External Partnerships
Renaissance relies on outstanding community partnerships to expand its students’ world view. Music, poetry, drama, media and other visual arts, and playwriting; all these art forms are integrated into the social studies, math, science and ELA curriculae at various times in all the grades in successful partnerships with many of the cultural jewels of New York City.
Innovative approaches to the arts, history, science and geography have brought the leaders in these subjects to Renaissance’s door. Some of our current classroom partnerships include:
- Carnegie Hall Link UP
- NYGA – New York Geographic Alliance – Supporting high-quality K-12 Geography Education
- New York Historical Society
- Children’s Institute – Primary Project to help our youngest students adjust to their classrooms
- Metropolitan Opera Guild: Opera Institute Network– 4th Grade opera in the classroom
- Arts For All NYC
- Children’s Museum of the Arts Media Arts
- Creative Arts Team: CUNY/CAT’s Student Shakespeare Festival for 9th grade theatre students
K-12 Students continue to be actively involved in school wide extracurricular programs. In high school we help all 9th-12th grade students find internships and community service opportunities coordinated through Renaissance’s College Office.
Some of those Extra-curricular Partners include:
- College Now: CUNY Queens, City, York and Hunter
- The Possibility Project
- Sadie Nash Young Women’s Leadership Project
- Urban Word
- STEM Enrichment
- Tech Team
- Careers in Art
- Urban Seed Stewards
- Jazz Band
- Careers in Music
…and many others.
We are grateful to all of our Community Partners, who benefit the school through direct funding, in-kind services, professional development opportunities and coordinating our outreach to other charter schools:
- 82nd Street Academics ExpandED Schools
- Performing Arts Center of New York
- New York Geographic Alliance
- Arts For All NYC
- Consortium of Community Charter Schools
- New York City Charter School Center
- Various Community Health Organizations
- State University of New York Optometric Center
- Community Board 3
- NYC Council Members Daniel Drumm and Francisco Moya