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Academic High Schools Awards Celebration 2022

High school educators and school-related professionals gathered in Shanker Hall at UFT headquarters on April 8 to honor the achievements of exemplary educators, union activists and unified school communities at the 2022 Academic High Schools Awards Celebration.

A man poses at the stage with his wife and children

Excellence in Education award winner Michael Hubbs, a global studies teacher at New Dorp HS on Staten Island, poses with his family at the Academic High Schools Awards Celebration on April 8.

Erica Berger
Four women pose for a photo at a table
Muneerah Young (second from left), a teacher at the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change in Harlem, celebrates her Outstanding Union Activist award with family and friends.
Erica Berger
A woman on the left helps the woman on the right fix something on her shirt. Both are smiling for the camera.

Jennifer Arroyo (right), a Community Champion honoree who teaches at Susan E. Wagner HS on Staten Island, gets some help with her boutonniere from Carol Astencio, a paraprofessional at the school.

Erica Berger
A group of people pose for a selfie on the staircase

Janella Hinds, the UFT’s vice president for academic high schools, takes a selfie with honorees and President Michael Mulgrew.

Erica Berger
A group of members are honored on the stage and waving to the crowd.

UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds (far left) celebrates with Outstanding Union Activist award winners (from left) Marrisa Garcia, New Utrecht HS in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; Muneerah Young, Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change in Harlem; Donna Orr-Morrow, Bronx Aerospace HS in the Williamsbridge section; and Melissa Alvarez, John Bowne HS in Flushing, Queens.

Erica Berger
A group of honorees pose for a photo

CELEBRATING OUR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS: UFT Vice President Janella Hinds (right) celebrates with four of the educators who received Excellence in Education Awards at the Academic High Schools Awards Celebration 2022, on April 8, at UFT headquarters. (Erica Berger)

A group of members on the stage hold a banner gifted to them

Educators from Rockaway Park HS for Environmental Sustainability in Queens hold a banner they received as a Team High School honoree with help from Janella Hinds (far right), the UFT vice president for academic high schools.

Erica Berger
A group of members hold up their awards as they are honored on the stage

Posing with their plaques and UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds (right) are Community Champion honorees (from left) Greg Gherkens, John Adams HS in Ozone Park, Queens; Anthony Taylor, HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in Brooklyn; Kevin Brooks, Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters; and Jennifer Arroyo, Susan E. Wagner HS on Staten Island.

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A man poses at the stage with his wife and children

Excellence in Education award winner Michael Hubbs, a global studies teacher at New Dorp HS on Staten Island, poses with his family at the Academic High Schools Awards Celebration on April 8.

Erica Berger
Four women pose for a photo at a table
Muneerah Young (second from left), a teacher at the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change in Harlem, celebrates her Outstanding Union Activist award with family and friends.
Erica Berger
A woman on the left helps the woman on the right fix something on her shirt. Both are smiling for the camera.

Jennifer Arroyo (right), a Community Champion honoree who teaches at Susan E. Wagner HS on Staten Island, gets some help with her boutonniere from Carol Astencio, a paraprofessional at the school.

Erica Berger
A group of people pose for a selfie on the staircase

Janella Hinds, the UFT’s vice president for academic high schools, takes a selfie with honorees and President Michael Mulgrew.

Erica Berger
A group of members are honored on the stage and waving to the crowd.

UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds (far left) celebrates with Outstanding Union Activist award winners (from left) Marrisa Garcia, New Utrecht HS in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn; Muneerah Young, Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change in Harlem; Donna Orr-Morrow, Bronx Aerospace HS in the Williamsbridge section; and Melissa Alvarez, John Bowne HS in Flushing, Queens.

Erica Berger
A group of honorees pose for a photo

CELEBRATING OUR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS: UFT Vice President Janella Hinds (right) celebrates with four of the educators who received Excellence in Education Awards at the Academic High Schools Awards Celebration 2022, on April 8, at UFT headquarters. (Erica Berger)

A group of members on the stage hold a banner gifted to them

Educators from Rockaway Park HS for Environmental Sustainability in Queens hold a banner they received as a Team High School honoree with help from Janella Hinds (far right), the UFT vice president for academic high schools.

Erica Berger
A group of members hold up their awards as they are honored on the stage

Posing with their plaques and UFT Vice President for Academic High Schools Janella Hinds (right) are Community Champion honorees (from left) Greg Gherkens, John Adams HS in Ozone Park, Queens; Anthony Taylor, HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow in Brooklyn; Kevin Brooks, Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters; and Jennifer Arroyo, Susan E. Wagner HS on Staten Island.

Erica Berger