External Partnerships

Renaissance relies on outstanding community partnerships to expand its students’ world view. Architecture, sculpture and ceramics, poetry, drama, and playwriting, folk, jazz and vocal music; all these art forms are integrated into the social studies, math, science and ELA curriculae at various times in all the grades in successful partnerships with many of the cultural jewels of New York City. Innovative approaches to science and geography have brought the leaders in these subjects to Renaissance’s door. Some of our current classroom partnerships include:

  • NYGA - New York Geographic Alliance – Matrix Geography
  • The Isamu Noguchi Museum: “Learning 2 Look”; High school Art, Media and Communication
  • Metropolitan Opera Guild: Opera Institute Network- 5th & 6th Grade opera in the classroom
  • Children’s Museum of the Arts, 9th Grade Humanities; PAAP family media workshops, 4th grade Animation project: literacy and art. See our partnership highlighted on CMA's website: CMA
  • Carnegie Hall/Perelman American Roots Gospel Music Program, 7th-8th Social Studies and music integration
  • The Jazz Project at Queens College: 7th-12th grade Stage Band
  • Studying the [Built Environment]: K-3 Social Studies, Geography, Math and Architecture
  • Young Playwrights, Inc.
  • Latin American Cultural Center of Queens: after-school arts and crafts and Social Studies, careers in the arts
  • FLOW - For the Love of Words, U.S. to Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Youth Project
  • Dance 4 Peace: 5th grade dancing to inspire a culture of peace

K-12 Students continue to be actively involved in school wide extracurricular programs. In high school we help all 9th-12th grade students find internships and community service opportunities coordinated through Renaissance’s College Office.

Extra-curricular Partners:

We are grateful to all of our Community Partners, who benefit the school through direct funding, in-kind services, professional development opportunities and coordinating our outreach to other charter schools:

  • 82nd Street Academics supported by The After School Corporation
  • CEI-PEA PICCS Grant Consortium
  • Bank Street College of Education
  • B. R. Guest Restaurants, Inc.—culinary arts
  • CUNY Middle Grades Initiative/GEAR-UP
  • NYU Child Study Institute
  • NY Partners for Arts Ed, School Arts Program
  • Queens Council on the Arts
  • The Center for Arts Education – Parents as Arts Partners
  • The Kupferberg Center, Queens College
  • Metropolitan Opera Guild
  • Performing Arts Center of New York
  • New York City Center for Charter School Excellence
  • Various Community Health Organizations
  • State University of New York Optometric Center
  • New Visions for Public Schools
  • National Geographic Education Foundation
  • New York Geographic Alliance
  • Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center – Queens Public Library
  • Folk Music Society of New York
  • Senator Jose Peralta
  • NYC Council Members Daniel Drumm and Julissa Ferreras
  • Former NYC Council Member Helen Sears and Former NYS Senator John Sabini