Ms. Julianne Corbalis The Japan Society - Class visits and teacher study tour http://www.japansociety.org Ms. Corbalis did a 3 week study tour of Japan during the Summer of 2008. For photos and info click the link below. http://www.japansociety.org/2008_educators_summer_tour The China Institute - Class visits and teacher study tour http://www.chinainstitute.org The Museum of the City of New York - Ms. Corbalis teaches an elective in which she partners with MCNY http://www.mcny.org Mt. Vernon Museum and Hotel - Class visits http://www.mvhm.org Mr. Thomas Jones New Victory Theater - Classes see 4 -6 performances per year, mostly after school. Manhattan East is a member of the NVT. Students will see Knucklehead Zoo, Cranked, and Henry V among other shows. http://newvictory.org Theater for a New Audience - Mr. Jones participated in the Shakespeare Fellows Workshop in 2007 and 2008 http://www.tfana.org New York Public Library - Mr. Jones participated in a Slave Narrative Seminar. One class will take a trip to the NYPL this year to do research http://www.nypl.org New York City Writing Project - Mr. Jones participated in the NYCWP Summer Institute at Lehman College http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/deanedu/litstudies/nycwriting.html Theaterworks - A performer from Theaterworks came to Manhattan East to do a piece about Anne Frank Fidelity Future Stage - Mr. Jones' Drama classes partner with the Fidelity Future Stage program. In 2007-2008, we performed a play written by a Manhattan East student at the New World Stage, Off-Broadway. For more information on the Fidelity program as well as links and video of Manhattan East's participation, please see the Drama page. Drama Ms. Elizabeth Castelli Summer Research Program for science teachers at Columbia University - Researched bridge cable corrosion at the NYC Civil Engineering Department http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/participants.htm Astronomy Afterschool Program Grant from Columbia University - This grant is given to create an afterschool science club to do research for the Astro-Physics Department http://rv.astro.columbia.edu New York Road Runners - Ms. Castelli is one of the Manhattan East track coaches http://www.nyrr.org |