Community School District 18

Special guest rapper Special Ed joined us at our End-of-Year Principals Meeting to showcase Old School Special Edition, a DOE-approved curriculum that blends hip-hop, arts, and literacy to engage and inspire students. 🎤📚🎨

Our principals had the opportunity to learn how culturally responsive instruction and the power of hip-hop can elevate student voice, creativity, and academic achievement. Thank you, Special Ed, for sharing this innovative work with District 18! Celeste Terry

At our End-of-Year Principals Meeting, we had the honor of welcoming First Deputy Chancellor Danielle Giunta. Thank you for joining us as we reflected on a year of growth, celebrated our accomplishments, and looked ahead to the exciting work still to come.

D18 is grateful for our Principals’ leadership, partnership, and unwavering commitment to supporting their schools, students, and families. Celeste Terry NYC Public Schools

At our End-of-Year Principals Meeting, we had the honor of welcoming Deputy Danielle Giunta. Thank you for joining us as we reflected on a year of growth, celebrated our accomplishments, and looked ahead to the exciting work still to come.

D18 is grateful for our Principals’ leadership, partnership, and unwavering commitment to supporting their schools, students, and families. Celeste Terry NYC Public Schools

A huge congratulations to Principal Rick Romaine of Emma Lazarus for being featured in Paul Bambrick-Santoyo’s Leverage Leadership 3.0! 🎉📚

This well-deserved recognition highlights the incredible work happening at 18K268 and the outstanding growth his students have demonstrated on the state exams. Your leadership, dedication, and commitment to student success continue to inspire us all.

Small caps, big dreams 🎓✨ Elementary school: completed. ✔️

The future is bright for our amazing Public School 279 graduates! As they turn the page to a new chapter, we celebrate their hard work, growth, and accomplishments. Keep dreaming big, reaching high, and believing in yourselves! We can’t wait to see all that you’ll achieve. 💙💛

We proudly celebrate Asha Carter and Jessica Labarbara of 18K114, who were honored and served as panelists at the OML Multilingual Learner Mentorship Program Conference! 🎉 Ms. Carter, ENL mentor, showcased her incredible work alongside her mentee, Ms. Labarbara, a 4th Grade ICT teacher. As members of the OML MLL Mentorship Program pilot, Ms. Carter & Ms. Labarbara exemplified excellence, leadership, and dedication to multilingual learners.

To say this is a proud moment is an understatement! D18 is incredibly proud of the impact they continue to make and the way they represented D18 with professionalism, passion, and grace.

Congratulations, Ms. Carter and Ms. LaBarbera! 💙💛

D18 showed up and showed out at the June 2026 OML MLL Educator Conference! 🎉 A special shout-out to our outstanding ENL educators from 18K114, 18K272, 18K211, and 18K276 for representing District 18 with excellence, passion, and dedication to multilingual learners. Your commitment to continuous learning and collaboration helps strengthen opportunities for MLLs across our district.

Thank you for being leaders in the field and for making D18 proud! 💙💛