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Academy for Social Action Hosts Second Annual
Welcoming Ceremony

Keynote speaker Lorraine Monroe of the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute and the founding principal of the Frederick Douglass Academy

“Hopes and Dreams” were alive and well at the Sept. 29 welcoming ceremony for the Academy for Social Action, a College Board School in New York. The second annual event took place at City College’s Harlem Stage. College Board Schools are public schools for students in grades six to 12 that were developed as the result of a unique partnership with urban school districts and supported with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael and Susan
Dell Foundation.

The ASA opened last fall under the leadership of principal Crystal Simmons; it is the 10th College Board School and Manhattan’s first. Featuring a mixture of performances, multimedia presentations and words of inspiration, the welcoming event encouraged students and staff to get excited about the 2008-09 school year. Hosted by Maurice DuBois of “CBS 2 News This Morning,” the event was an opportunity to showcase the school and its hardworking students to the surrounding community.

The ceremony was kicked off by a video message from New York Gov. David A. Paterson congratulating students on a successful first year and wishing them the best for the future.

Keynote speaker Lorraine Monroe received a standing ovation after she spoke to the students and staff about the importance of education. Monroe, founder of the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute, was the founding principal of the renowned Frederick Douglass Academy in Central Harlem and is on extended leave from Bank Street College of Education, where she taught graduate courses and founded and directed the Center for Minority Achievement.

ASA students entertained the audience with music and photography and reflected on the progress they made in just one year, many attributing their newfound focus on and confidence in their studies to the help they received at ASA.

Helen Santiago, executive director of New Small Schools,
named Deanna Capers as the winner of the College Board Schools’ SAT® Hip-Hop Contest. In an impressive performance,
Capers moved across the stage rapping about Charles Darwin and evolution.

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