Join Team YCS in running to raise $$ for the Ronald McDonald House!   Registration is $30 per child (ages 4-17). To register online:  http://events.rmh-newyork.org/2020kidsrun Did you know that the Ronald McDonald House provides low-cost housing as well as a comprehensive array of supports for the entire family (parents and siblings) of a child visiting New York City for cancer treatment (or other equaling debilitating disease). The Ronald McDonald House provides tutoring, pet therapy, music therapy, counseling, a hair salon for exhausted parents, food, toiletries, healthcare advocacy, etc. This unique place, cares for each member of the family while they undergo this stressful battle. They know that each member of the family has a unique set of needs so they cater to the entire family, not just the child undergoing treatment. Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQW2SDDEcQ&t=18s If you would like to know more about the Fun Run and the amazing work they do at …

At Yorkville Community School, we guide our practice around our core values, Honesty, Responsibility, Respect and Kindness. We chose these particular values because they encompass behaviors that we believe support a successful learning community. Our YCS Cares program is centered on our core values and provides ways for our students to be proactive members of our community. Each grade is responsible for partnering with an outside organization and though their thematic study culmination projects, finds a way to support that organization. In January, we celebrated the resounding life of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King used the power of words, peaceful protest and community building to achieve extraordinary goals.  To continue the practice of Dr. King’s movement and in line with our YCS Cares program, our school participated in the National Day of Service on January 18, 2019.  Each grade …