Our Team

Leadership

Principal Emily Paige

Emily Paige, Principal

epaige4@schools.nyc.gov

  • I am honored to be the principal of The Urban Assembly Unison School, where everyone has a seat at the table. This school is one of the most special middle schools in New York City. We are honored to be an unscreened middle school in District 13 that serves and affirms students that reflect the beautiful and vast diversity of Brooklyn.

    We are a small and student-focused family. All adults know the names of all of our students. Our children come in the morning smiling and leave in the afternoon smiling. Through all the natural trials and tribulations of middle school, our students have the opportunity to strengthen relationships with one another and with staff, learn the important life skills necessary to be strong and confident citizens as well as the important academic knowledge, skills, and practices that will carry them through their educational experiences and into their lives.

    We are a staff that plans and adjusts our curriculum to emphasize critical thinking, inquiry, student-intentionality and student communication about thinking.

    We also believe that our students benefit from enriched programming throughout their middle school experience! Through hands-on, problem-based Career & Technology Exploration Programs (CTEPs) like Hydroponics, Computer Coding, Computer Programming, Performing Arts, and Engineering, our students begin to apply their knowledge, skills, and practices while still in middle school. We have state-of-the-art CTEPs Labs that include a real Hydroponic Farm and a soon-to-be-built all-season Hydroponics Greenhouse. We have a brand new technology lab with a 3-D printer for prototyping as well as coding and programming software.

    Unison is a unique, warm, inviting, safe and engaging school that focuses all of its resources and passion on its students. Every staff member at Unison truly CARES about supporting the development of future citizens and leaders.

    emily.paige@uaunisonschool.org

Assistant Principal, Ebony Ford

Ebony Ford, Assistant Principal

eford@schools.nyc.gov

  • I am pleased to be the Assistant Principal here at The Urban Assembly Unison School. I am humbled to have the opportunity to serve Unison students and families alongside an amazing and dedicated staff.

    As we embark on each school year, I am confident that the work we do to help our students develop academically, socially, and emotionally helps them thrive. We continue to build strong relationships and teach SEL through our advisory program. We continue to cultivate opportunities for our Trailblazers to be thinkers and problem solvers through our content and lessons. We continue to provide our Trailblazers with real-world experience through our hydroponics, coding, and other enrichment opportunities. I am excited to be a part of a wonderful place like Unison.

    Since being at Unison, I have served as a teacher, teacher leader, Director of Social-Emotional & Academic Learning, and now Assistant Principal. In this role, the physical and emotional safety of our students is my highest priority. I look forward to building strong and accountable relationships with all Unison students and their families.

    In my down time, I enjoy reading novels (James Baldwin and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are my favorite authors), watching films (documentaries and rom coms are the best), and catching up with family and friends from all across the country.

    If you have any questions, concerns, or even want to share what you are reading, please feel free to reach out to me.

    ebony.ford@uaunisonschool.org

    (718) 399-1061 ext. 3232

Staff