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City-As-School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Janay

Meet Janay, a 2026 graduate from City-As-School who is planning to pursue a degree in…

cyd-dev-1December 18, 2025

About CYD Board of Directors Events Student Stories

CYD Celebrates 30 Years of Service

On October 29, 2025, CYD marked our 30th anniversary with a celebration that brought our…

cyd-dev-1December 8, 2025

Student Stories The High School for Health Professions and Human Services

Meet Our Students: Nicole and Destiny

Video interviews with two 2025 HPHS graduates.

cyd-dev-1July 30, 2025

City-As-School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Dejanay

February 24, 2025 Meet Dejanay, who is graduating from City-As-School and pursuing a career in…

cyd-dev-1February 24, 2025

Student Stories The High School for Health Professions and Human Services

Meet Our Students: Yoshika

January 22, 2025 Meet Yoshika, an accomplished HPHS senior, CYD Career Leader, and future doctor…

cyd-dev-1January 22, 2025

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Alan

December 17, 2024 After graduating from MCNDHS, Alan plans to pursue an engineering degree in…

cyd-dev-1December 17, 2024

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Manzura

November 20, 2024 Future teacher Manzura is practicing her skills by helping her fellow MCNDHS…

cyd-dev-1November 20, 2024

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Alumni: Wenting

August 21, 2024 MCNDHS graduate Wenting Chen ’09 is a Sustainability Specialist at the DOE…

cyd-dev-1August 21, 2024

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Diego

July 18, 2024 MCNDHS student Diego, a future chemical engineer who immigrated this year from…

cyd-dev-1July 18, 2024

About CYD Board of Directors Student Stories

Youth Perspectives: Do Young People Feel Prepared for Life After High School?

Apr. 19, 2024 CYD’s Youth Perspectives forum on April 16 put young people in the…

cyd-dev-1April 19, 2024

Student Stories The High School for Health Professions and Human Services

Meet Our Students: Sheyla

Mar. 19, 2024 HPHS senior Sheyla, a school mediator and avid gardener, plans to study…

cyd-dev-1March 19, 2024

Student Stories The High School for Health Professions and Human Services

Meet Our Students: Fatoumata

Feb. 20, 2024 Student leader and future politician Fatoumata plans to become a lawyer –…

cyd-dev-1February 20, 2024

City-As-School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Justin

Jan. 16, 2024 CAS student Justin will begin a career in music as soon as…

cyd-dev-1January 19, 2024

Student Stories The High School for Health Professions and Human Services

The Applications Are In

Jan. 12, 2024 HPHS students celebrated submitting their college applications at CYD’s #IApplied event.

cyd-dev-1January 12, 2024

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Ying

Nov. 14, 2023 MCNDHS student Ying aspires to be a civil engineer.

cyd-dev-1November 14, 2023

CYD Career Academy Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Jeandry

Oct. 12, 2023 CYD Career Academy student Jeandry is pursuing a career in healthcare.

cyd-dev-1October 23, 2023

Student Stories

What are you looking forward to this school year?

Sept. 14, 2023 CYD talked to some of our students to find out what they’re…

cyd-dev-1September 14, 2023

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Chime

Aug. 15, 2023 MCNDHS valedictorian Chime is dedicated to helping others.

cyd-dev-1August 15, 2023

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Congratulations to the Class of 2023!

530 students graduated from CYD’s partner schools in June.

cyd-dev-1July 12, 2023

Career Academy students at certificate ceremony

CYD Career Academy Student Stories

On Their Way to Healthcare Careers!

CYD Career Academy students and their families celebrated their successes at a certificate ceremony.

cyd-dev-1July 3, 2023

Student Stories The High School for Health Professions and Human Services

Meet Our Students: Isabella

A senior at HPHS has earned a full scholarship to Columbia.

cyd-dev-1July 3, 2023

Teacher Windsor Tastaca welcomes new immigrant students

About CYD Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

After a Dangerous Trek, a New Life at School

CYD and MCNDHS staff are working closely together to meet the challenges of new immigrant…

cyd-dev-1June 6, 2023

City-As-School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Amani

Going from City-As-School into the military, Amani will be training in nursing and combat simultaneously.

cyd-dev-1April 28, 2023

About CYD Student Stories

College Without Debt

CYD’s advisors help students make financially sound plans for college.

cyd-dev-1March 14, 2023

Kingan, a student from Manhattan Comprehensive

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Kingan

A Manhattan Comprehensive student has decided that college will open a new world for him.

cyd-dev-1March 14, 2023

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Amazing Grace

A Manhattan Comprehensive student graduates from high school with professional experience and a new job.

cyd-dev-1February 16, 2023

Student Stories

Heard in the Hallways…

CYD students share their hopes for the new school year!

cyd-dev-1October 12, 2022

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Approaching the Big Questions Through Poetry

“Since I was a kid, I’ve loved writing,” says Amy Muñoz-Sanchez, an MCNDHS senior who…

cyd-dev-1May 12, 2022

Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School Student Stories

Students Develop Solutions to Real-World Problems

The MCNDHS BioBuilderClub team hard at work on their experiment in the BioBuilder Learning Lab…

cyd-dev-1April 14, 2022

Student smiling in front of monitor filled with computer code

City-As-School Student Stories

Coding in the Classroom at City-As-School

Students at City-As-School participated this year in a coding internship pilot led by The Code…

cyd-dev-1April 14, 2022

Student Stories

Meet Our Students: Janay

CYD Celebrates 30 Years of Service

Meet Our Students: Nicole and Destiny

Meet Our Students: Dejanay

Meet Our Students: Yoshika

Meet Our Students: Alan

Meet Our Students: Manzura

Meet Our Alumni: Wenting

Meet Our Students: Diego

Youth Perspectives: Do Young People Feel Prepared for Life After High School?

Meet Our Students: Sheyla

Meet Our Students: Fatoumata

Meet Our Students: Justin

The Applications Are In

Meet Our Students: Ying

Meet Our Students: Jeandry

What are you looking forward to this school year?

Meet Our Students: Chime

Congratulations to the Class of 2023!

On Their Way to Healthcare Careers!

Meet Our Students: Isabella

After a Dangerous Trek, a New Life at School

Meet Our Students: Amani

College Without Debt

Meet Our Students: Kingan

Amazing Grace

Heard in the Hallways…

Approaching the Big Questions Through Poetry

Students Develop Solutions to Real-World Problems

Coding in the Classroom at City-As-School

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