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Next Stop Success

06.19.2012  |  Leave a Comment  |   PENCIL News

PENCIL marked the end of the school year and recognized the business and school leaders who continue to do everything they can to transform public education at the annual Year-End Celebration at the 79th Street Boat Basin on Tuesday, June …

Year-End Celebration

06.19.2012  |  Leave a Comment  |   PENCIL News

Each of PENCIL’s School and Business Partners should be commended for all they do to transform public education—across our nearly 400 Partnerships, business and school leaders are demonstrating what public-private partnerships and skills-based volunteerism can do to boost student achievement. …

Melissa Cisco and Lauren Iossa attend PENCIL's Partnership Breakfast

06.19.2012  |  Leave a Comment  |   PENCIL News

On Tuesday, April 24, more than 50 PENCIL Partners and Principals came together for PENCIL’s second Partnership Workshop to discuss best practices in preparing students for post-secondary success. The working breakfast, hosted by Proskhauer Rose, featured a presentation by Vice …

06.19.2012  |  Leave a Comment  |   PENCIL News

Last October, PENCIL launched Step Up For Schools Campaign: Reach 750, a campaign challenging the New York City business community to renew and expand its commitment to education, support the City’s future financial competitiveness, and take an active role in …

Pencil President Michael Haberman

06.19.2012  |  Leave a Comment  |   PENCIL News

In April, I wrote a piece for The Huffington Post that celebrated the “new volunteerism.” I bring it up now as the school-year ends because, in looking back over the last school-year, I’m reminded of all the ways that everyone …

PENCIL Gala Imagine What We Can Do An Evening To Benefit PENCIL

06.19.2012  |  2 Comments  |   PENCIL News

More than 700 business leaders, principals, teachers, students, supporters, and media members, gathered at the American Museum of Natural History on May 10 to celebrate PENCIL, honor four of our exceptional PENCIL Partners, and make “Imagine What We Can Do: …

Chicago Public Schools

06.19.2012  |  Leave a Comment  |   PENCIL News

Our flourishing national network of PENCIL Affiliate Partners in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Rochester demonstrates that PENCIL and our Partners are leading a national movement to create public-private partnerships that address real issues in our schools. And now, that movement is …