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PENCIL December Newsletter

PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY® 2025 You're invited to join PENCIL on May 15th for Principal For A Day visits! Be a part of this impactful...

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Run the 2025 United Airlines Half Marathon with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2025 United Airlines Half Marathon. The Team PENCIL application is now open.  PENCIL makes...

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Join PENCIL’s Celebration of Success Gala on November 12, 2024

Date: Tuesday November 12, 2024 Time: 6pm – 10pm Location: The Pool in the Seagram Building Join us for a memorable evening at The Pool...

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PENCIL’s 2024 Principal For A Day® Summit

PENCIL's annual Principal For A Day Summit was held on May 8th, 2024, where executive and educators explored the intersection of education, workforce development, and...

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PENCIL March Newsletter

PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY® 2024 You're invited to join PENCIL on May 9th for Principal For A Day visits! Be a part of this impactful...

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Run the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon.  The Team PENCIL application will open March 28,...

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PENCIL December Newsletter

PENCIL's Celebration of Success Thank you to everyone who joined us for PENCIL’s Celebration of Success! With everyone's support, we exceeded our live appeal fundraising...

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Run the 2024 United Airlines Half Marathon with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2024 United Airlines Half Marathon. The Team PENCIL application is now open. PENCIL makes...

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PENCIL September Newsletter

PENCIL's 2022 Annual Report PENCIL's 2022 Annual Report is available now! Discover our achievements, including school year and summer programs, events like Principal For A...

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PENCIL’s 2023 Partner Awards

PENCIL is thrilled to reveal the nominees for the 2023 Partner Awards! Annually, the PENCIL program team assesses the partnerships from the year and chooses...

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PENCIL’s 2023 Volunteer Awards

PENCIL is thrilled to reveal the nominees for the 2023 Volunteer Awards! Every year, we acknowledge outstanding individual volunteers who have exceeded expectations in their...

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PENCIL | RXR Career Explorers 2023

This summer, PENCIL and RXR supported a cohort of 22 New Rochelle High School students in a project-based internship designed to promote career awareness, exploration and preparation in the real...

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Highlights from PENCIL’s Career Explorers Program

This summer, PENCIL supported students who participated in the Career Explorers Program, a paid work-based learning experience designed to promote career awareness, exploration, and preparation....

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PENCIL June 2023 Newsletter

Principal For A Day® 2023 This year, PENCIL organized nearly 150 Principal For A Day visits across all 5 boroughs, reaching thousands of NYC public...

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PENCIL’s App Creation Competitions

PENCIL asked NYC high school students – “What’s your big idea that will be a force for change?” Technology has the power to change the...

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PENCIL’s 2022-23 Partnership Programs

PENCIL is excited to wrap up yet another successful school year of our partnership programs, with our efforts on track to serve over 10,000 NYC...

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PENCIL’s Principal For A Day® Summit

PENCIL's annual Principal For A Day Summit was hosted by Paul Hastings on May 9th, 2023, where executive participants and educators received an informative orientation...

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PENCIL March 2023 Newsletter

Principal For A Day®2023 On May 10th, PENCIL will once again host Principal For A Day, with in-person visits to schools! This year, there will...

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PENCIL’s Legal Industry Advisory Group

PENCIL makes it easy for business professionals, educators and students to work together—in schools and the workplace. Our programs, including in-school partnerships, mentoring, internships, and...

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Run the 2023 TCS NYC Marathon with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2023 TCS NYC Marathon.  The Team PENCIL application will open March 1st, 2023.  PENCIL...

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We’re Celebrating PENCIL’s Record-Breaking Year Thanks to You!

As PENCIL closes out another year, our community has a tremendous amount to be proud of and even more to be excited for in the...

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PENCIL December 2022 Newsletter

PENCIL's Celebration of Success Thank you to everyone who joined us for PENCIL’s first Celebration of Success! With everyone's support, we were able to raise...

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Run the 2023 United Airlines Half Marathon with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2023 United Airlines Half Marathon. The Team PENCIL application is now open. PENCIL makes...

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PENCIL September 2022 Newsletter

PENCIL's 2021 Annual Report PENCIL's 2021 Annual Report is now out! Every year, PENCIL releases a report highlighting its accomplishments through school year and summer programs,...

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PENCIL | RXR Career Explorers 2022

This Summer, PENCIL and RXR Reality supported a cohort of 17 New Rochelle High School students in a paid project-based internship designed to promote career awareness, exploration and preparation.  Students in the PENCIL RXR Career Explorers Program...

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PENCIL Welcomes our 2022-23 Partners

PENCIL is thrilled to welcome all of the 2022-23 school year partners! As we begin to kick off the partnership programs over the next couple...

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PENCIL’s 2022 Partner Awards

PENCIL is excited to announce the nominees of the 2022 Partner Awards! Each year, the PENCIL program team reflects on the partnerships from the year...

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PENCIL’s 2022 Volunteer Awards

PENCIL is excited to announce the nominees of the 2022 Volunteer Awards! Each year, we recognize individual volunteers who have gone above and beyond in...

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Join PENCIL’s Celebration of Success on December 1st, 2022

Date: Thursday December 1st, 2022 Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm Location: Edison Rooftop at the Edison Ballroom PENCIL’s first annual Celebration of Success will take place...

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Reimagining Pathways to Student Success- Brief #3

PENCIL is proud to release the last of three briefs in our series: Reimagining Pathways to Student Success: PENCIL’s Observations & Recommendations From a Three-Year Retrospective Brief #3: Building Relationships Through Developmentally Aligned Program Modalities...

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PENCIL June 2022 Newsletter

PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY® 2022  On May 19th, PENCIL once again hosted in-person and virtual Principal For A Day visits! There were over 120 visits...

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Principal For A Day® 2022

On May 19th, 2022 there were over 120 Principal For A Day visits across all 5 boroughs, reaching over 5000 students! Executives got the chance...

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Reimagining Pathways to Student Success- Brief #2

PENCIL is proud to release the second of three briefs in our series: Reimagining Pathways to Student Success: PENCIL’s Observations & Recommendations From a Three-Year Retrospective Brief #2: Fostering a Foundation of Growth Mindset through...

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PENCIL March 2022 Newsletter

Infy App Challenge PENCIL is pleased to announce that Infosys Foundation USA is generously funding an expansion of the Infy App Challenge Program at Thomas...

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Bloomberg Python Program

This school year, PENCIL invited 21 students from 11 NYC public schools to participate in the Bloomberg Python Workshop Series! The Bloomberg Python Workshop is...

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Introducing the Principal For A Day Steering Committee

For over 25 years, Principal For A Day® has been one of New York City’s most unique and prestigious ways for business and civic leaders...

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Reimagining Pathways to Student Success

PENCIL is proud to release the first of three briefs in our new series: Reimagining Pathways to Student Success: PENCIL’s Observations & Recommendations From a Three-Year Retrospective By Jessica Bynoe, Devaughn D. Fowlkes, Keith A. Howey & Katje...

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PENCIL December 2021 Newsletter

50,000 Futures Campaign PENCIL is on a mission to raise $1 Million this year, to connect another 50,000 students to success by 2023. Support the...

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PENCIL Congratulates David Banks on Being Named the Next NYC Schools Chancellor

PENCIL congratulates David Banks on being named the next Chancellor of the New York City public schools. PENCIL has a longstanding relationship with David and...

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Run the 2022 United Airlines NYC Half with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2022 United Airlines NYC Half. The Team PENCIL application is now open. PENCIL’s work...

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Here’s Why Our Volunteers Choose to Support PENCIL

This Giving Tuesday, we are sharing the stories of some of our biggest supporters, donors and volunteers. Our transformative work with students and schools would...

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PENCIL | RXR Career Explorers 2021

PENCIL introduced Career Explorers during the Covid19 pandemic as an innovative way to offer summer employment and work-based learning for New York City students. During...

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Join PENCIL’s 50,000 Futures Gala on October 6, 2021

We are on a mission to connect another 50,000 students to success by 2023. MAKE YOUR GIFT TODAY! PENCIL’s Virtual Gala will take place on...

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The 2021 #InfyAppChallenge: 12 students, 7 mentors and 3 apps

Earlier this year, PENCIL received a grant from Infosys Foundation USA to support our school-year programming efforts. The generous funding supported the 2021 Infy App Challenge Program...

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These Students Benefited From PENCIL’s Partnership Program. Now They Are Starting College and Internships

PENCIL's school partnership program creates a unique opportunity for businesses to partner with public schools in New York City and supports thousands of students every...

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Run the 2021 TCS NYC Marathon with PENCIL!

PENCIL is proud to be an Official Charity Partner of the 2021 TCS NYC Marathon. The Team PENCIL application is now open. PENCIL's work to...

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

Dr. Cindy Ma is a known name in the financial industry. Most recently, she was featured in the "50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds 2020"...

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PENCIL’s Principal For A Day® Goes Virtual!

During the week of April 26th PENCIL hosted the first ever all virtual Principal for A Day.® For over 25 years, Principal For A Day...

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

PENCIL is proud to release Innovations in Summer Youth Employment to Support Scale, Equity, and Quality, a paper sharing reflections about the creation, outcomes, and implications of...

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How One Business Leader in NYC Is Changing Students’ Lives

How can you use your business expertise to change student lives? Ask Michael Maslansky, one of corporate America's leading communications and research strategists. Since 2016,...

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How Christopher Hayward Uses His Expertise to Support Students in NYC

One of Christopher Hayward's fondest memories with PENCIL is taking fifth-graders from the East Village Community School to the New York Stock Exchange. While that...

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As the Pandemic Persists, Compassion & Empathy are the Keys to Resilience

Dear PENCIL Partners, As we welcome in 2021 and the fresh start to the new year, we want to thank each of you for your...

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Learn How PENCIL Helps Companies Do Well By Doing Good

Over 25 years, hundreds of companies like JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Bloomberg LP,  and more have partnered with PENCIL to participate in programs that connect public...

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PENCIL Supports NYC Students’ Return to School

New York City is home to the largest school system in the country, with 1.1 million students enrolled in public schools. Earlier this month, New...

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PENCIL’S Summer Programs: Delivering on our promise to #SaveTheirSummers

This year, as PENCIL was preparing to plan for its 25th anniversary, our world rapidly shifted in the course of a few days. Our team...

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PENCIL’s Virtual Programs Still Connect Students To Success

As PENCIL turns 25 this year, we are looking back at all we have achieved and overcome. Yes, times are challenging, but the outpouring of...

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From Courts to Classes: Justice Richter’s Commitment to Education Equity

This year, PENCIL is virtually honoring the Partnership between Justice Richter and the High School for Law, Advocacy, and Community Justice (LACJHS) with the Veteran...

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If I can do it, so can you

I’ll be candid here; I struggled to pen these words. Success in life involves the situations you get yourself into and the people you meet....

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PENCIL’s Commitment to Fight Racial Injustice in Our Community And Our World

To our PENCIL Family, We are devastated and outraged as we mourn the tragic loss of Mr. George Floyd, who is among only the most...

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Community Bank in North Dakota: NYC Non-Profit’s Best Bet During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected most businesses throughout the country. As non-essential activities shut across the United States, Congress launched the Paycheck Protection Program...

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Why Paid Internships Are More Important During A Pandemic Than Ever

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the economy. As adults around the world began to grapple with a changing job sector and record-high...

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