YANY Fun Facts
YANY Community Schools
NYC Arts Fun Facts
Public Schools / Arts Education
Growth Mindset
100

This is how many TAs are currently on the YANY roster

What is 56?

100

This school's mascot is a tiger

What is P.S. 205X?

100

This famous theater district has produced over 1,700 shows and have produced these shows in NYC since 1900 

What is Broadway?

100

This is how many students are enrolled in the NYC DOE

What is 1.1 million?

100

People with a growth mindset are this percentage more likely to persist through creative challenges compared to those with a fixed mindset.

What is 65% more?

200

This is the percentage of curriculum planning submitted.

64%

200

This Community School is across the street from Lincoln Center

What is the High School of Arts and Technology?

200

This place, founded in 1870, is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the most visited museums in the world.

What is the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

200

Students who take four years of arts and music classes score an average of over ______________ points higher on the SAT than students who take only one-half year or less

What is 150 points?

200

Students with a growth mindset are more likely to _____, which is a key trait of creative individuals.

What is embrace challenges? or What is persist in problem solving?

300

YANY served this many students in FY24.

What is 4441 students?

300

YANY created a school band for this school 

What is P.S. 205X?

300

This program provides free arts education to thousands of children living in public housing. 

What is NYCHA's Art and Culture program?

300

These are the four major disciplines in arts education that NYC public schools are required by state law to provide

What is music, dance, theater, and visual arts?

300

Teachers who promoted growth mindsets saw students more willing to do this. 

What is engage in creative problem-solving in subjects like math and science?

400

This is how many sites YANY partnered with in FY 24.

What is 20?

400

At this school you will find a piano in the auditorium that was donated by YANY board member Jeffery Mitchell   

What is P.S. 165M?

400

This law requires that one percent of the budget for eligible city-funded construction projects be spent on public artwork, resulting in hundreds of public art installations across the five boroughs.

What is the NYC’s Percent for Art Law?

400

This is the name of the annual census that the NYC DOE conducts to assess the state of arts education in its schools, helping ensure schools meet minimum arts requirements.

What is "Arts Count"?

400

Those with a growth mindset show what percentage higher tendency to experiment with novel approaches, critical for fostering creativity.

What is 50%?

500

YANY provided this many hours of programming for NYC students.

What is 3,801.38?

500

This is the first Community High School that is under the YANY portfolio.

What is the High School of Arts and Technology?

500

This schools alumni include numerous distinguished artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Tyler Perry, Barry Manilow and Renée Fleming.

What is Juilliard? 

500

This Act defined the arts as a core academic subject

What is the "No Child Left Behind Act"?

500

Teams with growth mindsets reported how much of an increase in creative output compared to teams with a fixed mindset?

What is 34%?

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