<p>Mr. Harold Stephan shares congratulations to Leah D'Silva, Inga Edwards, and Macy Jiang who joined NYC's Song of Hope Project! The final production has been released!</p><p></p><p>Building on last year's New York City Song of Hope Project, the NYCDOE’s Office of Arts & Special Projects worked in partnership with the Songwriters Hall of Fame to engage over 200 students across the city (Grades K-12) in this unique collaboration. To begin this interactive citywide songwriting and dance project, student songwriters began by crafting the song's chorus. Student dancers then choreographed a group dance for the chorus and contributed dance solos. Inspired by the dancers' work, student songwriters wrote verses, a pre-chorus, and a bridge to complete the song. </p><p>Through this "dance-inspired-by-music-inspired-by-dance" experience, students leaned into their JOY and STRENGTH and modeled DETERMINATION as they created this original song and original choreography that proclaim, “Nothing is going to stop me!"</p><p>ENJOY and please do share <i>"</i>NYC Strong<i>" </i>with your students and their families! <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2qTJ3mzQp-M%26list%3DPLw5fBQfBwQWHyahaaNQ024Zb3zzor5qAI%26index%3D2&data=04%7C01%7CRIngram3%40schools.nyc.gov%7C0301f93038e14927715e08d937ec5689%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C637602310465586914%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=0iTepTTAFj9wEIhv%2F6KXjAYu7zmAkiuhYovfvqyKkTM%3D&reserved=0"><b>Click Here to view "NYC Strong"</b></a>. </p>
