FALL 2015 Professional Careers Saturday Conversation Series for WHEELS students at The City College of New York (CCNY)

Please see below the updated schedule for the Professional Careers Saturday Conversation Series this semester. Guest presenters from among the faculty and staff at CCNY are being recruited to lead conversations about careers in a variety of fields with students from CCNY College Now partner high schools on Saturdays at 12:30 pm on the CCNY campus.

Pizza and soft drinks will be served.

Parents and partner school faculty and staff are welcome. Students need NOT be in College Now to attend!

Reservations are required from each interested individual!  RSVP to this email address if you have not already done so.

Date	Field	Conversation Leader	Affiliation
10/3/2015	Education	Dr. Hazel Carter	Department of Leadership and Special Education, School of Education
10/17/2015	Medicine	Jerrold Erves	Sophie Davis School of Bio-Medical Education
10/24/2015	Research Science	Claude Telesford	Physics Department, Division of Science
11/7/2015	Architecture	Esther Yang	J. Max Bond Center, Spitzer School of Architecture
11/14/2015
11/21/2015	The Arts	Gregory Shanck	Aaron Davis Hall
TBA	Engineering	Rawlins Beharry	Office of Student Development, Grove School of Engineering
TBA	The Law	Jen Light	Skadden, Arps Honors Program in Legal Studies
TBA	Military Science	Lt. Colonel Richard Gussenhoven	Reserve Officers' Training Corps
TBA	Information Technology	Vernon Ballard	Office of Information Technology

  Interested?  You need to RSVP on your own.  See Ms. MacNeil for the email address!

FALL 2015 Little Red Lighthouse Festival Saturday, September 26, 2015 12PM-4PM

Summer on the Hudson: Little Red Lighthouse Festival

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse with NYC Urban Park Ranger-led tours, readings of eponymous children’s book, fishing clinics, live music, food vendors, and activities for the whole family!
This fun and free event includes tours of the lighthouse with the NYC Urban Park Rangers, readings of the children’s book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, fishing clinics with I Fish NY & DEC, live musical entertainment from Big Apple Corps, a special presentation of a section of a new Little Red Lighthouse Opera, food vendors, and activities for the whole family!
Please note: Tickets for the lighthouse tours will be given out beginnning at 12:00 p.m. Tickets may run out before the end of the event.
Entertainment lineup

• Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band
• Reading of The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Grey Bridge
• Street Beat
• Little Red Lighthouse Opera selections
• 2nd Reading of The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Grey Bridge
• Bill Popp and The Tapes

Event shuttle service schedule
11:00am- Pick up passengers at West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station          
11:30am- Arrive at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
12:00am- Return to West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station to pick up passengers
12:30pm- Drop off passengers at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
1:00pm-  Return to West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station to pick up passengers
1:30pm- Drop off passengers at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
2:00pm- Return to West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station to pick up passengers
2:30pm- Drop off passengers at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
3:00pm- Pick up passengers at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
3:30pm- Drop off passengers at West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station
4:00pm- Pick up passengers at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
4:30pm- Drop off passengers at West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station
5:00pm- Pick up passengers at Fort Washington Park/Little Red House under GW Bridge
5:30pm- Drop off passengers at West 168th Street and St. Nicholas Blvd. Train Station
Check out Summer on the Hudson's Twitter feed here  for more specific information about the event and weather updates.

Location

Little Red Lighthouse in Fort Washington Park 

West 181 Street and Plaza Lafayette

Manhattan

Directions to this locationLocation Details:
Entrance to the Little Red Lighthouse Festival and Fort Washington Park on foot is from 181st (walk West to the Hudson River then South to the lighthouse) or 158th (walk West on 158th to the Park and take the stairs or ramp down to the walkway, then walk North to the lighthouse).

Cost

Free 

FALL 2015 Interested in STEM topics? Seeking support for your interests? Apply! Due: September 28, 2015

Interested in STEM topics?

Seeking support for your interests?

Apply!

The Barnard College Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) offers an exciting and rigorous academic enrichment program designed to assist 7th – 12th grade students acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to purse post-secondary education leading to careers in scientific, technical or health-related fields, or the licensed professions. STEP seeks to increase the representation of historically underrepresented or economically disadvantaged students in those fields.

STEP has the following goals

-Expose students to numerous careers requiring basic and advanced skills in mathematics and science.

-Provide students with opportunities to meet with role models and community leaders who may enhance their career and academic goals.

 -Introduce a creative and innovative learning experience for participants.

 -Present various workshops for parents that will assist them in taking an active role in their children’s academic lives.

Due: September 28, 2015

http://barnard.edu/sites/default/files/step_application_final.pdf

Current WHEELS students who can speak to the brilliance of the program include: Alhene Abreu 2018, Katherine Santos, 2015, Michangelo Perez, 2015, Hamlet Fernandez, 2018; Haana Suero, 2017.

Fall 2015. The Kids N Culture Crew is accepting applications for our 2016 program, traveling to Tanzania. Due: Sepetmber 25, 2015

The Kids N Culture Crew is accepting applications for our 2016 program, traveling to Tanzania. Students in the tri-state area are welcome to apply, pending they can make our bi-monthly meetings in New York City leading up to the trip. Details are below, and the application is attached - feel free to check out our site for more information as well. 

2016 Program: 

Tanzania (Feb 12-22, 2016)

What is Kids N Culture: Kids N’ Culture is an academic enrichment program designed for our less privileged high school students. Our goal is to cultivate future professional and community leaders through a culturally rich curriculum, professional mentoring, and the opportunity to travel for the first time on a fully subsidized international study tour.

Who can apply: Rising 10th - 12th grade students in the tri-state area

When is application due: Postmarked no later than September 25th, 2015

What is the cost: The program is competitive because the trip is FREE for students accepted. We ask students to fund-raise $200 each to show investment and attendance, but give students all the means to easily do so.

Now accepting applications for our 2016 program to Tanzania. 

Download application here.

We are looking for students who want to be cultivated as culturally aware leaders of tomorrow. Each year we select 20 students from the New York City area and immerse them in an academic year-long program focused on a new cultural region of the world. In looking at tradition, religion, race-relations, gender norms, and political/industrial trends through a new lens, we prepare students to be culturally sensitive before traveling abroad. During the tour, students are able to sharpen their interpersonal skills and international etiquette while immersing themselves within their surroundings. Our students graduate from the program having completed 100 hours of academic content, a new diverse network, and a deeper understanding of the world outside of their own. From various backgrounds, our students come together as a cohort, forever unified by the experience.

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FALL 2015 TREES OF INWOOD HILL PARK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

Trees of Inwood Hill Park

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Meet at the Payson Center and then walk into Inwood Hill Park with Leslie Day, author of Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City.

Explore how trees and animals benefit from each other! Take a deep look at the deciduous trees and the ecological relationship between plants and animals as they go through the change of season from summer to autumn.

In the event of rain, there will be a slideshow presentation held at the Payson Center.

Please note: RSVP is required. Please email info@FortTryonParkTrust.org to register.
This program is generously supported by the Greenacre Foundation and the Fort Tryon Park Trust.

Location

Payson Center in Inwood Hill Park 

Payson Avenue and Dyckman Street

Manhattan

FALL 2015 and following IDNYC is the new, free identification card for all New York City residents, which gives all of us the opportunity to show who we are—New Yorkers.

8 Million New Yorkers.
1 Card For All Of Us!

IDNYC is the new, free identification card for all New York City residents, which gives all of us the opportunity to show who we are—New Yorkers. As a government-issued photo identification card, IDNYC secures the peace of mind and access to City services that come from having recognized identification. IDNYC benefits every city resident, including the most vulnerable communities—the homeless, youth, the elderly, undocumented immigrants, the formerly incarcerated and others who may have difficulty obtaining other government-issued ID.

IDNYC cardholders can access services and programs offered by the City as well as by businesses. IDNYC helps enhance public safety, by serving as a recognized ID for interacting with NYPD. It also helps New Yorkers gain access to all City buildings that provide services to the public and is accepted as a form of identification for accessing numerous City programs and services. IDNYC also provides a dynamic series of benefits to cardholders, including a free one-year membership at many of the City's leading museums, zoos, concert halls, and botanical gardens.

http://www1.nyc.gov/site/idnyc/index.page

Fall 2015 This year, for the first time, beach season has been extended an additional week! Most city beaches are open for swimming with limited service. Check the service changes at your beach below to plan your trip. Cedar Grove and Wolfe’s Pond beaches close on Labor Day.

Beaches

Parks maintains 14 miles of beaches, which open Memorial Day weekend. Cedar Grove and Wolfe's Pond beaches close on Labor Day, all other beaches are open through Sunday, September 13. During beach season, lifeguards are on duty daily, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Swimming is prohibited when lifeguards are not on duty and in closed sections. Closed sections are marked with signs and/or red flags.

Beach Season Extended to September 13

This year, for the first time, beach season has been extended an additional week! Most city beaches are open for swimming with limited service. Check the service changes at your beach below to plan your trip. Cedar Grove and Wolfe’s Pond beaches close on Labor Day.

Rockaway Beach Restoration

Visit the Rockaway Beach Restoration page for more information about plans for long-term protection for Rockaway.

Beach Statuses

Sign up for Notify NYC , visit the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s New York City Area Beaches  page for water quality advisories or closures before you head to the beach, or text BEACH to 877-877 to receive real-time opening, closing and water quality information.