A commitment to inclusion at East
After a unique partnership with the University of Rochester, East Upper and Lower School’s special education programs have become more responsive to students, with the graduation rate for students with disabilities increasing from 26% in 2015 to 57% in 2019.
$2.5 million gift supports urban education success
The gift from the William and Sheila Konar Foundation will provide lead support for research and practice at the Center for Urban Education Success (CUES) within the University’s Warner School of Education.
All in at East
In 2014, a Rochester high school was on the brink of closure. Since then, a partnership with the University has helped East High School to forge a new culture and commitment to revival.
East High: Amid change, challenges persist
In this episode of the Quadcast, host Sandra Knispel speaks with members of the East High community to find out how far the school, the students, and the University partnership have come in the last two years.
East High School’s vision care program teaches and heals
“It’s amazing, but a lot of the kids don’t realize they can’t see.” Logan Newman has seen many students get their first pair of glasses through an innovative program that trains East High students for careers in the optical field while providing vision care services for their fellow students.
URMC’s SMILEmobile serves students at East High
The SMILEmobile—a self-contained traveling dental clinic—is wheelchair-accessible and designed to reach underserved or hard-to-reach populations.
East High: Education professor sees an environment in transition
Joanne Larson takes academic-scientific knowledge of best practices directly to East High’s classrooms, support staff, administrators, and teachers. She says the school feels “180 degrees different.”
School of Nursing staffs health care facility at East High
More than 1,100 students at East enrolled in the free program in the 2016-17 school year, accessing comprehensive physical and mental health services on the school campus.
East High School student experiment headed for space station
Students at East High School had their science experiment chosen by a national competition, and they’ll see their experiment take off for the International Space Station.
High schoolers come face-to-face with fruit flies
Students from Rochester’s East High School got a sense of how startling science can be when they spent the day in the lab with professors and researchers from the Department of Biology.