Exploring Leadership
Exploring Leadership (EL) cultivates NYC public high school students as civic leaders effecting educational change within their schools and communities.
To apply to Exploring Leadership, you must submit the following:
- Application form
- Essays (4)
- Letter of recommendation (1)
Exploring Leadership is only open to students at Bushwick School for Social Justice, High School for Public Service, School for Democracy and Leadership, and Gotham Professional Arts Academy. If you attend one of these four schools and are interested in Exploring Leadership, please contact your school’s teacher:
Bushwick School for Social Justice: Matthew Sullivan, Math
Gotham Professional Arts Academy, Jon Michael Hanna
High School for Public Service: Kate Cook, Spanish and Community Service
School for Democracy and Leadership: TBD
For more information, please contact Aditi Chakravarty at achakravarty@coronewyork.org or (212) 248-2935 ext. 303.
Important Dates
Final Summer Presentations
Mar.
Information tables/sessions at schools
Apr.
Deadline for all application materials (submit to your teacher liaison)
Apr.
Applications are evaluated by EL alumni and current participants
Apr.
Selection Day (interviews)
May
Candidates receive notification of acceptance into Exploring Leadership
Late Jul.
Summer Phase begins
Aug.
May
Final Presentations and Graduation
Sept.
School-year phase begins
Exploring Leadership is generously supported by The Altman Foundation, The Thomas and Jeanne Elmezzi Foundation, The Pinkerton Foundation, The Helena Rubinstein Foundation, The W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation, The Louise and Arde Bulova Fund, and other contributors.
