The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens

Public middle school and high school in Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States

40°42′30″N 73°48′15″W / 40.7083°N 73.8042°W / 40.7083; -73.8042InformationTypePublic middle school and high schoolPrincipalMala PandayGrades6–12

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.

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, and the Bronx. The school in Harlem is the charter school.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2016 New York City High School Directory" (PDF). schools.nyc.gov. New York City Department of Education. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "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 August 14, 2017.
^ Kramer, Adam (July 11, 2002). "Group puts together Jewish heritage trail". TimesLedger. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
^ "Queens Art Deco Registry & Map". Art Deco Society of New York.

External links

NYC Department of Education: Young Women's Leadership School of Queens
Young Women's Leadership School of Queens

Jamaica

Queens, New York City

Green spaces

Education

Al-Iman School
Archbishop Molloy High School
August Martin High School
Children's Library Discovery Center
Dominican Commercial High School
Hillcrest High School
Jamaica High School
The Mary Louis Academy
Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
Queens High School for the Sciences
Thomas A. Edison High School
York College
The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens

Religion

First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica
First Reformed Church
Grace Episcopal Church Complex
Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York
Jamaica First German Presbyterian Church
Masjid Al-Mamoor
St. Monica's Church

Culture

Other buildings/
structures

85-15 Wareham Place
Baisley Park Houses
Belson Stadium
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Jamaica Savings Bank
- 146-21 Jamaica Avenue
- 161-02 Jamaica Avenue
King Manor
Jamaica Race Course
J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building
La Casina
Loew's Valencia Theatre
Queens Detention Facility
Sidewalk clock on Jamaica Avenue
South Jamaica Houses
Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis
United States Post Office

Transportation

Subway stations	169th Street Jamaica–179th Street Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Jamaica–Van Wyck Parsons Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport
Other stations	165th Street Bus Terminal Hillside Facility Jamaica Locust Manor St. Albans
Former stations	160th Street 168th Street Cedar Manor Metropolitan Avenue Queens Boulevard Rockaway Junction Sutphin Boulevard Union Hall Street

Geography

Related areas

See also: Queens Community Board 12

Education in Queens

Public schools

IS 237
Acad of American Studies
John Adams HS
Aviation Career & Technical Education HS
Baccalaureate School for Global Education
Bard HS Early College Queens
Bayside HS
John Bowne HS
William Cullen Bryant HS
Cambria Heights Acad
Benjamin N. Cardozo HS
Thomas A. Edison HS
Flushing HS
Flushing Int'l HS
Forest Hills HS
Townsend Harris HS
HS for Arts and Business
HS for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture
Hillcrest HS
Information Technology HS
Int'l High School
Francis Lewis HS
Long Island City HS
Maspeth HS
Middle College HS at LaGuardia Community College
Newcomers HS
Newtown HS
Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary
Queens HS for the Sciences
Queens HS of Teaching
Queens Met HS
Queens Tech HS
Richmond Hill HS
Frank Sinatra of the Arts
Scholars' Academy
Martin Van Buren HS
World Journalism Prep

Charter schools

Renaissance Charter School
Young Women's Leadership

Closed	Beach Channel HS Andrew Jackson HS Jamaica HS Far Rockaway HS Springfield Gardens HS

Private schools

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn schools

Other

Moved	Japanese School of New York (to Yonkers, NY and then Greenwich, CT)

Colleges and universities

CUNY School of Law
Queens College
St. John's University Queens Campus
- template
Vaughn College

Queens Public Library

branches
- Children's Library Discovery Center

Weekend education

Japanese Weekend School of New York

This list is incomplete.
See also: Queens Memory Project

Girls' schools in New York City

Public girls' schools

Young Women's Leadership, Brooklyn
Urban Assembly Inst.of Math and Science (Brooklyn)
Urban Assembly Sch. of Business (Manhattan)
Young Women's Leadership Sch. of East Harlem (Manhattan)
Young Women's Leadership Sch., Astoria (Queens)
Young Women's Leadership Sch. of Queens (Queens)
Excellence Girls Charter

Became coed, closed	Girls' Commercial
Closed	Wadleigh HS for Girls

Private girls' schools

Manhattan	Brearley Cathedral HS Chapin Convent of the Sacred Heart Dominican Acad. Hewitt Manhattan HS for Girls Marymount Sch. of New York Nightingale-Bamford Notre Dame Spence St. Jean Baptiste HS St. Vincent Ferrer HS
Brooklyn	Beth Jacob HS Beth Rivkah B’nos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva B’nos Yisroel HS for Girls Fontbonne Hall Acad. Merkaz Bnos HS Shulamith Sch. for Girls of Brooklyn Soille Bais Yaakov HS Saint Saviour HS of Brooklyn Tomer Devora HS for Girls Yeshivat Shaare Torah Girls MS
Queens	Mary Louis Acad. Shevach HS St. Agnes Academic HS Torah Acad. HS for Girls Yeshiva Univ. HS for Girls
Bronx	Acad. of Mount St. Ursula Preston HS St. Barnabas HS St. Catherine Acad. St. Raymond Acad.
Staten Island	Notre Dame Acad. St. John Villa Acad. St. Joseph Hill Acad.
Became coed	Moore Catholic HS (Staten Island) St. Joseph by the Sea HS (Staten Island)
Closed	Aquinas HS (The Bronx) Bais Yaakov Acad. (Queens) Catherine McAuley HS (Brooklyn) Dominican Commercial High School (Queens) Mother Cabrini HS (Manhattan) St. Joseph HS (Brooklyn) St. Michael Acad. (Manhattan) Stella Maris HS (Queens) St. Peter's HS for Girls (Staten Island) St. Pius V High School (The Bronx) Bishop Kearney HS (Brooklyn)