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