Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
When the staff at Malcolm X Shabazz High School decided to build a makerspace, which is a first for a Newark public school, they turned to New Jersey Institute of Technology for advice and training.
The school's science department chairman, Jackly Nazaire, would like to see engineers, mathematicians, programmers and scientists join the ranks of the school's notable alumni — such as singer Gloria Gaynor, singer Cissy Houston whose daughter was superstar Whitney Houston, former New York mayor Ed Koch and Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus.