The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens

The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens (TYWLS) is a public, girls high school and middle school located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.[1] The school is administered by the New York City Department of Education. Since 2013 Mala Panday has been the principal and the assistant principals are Jennifer Pineda and George Díaz. The school has Advisory, a class for individual talking and sharing feelings. In this class, students are free to speak their minds confidentially. In addition to the state required course load, TYWLS of Queens also offers multiple advanced placement (AP) courses as well as an array of after school clubs.

Young Women's Leadership School of Queens
Looking from 87th Road
Address
150-91 87th Road

Jamaica, Queens
,
New York

United States
Coordinates
Information
TypePublic middle school and high school
PrincipalMala Panday
Grades6–12

The school is located on 87th Road near Parsons Boulevard and Hillside Avenue, in the former Jamaica Jewish Center building.[1][2][3] The building was built in 1928,[4] and renovated in 1998 in order to convert it into a school building.[2]

There are four other schools in New York City with the title Young Women's Leadership School, in Harlem, Brooklyn, Astoria, Queens, and The Bronx. The school in Harlem is the charter school.[1]

References
  1. "2016 New York City High School Directory" (PDF). schools.nyc.gov. New York City Department of Education. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. "NYC Department of Education Building Condition Assessment Survey 2015-2016: Young Women's Leadership School - Queens" (PDF). New York City Department of Education. October 26, 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. Kramer, Adam (July 11, 2002). "Group puts together Jewish heritage trail". TimesLedger. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Queens Art Deco Registry & Map". Art Deco Society of New York.
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