoy!
The event will feature:

Action Games

Javelin (noodle) throw
Bubble soccer
Giant soccer
Pillow Polo
Obstacle course
Hand cycling

Field Games

Giant Parachute
Tug-O-War (four way)
Disc Tic-Tac-Toe
Musical bean bag chairs

Relay Races

Potato sack race
Three-legged race
Agility (parachute) races
Spoon/egg race

There will be live entertainment at the main stage, including two performances by the Big Apple Circus. In celebration of Election Day, we'll have an old voting booth where kids and families can pretend to vote and take selfies.
Bring the kids to meet Snoopy from the Peanuts Movie!

FALL 2015. TUESDAYS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. 3:05 PM-5:30 PM. WHEELS & GOOD FLAVOR FARMS PARTNERSHIP. VOLUNTEER.

TUESDAYS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
3:05 PM-5:30 PM.
WHEELS & GOOD FLAVOR FARMS PARTNERSHIP.
VOLUNTEER.

Roles available:

distribute fare shares
write recipes
create informational materials
offer food demos
share food justice information.

Interested?

See Ms. MacNeil.

FALL 2015. Yoga At Morris-Jumel Mansion. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015, 1PM-2PM.

Yoga At Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Sunday, October 18, 2015

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

This event repeats every week on Sunday and Thursday between 4/26/2015 and 1/1/2016.

Awesome Asana Yoga is an hour-long exercise in body stretching and mind cleansing taught by registered yoga teacher Chelsea Best. As Chelsea says, “Awesome Asana offers a unique yogic journey, linking breath with movement in a meditative Vinyasa Flow class style designed to awaken the spirit and bring the body and mind back to a place of peace.” The class is Open Level Vinyasa, and is moderately challenging.
MJM’s Awesome Asana is part of Chelsea’s “Localize Yoga” project, which aims to make yoga affordable and accessible – to present it “as a possibility, rather than as a luxury” – to the denizens of upper Manhattan. The class is $5, and mats, should you need one, are provided.