The celebrations continue! 🎓🏁

Participants in our @YouthStandUnitedBK program had a weekend full of milestones, memories, and fun as they celebrated YSU’s graduating seniors.

The weekend began with a special graduation dinner honoring our seniors and all they have accomplished. The celebration continued the next day as program members, families, and staff headed to New Jersey for a fun-filled day at RPM Raceway, where they enjoyed go-karting, arcade games, and time together.

We are so grateful to create and share these moments with them.

Congratulations to YSU’s graduating seniors! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see what you do next. 💙

Last week, we celebrated the 2026 graduating class of Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service! 🎓💙

As a transfer high school, BHSLCS supports students who may have needed a different path, pace, or environment to complete their high school journey. This graduation was a powerful celebration of their perseverance, dedication, and courage to keep going.

Thank you to New York State Senator Jabari Brisport for joining us as this year’s keynote speaker and offering words of encouragement to our graduates.

Congratulations, Class of 2026! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see what comes next.

School is out, summer is here, and our Cumbo Center Pre-K students are officially moving on up to Kindergarten! 🤯

This week, families gathered in the Cumbo Center Multipurpose Room to celebrate our 25 newest graduates as they received their graduation certificates and marked a very special milestone.

We are so proud of our students for all the learning, growing, exploring, and hard work they poured into this school year. We cannot wait to see what they go on to accomplish next, because this is only the beginning!

We are also deeply grateful to our Cumbo Center educators and Program Director, Ms. Perez, for the love, patience, care, and joy they bring into school every day. Their work helps nurture the future of Brooklyn, one bright young learner at a time.

Congratulations to our Pre-K graduates! Kindergarten, here they come! 🎓💙

This weekend, our BCS Fatherhood Program celebrated Father’s Day with its second annual Legacy Game, a powerful community celebration honoring the role fathers play in their children’s lives every day.

In partnership with Brooklyn Basketball, a basketball training center powered by the NY Liberty and the Brooklyn Nets, fathers and their children from across the community came together for a day of connection, competition, and celebration.

From the community tournament to family resources, supplies, and fun giveaways, to the pure moments of joy on and off the court, the Legacy Game was a beautiful reminder of what happens when fathers are supported, celebrated, and surrounded by a community that truly roots for them.

As Chad Williams, Deputy Director of BCS’s Families, Community Building, and Workforce Development Division, shared:

“[The day] was bigger than basketball. Bigger than giveaways. Bigger than an event. We created a space where fathers felt seen, families felt supported, and our community felt loved.”

Congratulations to our Fatherhood Program team, Brooklyn Basketball, and every father, child, and family member who helped make this year’s Legacy Game such a success. 💙🏀

Watch out for the mightiest Brooklynites you’ve seen yet! 🥋💙

Students at the Laurie A. Cumbo Children’s Enrichment Center recently wrapped up their year-long Taekwondo enrichment program with a special board-breaking ceremony and showcase.

Throughout the year, students practiced discipline, coordination, confidence, and perseverance. This final celebration gave them a chance to proudly demonstrate everything they learned in front of a room full of cheering family members.

We are so proud of our young martial artists for showing up with courage, energy, and plenty of power!

Waverly School of the Arts runs on Jungle Energy! 🌿🎨

As part of their spring curriculum, students in our after-school program created an interactive “Rainforest Explorers” art showcase, sharing their creativity, curiosity, and all they’ve learned throughout the season.

What a fun, adventurous way to bring the school year to a close!