List of K-12 "Namesake" Schools Being Invited to partner in 2022

Bronx, NY

  • Fannie Lou Hamer (Freedom School)

  • Jill Chaifetz (Transfer High School)

  • Celia Cruz (HS of Music)

Brooklyn, NY

  • Betty Shabazz (PS 298)

  • Dr. Susan McKinney (School of the Arts)

  • Sarah Garnet (PS 9)

  • Margaret Mead (PS 209)

  • Lady Deborah Moody (PS 212)

  • Phyllis Wheatley (PS 328)

Buffalo, NY

  • Marva Daniel (Futures Prep School)

  • Antonia Pantoja (PS 18)

  • Dr. Lydia Wright (PS 89)

Ithaca, NY

  • Beverly Martin (Elementary)

  • Belle Sherman (Elementary)

Manhattan, NY

  • Harriet Tubman (PS 154)

  • Eleanor Roosevelt (HS)

  • Emma Lazarus (HS)

  • Jackie Kennedy Onassis (HS)

  • Sojourner Truth (PS 149)

Queens, NY

  • Cynthia Jenkins (PS 37)

  • Lorraine Hansberry (PS 118)

  • Rosa Parks (PS 254Q)

Rochester, NY

  • Mary McLeod Bethune (No 45)

  • Harriett Bentley (Harley School)

  • Anna Murray Douglass (No 12)

  • Dr. Alice Holloway Young

Syracuse, NY

  • Arria S. Huntington (K-8)

Staten Island, NY

  • Alice Austin (PS 60)

New to Niagara Falls, NY

Bloniva Bond (currently Niagara Street Elementary)

Additional Icons

Three tribute spots being held to represent other identities which may not have schools named for them. Seeking other K-12 schools interested in honoring such icons….

  • NYS Asian-American / Pacific Islander icon

  • Indigenous nations icon

  • NYS Transgender icon

Dan Napolitano