P.S. Partners

P.S. Partners is a volunteer program based at CPE1 (Central Park East 1), a K-6 public school in East Harlem. Volunteers provide assistance to the school in programs deemed most urgent by Principal Julie Zuckerman. Currently, volunteers are working to create a functional library system with a weekly reading group and plan to assist teachers in the classrooms beginning fall 2006.

Those interested in further information should contact one of the porgram co-chairs: Shawn Fischer at smcf@earthlink.net or Melissa Rosati at melissa@melissarosati.com.

In the past, P.S. Partners (formerly known as "Adopt-a-School") volunteers have been active in coaching elementary school students in the city-wide annual Storytelling Contest. This contest, held for 25 years (recently discontinued by the Department of Education as a "non-essential" program) provided a showcase for students to perform, individually, a memorized story of their choice for a panel of judges. Winners from each school then went on to compete district-wide, borough-wide, and finally city-wide.

Past volunteer support has also included the "Buddy" program which linked a student in crisis with a volunteer who maintained an ongoing friendship with, and emotional support of, the child.

Please join P.S. Partners in our support of the students and faculty of CPE1.