Cohorts

NYC Junior Ambassadors classrooms are located across the five boroughs and are chosen by an internal committee based on educators' essays. Careful attention is placed on ensuring that each cohort reflects the whole of NYC and a diverse set of subject matters.

Meet the 2023-2024 Cohort

• Icahn Charter School 4, Bronx
  
• P.S./I.S. 95: The Sheila Mencher School, Bronx
  
• The New School for Leadership and the Arts, Bronx
  
• World View High School, Bronx
  
• Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy (BSEA), Brooklyn
  
• East New York Middle School of Excellence, Brooklyn
  
• Ebbets Field Middle School, Brooklyn
  
• IS 171: The Magnet School of Leadership & Innovation, Brooklyn
  
• I.S. 223: The Montauk, Brooklyn
  
• I.S. 285: Meyer Levin, Brooklyn
  
• Manhattan International High School, Manhattan
  
• Mission Society NYC @ Harlem Village Academy, Manhattan
  
• Renaissance School of the Arts, Manhattan
  
• I.S 204: The Oliver Wendell Holmes School, Queens
  
• Eagle Academy for Young Men III, Queens
  
• Long Island City High School, Queens
  
• Queens Collegiate: A College Board School, Queens
  
• South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) @ J.H.S. 202: Robert H Goddard, Queens
  
• Village Academy Middle School, Queens
  
• I.S. 61: Willam A. Morris, Staten Island
  
• Marsh Avenue School for Expeditionary Learning (MAELS), Staten Island
  

Meet the 2022-2023 Cohort

• Icahn Charter School 4, Bronx
  
• M.S. 118: William W. Niles, Bronx
  
• The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School, Bronx
  
• Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, Brooklyn
  
• M.S. 442: School for Innovation, Brooklyn, 
  
• Grand Settlement @ Lyons Community School, Brooklyn
  
• Liberty Avenue Middle School (LAMS), Brooklyn
  
• I.S. 98: Bay Academy, Brooklyn
  
• I.S. 62: Ditmas Junior High, Brooklyn
  
• Progress High School for Professional careers, Brooklyn
  
• Global Kids @ High School for Public Service, Brooklyn
  
• M.S 161: Pedro Albizu Campos, Manhattan
  
• Queens Collegiate: A College Board School, Queens
  
• Al-Ihsan Academy, Queens
  
• I.S. 204: Olivier W. Holmes, Queens
  
• M.S. 226: Virgil I Grissom, Queens
  
• I.S. 78Q, Queens
  
• Bell Academy, Queens
  
• CSI High School for International Studies, Staten Island
  
• Ralph R. McKee High School, Staten Island
  
• I.S. 61: William A. Morris, Staten Island
  

Meet the 2021-2022 Cohort

• Icahn Charter School 4, Bronx
  
• The Melrose School (MS 29), Bronx
  
• Conselyea Preparatory School, Brooklyn
  
• MS 442: School for Innovation, Brooklyn
  
• Liberty Avenue Middle School, Brooklyn
  
• Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, Brooklyn
  
• The Clinton School, Manhattan
  
• The Mott Hall School, Manhattan
  
• The Oliver W Holmes School (I.S. 204), Queens
  
• MS 217; Robert Van Wyck, Queens
  
• Al-Ihsan Academy, Queens
  
• Virgil I. Grissom Middle School (M.S. 226), Queens
  
• Village Academy Middle School, Queens
  
• IS78Q, Queens
  
• The Michael J. Petrides School, Staten Island
  

Meet the 2020-2021 Cohort

• Icahn Charter School 4, Bronx
  
• The Melrose School (MS 29), Bronx
  
• Saint Phillip and James School, Bronx
  
• MS 915, Brooklyn
  
• MS 442, Brooklyn
  
• The Boerum Hill School for International Studies, Brooklyn
  
• Liberty Avenue Middle School, Brooklyn
  
• Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, Brooklyn
  
• The Clinton School, Manhattan
  
• The Dual Language Middle School, Manhattan
  
• The Aurthur Tappan School (MS 46), Manhattan
  
• New Heights Academy Charter, Manhattan
  
• The Oliver W Holmes School (I.S. 204), Queens
  
• MS 217; Robert Van Wyck, Queens
  
• Al-Ihsan Academy, Queens
  
• Virgil I. Grissom Middle School (M.S. 226), Queens
  
• Middle Village Preparatory Charter School, Queens
  
• Queens Collegiate, Queens
  
• The Michael J. Petrides School, Staten Island
  
• Al-Miraj Islamic School, Staten Island
  

Meet the 2019-2020 Cohort

• Academy of Public relations (MS 298), Bronx
  
• Saint Phillip and James School, Bronx
  
• Boerum Hill for International Studies, Brooklyn
  
• Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, Brooklyn
  
• Liberty Avenue Middle School, Brooklyn
  
• MS 442; School for Innovation, Brooklyn
  
• MS 915, Brooklyn
  
• MSL 46; Arthur Tappan, Manhattan
  
• The Clinton School, Manhattan
  
• Al-Ihsan Academy, Queens
  
• IS 208: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Queens
  
• Middle Village Prep, Queens
  
• MS 217; Robert Van Wyck, Queens
  
• MS 226; Virgil I Grissom, Queens
  
• Al-Miraj Islamic School, Staten Island
  
• The Michael J Petrides School, Staten Island
  

Meet the 2017-2018 Cohort

• The Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology (M.S. 343), The Bronx
• Archimedes Academy for Math, Science and Technology Applications, The Bronx
• Castle Hill Middle School (J.H.S. 127), The Bronx
• Entrada Academy, The Bronx
• Icahn Charter School 3, The Bronx
• Icahn Charter School 4, The Bronx
• The Lab School for Children (P.S./M.S. 315), The Bronx
• I.S. 240 Andries Hudde Magnet School of STEM (I.S. 240), Brooklyn
• Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy, Brooklyn
• New Heights Middle School, Brooklyn
• The Joseph F. Lamb (P.S./I.S. 206) , Brooklyn
• Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy I Middle School, Manhattan
• Al-Ihsan Academy, Queens
• Queens Collegiate: A College Board School, Queens
• M.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck – The Green Magnet School for Career Exploration, Queens
• The Robert F. Wagner Jr. School (P.S./I.S. 78Q), Queens
• The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria, Queens
• Virgil I Grissom Middle School (M.S. 226), Queens
• Marsh Avenue School For Expeditionary Learning, Staten Island
• The Michael J. Petrides School, Staten Island

2016-2017 Cohort

• Accion Academy, Bronx
• Bronx Park Middle School (X556), Bronx
• Castle Hill Middle School (J.H.S. 127), Bronx
• Hyde Leadership Charter School, Bronx
• Icahn Charter School 4, Bronx
• One World Middle School At Edenwald, Bronx
• The Academy of Applied Math and Technology (M.S. 343), Bronx
• Children of Promise, NYC, Brooklyn
• East New York Middle School of Excellence, Brooklyn
• The Boerum Hill School for International Studies, Brooklyn
• The Montauk (J.H.S. 223), Brooklyn
• NIA Afterschool at the Christa McAuliffe School (I.S. 187), Brooklyn
• Robert Fulton School (P.S./M.S. 8), Brooklyn
• Nathan Straus School (P.S. 140), Manhattan
• The Mott Hall School (M.S. 223), Manhattan
• Al-Ihsan Academy (AIA/PSW After-School Program), Queens
• Queens Collegiate: A College Board School, Queens
• The Robert F. Wagner Jr. School (P.S./I.S. 78Q), Queens
• Marsh Avenue School For Expeditionary Learning, Staten Island
• Miraj Islamic School, Staten Island

2015-2016 Inaugural Cohort

• Castle Hill Middle School (J.H.S. 127), Bronx
• St. Ignatius School, Bronx
• P368 Star Academy (P368K), Brooklyn
• Brooklyn Science & Engineering Academy, Brooklyn
• Philippa Schuyler Middle School for the Gifted and Talented (I.S. 383), Brooklyn
• NIA After-School Program (I.S. 192), Brooklyn
• Shuang Wen School (P.S./M.S. 184), Manhattan
• Anthony J. Pranzo School (P.S./I.S. 113), Queens
• Hunter's Point Community Middle School (30Q291), Queens
• The 30th Avenue School (Q300), Queens
• Edwin Markham Intermediate School (I.S. 51), Staten Island

 Check out some photos of the 2015-2016 cohort!