Labor unions, the Rochester City School District and several local organizations partnered to give away more than 20,000 free children’s books to Rochester students, families and educators Saturday at Abraham Lincoln School No. 22 during the Reading Opens the World Family Fun Fair & Book Giveaway. The family celebration included free books, food, games, face painting, bounce houses and more.
A trio of trailblazing students who came to RIT from the university’s partner charter school will fulfill a long-term promise when they receive their college degrees at commencement this May. Zaid Abdulsalam, Ismael Cortes Jr., and Justice Marbury were among the first students to enroll at Rochester Prep High School, and they were the three students from the first graduating class in 2018 who chose RIT as their destination.