Comprehensive Youth Development

CYD Career Academy students celebrated their successes at a certificate ceremony last month. Congratulations to the cohort, who will be going on to occupational training in Medical Billing and Coding!🩺📚

B-E-E-autiful memories from CYD's 8th Annual Spelling Bee for Grownups! 🐝✨

Among the guests were CYD Board Members, NextGen Leaders, alumni, principals and teachers from our partner schools, corporate sponsors including Queen Bee sponsor Galaxy Digital, and many supporters, friends, and community members. Thank you for being part of the CYD hive and sharing in our commitment to help NYC's young people succeed!💜

🌈 Happy from CYD! 🌈 We celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community this month and every month.

Bee there or bee-square! CYD's 8th Annual Spelling Bee for Grownups fundraiser is happening tomorrow on June 2nd!🐝🤩

Only 7️⃣ days until CYD's 8th Annual Spelling Bee for Grownups!🐝🎤 A special thank you to Galaxy, our Queen Bee sponsor!

Bee-rilliant!🐝🎉Last week, students from all of CYD's partner schools competed in a Student Spelling Competition at
Goldman Sachs headquarters.

Thank you to Board Member Ramey Watkins and NextGen Leader Isha Singh for hosting! And a big congrats to our final 3 spellers, who will take the stage at CYD's 8th Annual Spelling Bee on June 2nd.🗣️🎤

📍Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School
📍High School for Health Professions and Human Services
📍City-As-School

Meet Anthony, a senior and soon-to-be graduate of High School for Health Professions and Human Services!🎓✨
Learn more about his experience with CYD and how the Career Leaders program opened up new doors.

📍Anthony will be attending St. John's University in the Fall as an Ozanam Scholar!

CYD is proud to announce Harry Smith as our Bee Master for the 8th Annual Spelling Bee for Grownups fundraiser on June 2nd!🥳Harry is a retired television journalist and news anchor, as well as a second-time Bee Master!🎖️

Join Harry Smith and CYD for a night of un-bee-lievable fun! Buzz over to this link for more info on the Bee👉:https://comprehensiveyouthdevelopment.org/2026-spelling-bee/