City-As-School

Hi everyone! Please come celebrate 50 years of City-As-School at our anniversary party!! May 31 at Elsewhere in Brooklyn! Love performances, DJs, food, cash bar and lots of memories! It’s open to anyone who wants to come so bring friends and let’s have a good time! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-as-school-50th-anniversary-party-tickets-586279416517

Thrilled to announce the 50th Anniversary Celebration of City-As-School High School on May 31st at the rooftop at Elsewhere.

If you went to CAS or are interested in donating, tap in! Link is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-as-school-50th-anniversary-party-tickets-586279416517

My alma mater & furthest education -- City-As High School -- is one of the worlds longest running alternative public schools. This school actually saved my life.

After dropping out of a traditional high school which left me understimulated with failing grades, I found CAS and a lifelong community. At City-As we called teachers by their first name, we learned real world curriculum and we spent half our time doing cool s**t at internships outside the classroom. I had amazing experiences at DCTV, New York Botanical Garden & Certified Graphics with Dean Landry.

My High School had a greenhouse where Naima taught us how to grow food, we had an incredible day care for students who had kids and we had an epic yearbook crew where Ryder Ripps & I put together a “Bling” themed yearbook with our advisor, Lucy (in 2003 it seemed like a great idea). Please note other (better) yearbooks by Jean-Michel Basquiat & Destiny Mata.

I never lost touch with the school and have met Ussuri & Maria from the staff more recently who helped put together a crew of City-As affiliates to make this birthday party special.

Shoutout Jessica Pilot who was a classmate and is a lifelong friend, Soren Roi, Amber Rutland & everyone involved. Big up to the founder of the school, Fred Koury, who was also my parents’ teacher at John Dewey HS — RIP Toni 💋

Special guest alums & performances including DJ Gravy & Pauli Cakes (many more TBD).

Much respect to CAS alumni Ad-Rock, Basquiat, Yassin Bey, Julia Fox, Fabolous, Princess Nokia, DJ Enuff, Asa Akira — if we missed you chime in!

Thanks to Rami Haykal-Manning & Phil Columbo for donating the space!

Tickets are on sale & all profit will go direct to the school. City-As-School is a Title I not-for-profit public school, meaning kids who need get free lunch & social services. As an underfunded NYC school this is the cause of causes & it will be a sick party celebrating the world’s coolest HS.

And yes, that is a stapler in my hand. Duh.

- Zach Staggers Assael Berkowitz (Class of 2003)

Good morning !
The City-As-School 50th Anniversary Party is NOW LIVE on Eventbrite! Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-as-school-50th-anniversary-party-tickets-586279416517 Because this is a private event, the event is only viewable through this link only! Share with your fellow alumni and spread the word!

Come join the rest of the C.A.S. community in an evening of celebration, tributes and jams-- all from our own alumni and school supporters. General Admission will include commemorative C.A.S. swag for everyone, food, and connections with the most interesting people in the city! Drinks will be available on site for purchase.

Our first special guest announcement:
We will have music sets from two CAS alums, DJ PAULICAKES and DJ Gravy!

More guest announcements to come soon!

Payments are available on the website by card, Paypal, Google Pay, and Klarna (via 1x card creation on app)

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Save the Date! WED, MAY 31st, 2023! RSVP in comments. Tix sales to come soon!

Please support our new CAS chess program. We need to raise the money this week to pay our chess coach. Today all donations are doubled. Please repost or share with anyone who might help. Thank you! https://www.donorschoose.org/project/chess-for-life/6347195/

Only the best get to mentor our music students!! Thank you 💛💛💛

Join the pantheon of Cityas Alum who have participated in our annual Career Panels in the last decade.

Share your wisdom and experience with the next generation of artists, entrepreneurs, and activists--from one visionary to another!

Fill out this form ASAP. Thanks!
https://bit.ly/CareerPanelsatCAS

We hope you'll join us in celebrating 50 years of Cityas. Enjoy this photo of a couple of generations of teachers and CAS students who became teachers: (from L to R) Andre, Lucy, Martine, Ussuri, and John A.

Please fill out the RSVP link so that we can send you a paper invite as we get closer.
https://forms.gle/tENdSAU9bQm1cp8X9