JOIN US – PARENTS, STUDENTS, ALUMNI & STAFF INVITED -- Stuyvesant is celebrating 50 years of Co-Education with the First Women of Stuyvesant! Friday, May 10th, beginning at period 10 (3 to 5pm). Stuyvesant’s Feminist’s Association has partnered with members of the Alumni Association to welcome back some of the very first women who were of the class of ’72. Dr. Evelyn Horn, Ms. Suzanne Rose Shapiro, and Ms. Abby Sheck will be present and speak about their time the first girls to enter Stuyvesant and current careers. There will be a Q&A as well. Join us as we honor women of Stuyvesant past and present! Seniors, Leah Rosenthal and Alexandra Lennard of StuyFem will serve as student moderators and present. Program details will be provided after the break. Alice de Rivera spearheaded the fight attend the then “all boys” Stuyvesant High School in 1969. Refresh your memory of her story with this recent article in The New Yorker. Special thanks to Alumni, Michael Hartig ’72 and Hal Diamond ’78, for their coordination and support of this event.
STUDENTS – As part of this event, StuyFem will be at the scanners on Friday, May 10th providing post-its for all to post their notes of appreciation and inspirational thoughts about the Women of Stuyvesant past or present. Please join them! Pick up a note and post it on the “Writing on the Wall” wall on the 2nd floor between the elevators and the senior bar, and help commemorate this historic event with us!
