Message from the
Principal
March
20, 2009
Dear
Parents/Guardians and AOHT Community Members,
This is
a truly exciting time to be a member of the AOHT community and I am pleased to
take this moment to share with you the reasons why:
·
AOHT
sent students to job-shadowing events to over 40 different companies so
far this school year (and the number keeps growing). These events involved taking tours of some of
the largest, most successful corporations in the world.
·
AOHT’s African-American History Celebration was entirely
designed, scripted, rehearsed and performed by our students.
·
We
earned a fantastic report on our Quality Review.
·
Our
partnership with the Anti-Defamation League is
leading to 25 Students training to become Peer Mediation Specialists.
·
Our
students earned over $500.00 in donations to benefit Breast Cancer Research
while participating in the Breast Cancer Walk-a-Thon.
·
Our
students earned the honor of donating $750.00 to the charity of their choice as
a result of their amazing efforts at filling ten burlap bags filled to the brim
with pennies during the Penny Harvest.
·
Our
students met Sanford Weil, former Chairman of Citigroup, and Ursula Burns,
president of Xerox, at the National Academy Foundation’s Gala fundraising event
in
·
Through
our partnership with New York Cares, our students have volunteered at a
hospice, coat drive, YMCA after school program, and volunteered to read letters
to Santa written by children.
·
One
of our students helped ring the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange
(see the video on our school website).
·
AOHT
singlehandedly revived the PSAL Erasmus Hall Campus
Swimming Team to great success.
·
We
have launched our own
·
Our
Culinary students have begun selling a full menu of breakfast items to the
faculty of AOHT and all Erasmus Hall Campus employees - all the feedback is
that their croissants, rolls, apple turnovers, coffee, and hot chocolate are
amazing.
·
Our
students have already earned college credits at CUNY: City Tech and are still
enrolled to earn more.
·
We
hosted representatives from 7 schools from the nation-wide network of National
Academy Foundation schools (
I won’t
fail to mention the following programs we have begun and are continuing this
year: Project PEACE, Project READ, Junior Achievement High School Heroes, and
so many more amazing things our students are doing, but we are running out of
room here. Believe me when I say that I
am thrilled to be running out of paper – it is because our community is
accomplishing SO MUCH. You should all be
proud of your work. We have come
together even closer as a community and added an entirely new constituent – our
Advisory Board – to the AOHT family.
Though this is only our third year as a school, it has been our most
monumental yet!
If you
have any questions, concerns or simply want to contact the school to find out
how you can participate in any of our programs, please call the school at (718)
564-2580. You can also email me directly
at abreier@schools.nyc.gov.
It
continues to be an honor to serve as your principal!
Sincerely yours,
Adam
D. Breier
Adam D. Breier
Principal
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