Mark Federman

Principal of East Side Community School (6-12th-grade public school) in the Lower East Side of NYC

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After over a decade on Twitter, I have found myself unable to use the platform for months due to its owner’s behavior. Please follow me/us at https://t.co/P8uPGAE6jz. I understand Instagram’s owner’s actions are far from ideal, but they are the lesser of 2 evils at this time.

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11/12th grade English students using their writing skills and voices to perform songs

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Students at the Cooper Union Inventor’s Lab: Mechanics & Electronics Unleashed orientation last week

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11/12th grade English students

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11/12th Satire students debating the question, “should there be limits on the use of satire in comedy?”

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12th graders deep in brilliant discussions, debates, drafting of bills, and deliberations at the mock congress. We could really use them in Washington. :)

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10th grade history students in a a very thoughtful accountable talk about the Nazi rise to power.

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Appreciating and thanking all Veterans on this important day, including my father and grandfather—two patriotic and loving men who taught me so much—including you can fight for your country and ask questions of it too.

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Congrats to our chess team on a great performance Sunday :)

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It was so great spending time with students and staff on a beautiful fall foliage overnight trip. 😀🍂🍁🎃

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Congratulations to our HS soccer team on making it to round 2 of the playoffs. Extra shout out and congrats to our seniors, who were celebrated at senior “night” Saturday :)

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Congrats to the MS JV Flag Football team and good luck as they continue to advance in the playoffs. :)

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Ingrate to our HS girls volleyball tournament for a good showing for a great cause at the DIG PINK volleyball tournament for breast cancer awareness. This crew keeps shining on the court, in the classrooms, and in the community. :)

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Thank you so much to all of the families who cooked for and donated to the Latinx lunch and to all the parent, student, and staff volunteers. Special thanks to Letty for organizing it all.

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Thank you so much to ⁦⁦@CMCarlinaRivera⁩, Joe Vincente, @District1NYC & so many others for their support in making the LES Science Center a reality for students and families in our neighborhood. We can’t wait to have everyone visit this spring.

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Congrats to the varsity girls volleyball team, who continue their winning ways. :)

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Seniors bonding and having fun at the fall senior trip at Camp Schodack :)

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Some more block party and BBQ pics :)