It’s the first full week of school at Roosevelt Island’s PS/IS 217.
Principal Mandana Beckman describes computational thinking being taught at PS/IS 217 with the help of the Cornell Tech K-12 Initiative. According to Ms. Beckman:
When I think about the work that we have to do here at school, there’s so much that we’re doing to prepare kids for the future and that the world they live in today is about computational thinking, it is about computer science and we want to make sure that we’re preparing them for that just as we prepare them to read, to write, to do math…
We really want the best for every single student here at PS/IS 217, so when they pick their career path they can think back to their experiences in elementary and middle school and how it had an influence on who they are in the future. It’s been a great experience working with Cornell Tech and we’re excited about what we’re going to be doing tomorrow.
And here’s more on the Cornell Tech NYC K-12 computer teaching initiative.
The K-12 Initiative at Cornell Tech builds the capacity of new-to-CS teachers in five NYC public schools to teach computing through content coaching and professional development. https://t.co/3xLpMgQq7sCornell Tech (@cornell_tech) July 9, 2019
Here’s more info on the Roosevelt Island PS/IS 217 school ratings 
and the Cornell Tech NYC K-12 School initiative.