Education.
A free, high-quality, public education for all
Lashanda Myers
NAACP New York State Conference Education Chair
The NAACP’s ultimate goal is that every student of color receives a quality public education that prepares him or her to be a contributing member of a democracy.
The mission of the Education Committee is to endorse, support and assist with excellent educational opportunities for youth in the community, and enhance academic outcomes for students so that they can graduate, proceed to higher education, and become productive and involved citizens of their communities.
To achieve these goals, the Committee will continue to work with students, staff, parents and community members of our adopted school Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Wadleigh Secondary School is a historic, premiere Harlem school dating back to 1902. It is located at 215 West 114th Street and was designated by the New York City Department of Education as a Renewal School in 2015. The school has a long history of promoting excellence and has many loyal and accomplished alumni.
The staff and students have worked together to present inspiring performances both in and outside of the school. Students have published several volumes of poetry, which are part of the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture. Despite some setbacks and controversy, the school remains strong, and is very appreciative of NAACP support.
Our ongoing and future initiatives include:
The Education Committee plans to continue the very successful mentoring program, focusing on having the students read and discuss literature based on African-American History, culture, and anti-racism. In collaboration with the school staff, this initiative will include trips to sites that will both educate and motivate the students.
To continue support of students and families in the very important process of remote learning.
Continue the tradition of our ‘Back-to-School/Stay-in-School Program’ in collaboration with our NextGen Committee as mandated by our National and State offices.
Ensuring College and Career Readiness: A path to success after graduation for all students by working with the seniors and their parents on high achievement, college preparation, and ways to finance their college education in collaboration with AAUW.
Train students to be politically active in the Branch’s civic engagement initiative with voter registration, education, and empowerment being a top priority;
Continuation of the tradition of Holiday celebrations at the school;
With the Principal’s continued contribution and support, the Committee hopes to continue and enhance the ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) program which is a yearlong youth achievement program sponsored by the NAACP designed to recruit, stimulate, improve and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among minority high school students.
NAACP NYS 84th Annual Convention Education Workshop
