Meet Harbor School alumna Awa Sylla

Meet Harbor School alumna Awa Sylla

In mid-December, the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School held its annual Professional Advisory Committee meeting on Governors Island. Among 60+ industry partners, who attended on behalf of the school’s seven Career & Technical Education programs, was Harbor School grad Awa Sylla. Awa (pictured below) graduated from the Marine Systems Technology CTE program, and has since landed a job at Ironworkers Local 580.

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Billion Oyster Project hosts 5th Annual Research Symposium at the New York Harbor School

Billion Oyster Project hosts 5th Annual Research Symposium at the New York Harbor School

On Tuesday, June 25, nearly 150 students from across the five boroughs boarded the Governors Island ferry for the 5th Annual BOP Research Symposium. These students finished off the school year with enthusiastic presentations of their findings on everything from microplastics in our oceans, to plankton in Harlem, to whether it's possible to clean up the Gowanus Canal with oysters.

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