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Alain L. Locke In The News

District 3 Students Honor Dr. King

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Wall Street Journal Photo of the Week

A special event at Alain L. Locke Magnet School for Environmental Stewardship was photographed and featured as a Wall Street Journal Photo of the Week. Here is the special picture picture taken while NY1 visited our school to learn about Play Rugby USA: Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

NY1 Visits ALLMSES to Celebrate Play Rugby USA

This week NY1 visited Alain L. Locke Magnet School for Environmental Stewardship to check out our Play Rugby USA program. Check out their coverage here. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

Bounty Teacher’s Wish List

The Alain L. Locke Magnet School for Environmental Stewardship participated in Bounty’s Teacher’s Wish List kick off event at Columbus Circle. Principal Green was joined by PS 208 teachers, parent coordinator, PTA president, parents and students on Tuesday morning. Between teacher prizes and a generous donation to our school, we will be receiving over $5,000 [...]

PS 208 in the News

Students at Alain L. Locke Elementary visited Town Hall to see a Soul Steps performance and everyone is talking about it!  The New York Trend, ExtraNA, and The New York Beacon. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

Kimora Lee-Simmons Makes a Clean Difference at PS 208

Alain L. Locke welcomed a very special visitor this February.  Kimora Lee-Simmons came on behalf of Bounty’s Make a Clean Difference Campaign and helped clean-up our school.  You can enter our school into Bounty’s School Makeover Contest by visiting their Facebook page. View photos and read more about her visit from one of the many [...]

Alain L. Locke Featured on Teachers.net

Alain L. Locke Elementary School – Ps 208 has been featured in the September 2010 issue of Teachers.net Gazette.  Read the article here: Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

PS 208 on Wikipedia

Alain L. Locke Elementary School is featured on Wikipedia!  After reading all about Alain L. Locke, check out the “Legacy” section for information on our school and others that are named after this important man. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

PS 208 on NY1

Alain L. Locke Elementary School was featured on NY1 this weekend!  In celebration of their NYer of the Week, Andrea Wenner founder of the non-profit Out 2 Play, NY 1 visited PS 208.  Alain L. Locke Elementary was the recipient of a brand-new playground from Out 2 Play last year.   Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer [...]

PS 208 Featured in Brazilian Newspaper

Alain L. Locke Elementary received an international visitor last week!  Working on a special article about New York City’s reforms in public education, Brazilian reporter Antonio Gois made a stop at PS 208.  As an education correspondent for Brazil’s largest newspaper, Folha de S. Paulo, Mr. Gois interviewed administrators, teachers, parents and students to learn about [...]