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Taste, Tradition, and Togetherness: Inside IAL’s Most Heartwarming Event

By: Ana Gonzalez, Director of Marketing

At Inwood Academy for Leadership (IAL), our mission is to empower students to be agents of change through community-focused leadership, character development, and college and career readiness. Few experiences activate that vision more profoundly—or memorably—than our annual Roots and Recipes Contest. This year’s event didn’t just bring people together; it created lasting emotional moments that […]

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The Gem of Schools in Manhattan: A Parent Testimony

By: Christian Guerrero

Excerpt from the charter renewal hearing on September 30, 2014 My name is Bryan Davis and my son Austin attended Inwood Academy for Leadership for the past 4 years. For five years I served as the Vice President of Community Education Council District 6 (CEC6).  I can say that during my time on the CEC I […]

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The 4th "R" of Education

By: Christian Guerrero

Reading, writing, and arithmetic. The 3 R’s of education are rooted in the very fabric of all schools everywhere. It’s just what we do. There’s a 4th R and it’s so important that without it, all else crumbles. But we can’t measure it on a state test. It won’t be on many report cards. There’s […]

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Uncommon Feelings about the Common Core

By: Christian Guerrero

www.inwoodacademy.org Common (adjective) – occurring, found, or done often; prevalent. Core (noun) – the central or most important part of something. It is hard to think of two more basic words than common and core. As a young student in Ms. Lozinski’s English class I would have been asked to be more creative and imaginative […]

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