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Our Mission is Clear

Connect Students to Success.

By 2023, PENCIL will help connect 50,000 NYC students to success
by bringing together business professionals, educators, and students
to open eyes, open minds, and open doors.

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  • Principal for a Day®

    Since 1995, NYC’s social entrepreneurs, business and civic leaders have shown up for PENCIL’s Principal For A Day® as the first step in their commitment to open minds, open eyes, and open doors for tens of thousands of public school students.

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  • School Partnerships

    PENCIL connects business and school leaders to leverage their collective energies and foster stronger schools, and to prepare students for college and career success. PENCIL serves as a critical liaison in these partnerships, providing hands-on support in the design, implementation, and evaluation of activities.

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  • Internship Programs

    Each year, PENCIL connects over 1,000 students across New York with career readiness and professional skills training. PENCIL works to place these students in paid summer internships and virtual work-based learning opportunities. PENCIL is a proud provider of the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development's Ladders for Leaders Program and partner in the RXR/PENCIL Internship Program.

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Hear from our Partners

“I was honored to volunteer with PENCIL, which places young students in internship settings and pairs them with working professionals who mentor and guide them as they complete projects over 5 weeks.”

Austin Rivera, Bloomberg LP

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“PENCIL's mission really aligned with what we were looking for—
bringing our expertise of language strategy and communication
and using that to help students.”

Sachi Pettit, Maslansky + Partners

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“Working with a PENCIL school, we were inspired by the ambition, talent, and passion driving the next generation of New York City leaders.”

Houlihan Lokey's Team

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“PENCIL leveraged its expertise in working with schools and its relationships with the business community to provide our students invaluable access to an extended social network and opportunities to participate in weekly career panels and workshops, develop their resumes, practice interviewing skills and develop career plans that will inform their postsecondary plans. ”

Jennie Soler-McIntosh, New Visions Charter Schools

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“From the first meeting, our team knew partnering with PENCIL could be an incredible hands-on opportunity to bring our passion and expertise into a classroom and have a meaningful impact on students’ lives. ”

Michael Maslansky, Maslansky + Partners

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“Each year, the students bring a new outlook on the world and I am happy to learn from them. ”

Madison Hart, JetBlue

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“I had such an incredible time discovering the talent and energy at John Jay—passionate teachers and administrators engaging remarkable groups of students. ”

Michael Koenigs, ABC News

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“Thanks to PENCIL and the Bronx School of Law and Finance for such an enjoyable experience! I appreciated the questions from the students and the opportunity to share my career path and thoughts (and hope both were helpful).”

Bryan Barreras, Mayer Brown LLP

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“This not only allows our students to engage with different members of our New York Community, but to network, gain wisdom, and be inspired. Watching our students engage in this every year is truly a blessing.”

Erin Hogshead, John Jay School for Law

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“We're proud of how the partnership between Salesforce and Dual Language Middle School (DLMS) has evolved over the years and the monthly virtual engagements we were able to bring to life for students this school year. Tough times bring communities together, and our common focus on supporting the students strengthened this partnership in an extraordinarily challenging year. We're so grateful for the amazing leadership at DLMS and the invaluable support from PENCIL, and look forward to growing our collective impact!”

Salesforce Team

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    Run the 2021 TCS NYC Marathon with PENCIL!

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    Cindy Ma on Navigating the Finance Industry and Supporting Public School Students

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    Innovations in Summer Youth Employment to Support Scale, Equity, and Quality

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PENCIL brings together business #professionals, #educators & #students across #nyc. Your support helps connect #publicschool students to success.

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Congratulations to our first volunteer award winne Congratulations to our first volunteer award winner, Zev Litwin, Financial Restructuring Analyst at Houlihan Lokey. "Zev's commitment and openness with the High School of Economics & Finance students enhanced our sessions significantly. Several students throughout the partnership year would seek out his #mentorship and #expertise," Maia Krivoruk, program manager at PENCIL who nominated him, said.  Thank you for your volunteerism, Zev, and congratulations on this well-deserved honor! Watch the full video below to learn about Zev's journey, why volunteering is so important to him and why he champions PENCIL's mission.  If you would like to enroll your team members in a program that enhances their career journeys and creates an impact on student lives, visit the link in bio!
“Everybody now is focusing on #diversity, #equit “Everybody now is focusing on #diversity, #equity and #inclusion. Companies are chasing young people of color to bring to the workforce, Cindy said. “But they seem to be lost because they think they are chasing a small subset of people. Organizations like PENCIL have direct access to a young and #diverseworkforce. PENCIL trains hundreds of #nycstudents each year. Investing in PENCIL would save companies money and the time they invest in #training students.” Support our programs by visiting our website today!
Volunteers from @peoplesunitedbankna joined young Volunteers from @peoplesunitedbankna joined young women in PENCIL's internship cohort to talk about #credit, US stock markets and #taxes.  Ed Ha, who led the "Intro to Stock Market" webinar, said, “Even though our students were shy to show their faces, they were sincere and open. One student that moved me, in particular, spoke during the ‘market is not the economy’ breakout room. She mentioned that her parents had lost their jobs due to COVID, even though the stock market was rising. It demonstrated the impact the pandemic has on everyday #Americans and that the #stockmarket may not be the best indicator of the economy's strength.” Thank you, Adrienne Burke, Anna Carucci, Sarah Haley, Ed Ha, Rose Schwartz, James Celentano and Anne Fitzpatrick Donahue, for sharing your experiences and expertise with #nycstudents. By bringing business professionals from People's United Bank to public schools, we open eyes, minds and doors.    Join us in our mission and connect students to success. Link in bio!
As part of PENCIL's COVID response, we introduced As part of PENCIL's COVID response, we introduced open-source sessions last year. These live online workshops and career panels are available to ALL students from our partner schools, fill a gap in instruction, and provide access to corporate volunteers that teachers need and cannot achieve alone. This school year, more than 56 companies participated in our open source sessions. Companies that enrolled more than 10 volunteers include @deloitte, @bnymellon, @cbre, @harrys @marketaxess, @saatva and @verizon. Companies that enrolled more than 5 volunteers include: @allvuesystems, @bloomberg, @bombas, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), GoldenTree Asset Management, @infosys, @outfrontmediausa and @quip. Grateful to @unileverusa for sponsoring the entire program! Enroll your team in our programs by clicking the link in bio!
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