Kids & Education News – Bronx Times

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University of Mount Saint Vincent launches D2C Justice Institute focused on public safety, justice and community trust

By Ethan Marshall

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Community Service

Photos: Kids from Bronx Youth Empowerment Program take part in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

By Ethan Marshall

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Photos: 14-year-old Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship student discusses candle business he founded

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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EXCLUSIVE: Newly appointed NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels visits Bronx school where he began teaching career

By Lesley Cosme Torres

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Photos: Young Kings and Queens Chess Club hosts workshop at Albert Tuitt Sr. library

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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Photos: Council Member Riley hosts annual holiday toy giveaway ahead of Christmas

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

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How one charter school in the South Bronx uses self-care and practice tests to boost scores

By Claude Solnik

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Acts of Kindness

Yankees, NYPD and Food Bank for New York City hold fourth annual ‘pop-up’ food and toy distribution at 44th Precinct

By Ethan Marshall

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Community Celebration

Photos: Villa Maria Academy holds holiday celebrations ahead of Christmas

By Ethan Marshall

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Game on! Lehman Educational Campus receives $5.6M for new athletic fields

By Emily Swanson

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Community Celebration

Photos: Yankees host annual Winter Wonderland event

By Ethan Marshall and Jewel Webber

Around 60 young tennis players got to take some shots with Hall of Fame tennis pros Tracy Austin and Gigi Fernández Sunday at the the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Be Legendary program.

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Tennis Hall of Fame players inspire young Bronx students at Cary Leeds Center Workshop

By Sadie Brown

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Officials break ground on $17 million renovations to Castle Hill Library

By Emily Swanson

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Community Board 1 launches twice-monthly book exchange

By Emily Swanson

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Acts of Kindness

Photos: Albert Einstein College of Medicine students and faculty pack 10K pounds of produce for local community organizations

By Ethan Marshall

Parks Department commissioners, Community Board 3 leaders and elected officials lift dirt with gold shovels to officially break ground at Daniel Boone Playground in the Longwood neighborhood.

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Officials break ground on inclusive redesign of Daniel Boone Playground

By Emily Swanson

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