New York City High School Students and Hamilton the musical

What: New York City High Schoolers Perform Their Own Hamilton Inspired Original Material

Where: Richard Rodgers Theater

             226 W. 46th St.

             New York, NY

When: November 14, 2018

Students from 17 different high schools participated in a unit on Hamilton in their classrooms. As part of this unit, they  were able to create their own poems, songs, rap, poetry, scenes, and monlogues related to Hamilton and/or the period of history covered by Hamilton the musical. The culmination of this program was the opportunity for the students and their teachers to attend a recent matinee of Hamilton on Broadway. In addition, some of the students were actually able to perform their own material on the stage of the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The display of talent by these students was awe-inspiring. For a complete list of performances, see below.  The event was truly a delight for anyone lucky enough to be in attendence.

Esther Madeira, Jessica Quinte, Victoria Cuello

Alexander Hamilton Prepatory Academy

Remember the Ladies spoken word

Alexa Victor

Amityville Memorial High School

Boston Massace spoken word

Darnae Pauley

Bronx Collegiate Academy

Revolution Rap

Flavia Shyti, Tristan Liquori, Randy Castillo

Brooklyn Studio Secondary School

King George's Response to the Revolution spoken word

Kelyann Lugo

Fordham Leadership Academy

Boston Tea Party Poem

Eury Acevedo, Yousef Alshami

High School for Contemporary Arts

Burr v Hamitlon rap battle

Benjamin Izquierdo, Christopher Martinez

High School of Health Careers and Sciences

Colonists v Loyalists rap battle

Keeble Jackson

Humanities and the Arts Magnet High School

Sons of Liberty spoken word

Pheona Angoy, Adja Thomas, Adriel James

Midwood High School

Paul Revere poem

Analeise Ringgenberg, Chelsea Pryce

Newburgh Academy

Thomas Paine rap

Ginger Sakarya

Sleepy Hollow High School

Massacre in Boston song

Aidah Masoud, Arianna Pina

World View High School

Jefferson v Adams rap battle

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The event which was first launched in 2016 was created and  presented through the joint efforts of Hamilton, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, The Rockefeller Foundation and the NYC Department of Education.

For more information about the program, visit www.gilderlehrman.org/content/hamilton-education-program.

And that's our view. Tune in tomorrow for Tips for Tuesday.

Photo credits: All event photos by Walter McBride