* Please note that this is the READY school list from 2009-2010. We cannot confirm which schools we will be working in for the 2010-2011 school year, but will update this information in the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience! Academy of Environmental Science Principal: Irma GarceauLocation: Manhattan The Academy of Environmental Science Secondary School supports students through programs geared to meet the needs of 4 distinct populations: General Education, English Language Learners, Special Education, and Accelerated Students. Courses of study are based on standards established by NYS. All students are expected to pass five required regents examinations. Bronx Aerospace AcademyPrincipal: Capt. Barbara Kirkweg
Location: Bronx
We provide students with a unique blend of academics and aviation training. Our students are required to wear the standard pilot’s uniform every day: black pants, white shirt and black tie. Students choose between three focuses: pilot preparation, air traffic control preparation or college preparation. All entering students are expected to attend a summer orientation program for two weeks in August. At the orientation, students pick their focus and work closely with upperclassmen to prepare for the transition to high school. Students may receive flight and air traffic control training in our state-of-the-art flight simulator.
Principal: Lisa Fuenteshttp://www.bronxaerospace.org/ Bronx High School for Law and Community ServicePrincipal:Gail Joyner-WhiteLocation:Bronx The Bronx High School for Law & Community Service strives to produce mature, well-educated lifelong learners. Our learning community is committed to helping all students become critical and independent thinkers who make wise and socially responsible decisions that benefit themselves and the community. By developing essential academic skills, and by understanding the underlying principals of law and community service infused with each core discipline, our students will graduate with limitless opportunities prepared to succeed in a diverse and challenging society. Christopher Columbus High SchoolLocation: Bronx We, at Christopher Columbus High School are committed to the educational excellence, academic achievement and moral consciousness of our students and student empowerment. Working collaboratively, staff, parents and community will strive to make Christopher Columbus High School the "School of Choice for the Northeast Bronx." http://www.columbushs.org/ Expeditionary Learning School for Community LeadersPrincipal: Sarah Weeks
Location: Brooklyn
We are a small school with an emphasis on creating effective leaders in our communities while providing a challenging academic program. Through hands-on learning in the classroom and throughout New York City’s diverse neighborhoods, our students participate in solving real world problems. Our students have the unique opportunity to experience a 5-day Outward Bound wilderness course and bring what they learn outside of the classroom back as they become leaders for themselves, to their families and to their communities.
http://www.nycoutwardbound.org/schools/leaders.html FDNY High School for Fire and Life SafetyPrincipal: James AndersonLocation: Brooklyn FDNY High School works in collaboration with the New York City Fire Department to offer an exceptional educational institution while introducing the occupational benefits of the Fire Services and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Upon passing the New York State EMS Certification Exam in the twelfth grade, our students may have the opportunity to roll into a full time position with the NYC Fire Department. In addition, all students will be prepared to pursue a post-secondary education as they enter their young adult life. Our students will study courses dealing with biology, life saving skills, human anatomy, fire science, extinguishing agents and their chemical make-up and official procedures for becoming a NYC Fire Fighter. They will also understand the benefits of a civil service career. Gregorio Luperon High SchoolPrincipal: Juan VillarLocation: Manhattan Gregorio Luperon High School aims to nurture, challenge and prepare newly-arrived English Language Learner high school students to achieve high standards of scholarship and leadership in both Spanish-and English speaking society. While the school is dedicated to achieving this goal, we place special emphasis on fostering intellectual achievement in mathematics and the sciences. We strive to educate our young people to be successful in their new cultural and linguistic environment so they may transfer these skills to any new environment in which they may find themselves and become true citizens of the globe. Harry S. Truman High SchoolPrincipal: Ms. Sana Nasser
Location: Bronx
Our learning community provides all students with a quality education by fostering academic success and personal growth through leadership, extracurricular activities and a dynamic use of 21st century technology. Devoted to a progressive program of academics, arts and athletics, administration and faculty continually innovate and implement teaching strategies that engage all learners. Our students value and appreciate our exceptional program offerings. Our programs offer an academically challenging curriculum that provides students with a strong scholastic base, preparing them to enter college.
http://www.bxtrumanhighschool.com/ The International High School at LaGuardia Community CollegePrincipal: Mr. Lee Pan
Location: Queens
The mission of The International High School is to enable each of our students to develop the linguistic, cognitive and cultural skill necessary for success in high school, college, and beyond. A multi-cultural alternative educational environment for recent arrivals, the school serves students with varying degrees of limited English proficiency. A collaborative project between the New York City Board of Education and LaGuardia Community College of The City University of New York, this school offers a high school/college curriculum combining substantive study of all subject matter with intensive study and reinforcement of English.
http://ihsnyc.org High School for Arts, Imagination, and InquiryPrincipal: Mr. Stephen NoonanLocation: Manhattan The High School for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry offers students the chance to explore dance, music, drama, and visual arts with teaching artists from the not-for-profit Lincoln Center Institute just across the street. This new, small school, one of five in the old Martin Luther King Jr. High School building, uses the arts to engage students and enrich their lives. The school strives to integrate arts into the academic curriculum and to encourage students to appreciate various art forms. Jonathan Levin High School of Media and CommunicationsPrincipal: Mr. Nasib Hoxha
Location: Bronx
Our school mission is to develop the skills and knowledge that will prepare a diverse student population to take advantage of the burgeoning career opportunities in media and communications. In addition to providing a comprehensive academic program, which will ensure the capacity of all students to meet graduation requirements, each student will gain a strong foundation in media literacy. The Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications will provide a groundbreaking, media-based education where students will work collaboratively with professional mentors in the areas of film, television, print, and other media. http://www.jonathanlevinhs.org/ Medgar Evers College Preparatory SchoolPrincipal: Dr. Michael Wiltshire
Location: Brooklyn
Students are immersed in academically challenging study with requirements that include four years each of English/language arts, mathematics, science, technology and three years of second language courses. Students must also complete at least one Advanced Placement course in each of the following disciplines: English/language arts, mathematics, science and the social sciences. Additionally, students are expected to sit for the College Board examinations related to each Advanced Placement course taken. Enrollment in credit bearing college courses and research internships at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, begins in the 10th grade and students may earn up to 11 college credits each semester, beginning in the 11th grade. Student creativity, character development and social responsibility are cultivated through individualized guidance and college advisement, athletics, clubs, fine and performing arts events, community service and mentorships.
Mott Hall Bronx High SchoolPrincipal: David TinageroLocation: Bronx Mott Hall High School Bronx is dedicated to the academic and personal development of students who will become life long learners and our future leaders. Students are challenged to question, anticipate, and solve problems. Students are to assume personal responsibility for their learning and to emerge as life long learners and independent thinkers that are motivated by the pursuit of academic excellence, cultural experience and social responsibility. http://www.motthallbronx.com/ Urban Assembly Academy of History and Citizenship for Young Men
Principal: Mr. Johnathan Foy
Location: Bronx
The mission of The Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizenship for Young Men is to nurture, educate and graduate scholars who are civic minded, critical thinkers, skillful problem solvers and of exemplary character. Through rite of passage experiences, historical examination and reflection, our scholars will become college-bound, family and community leaders concerned for the rights and welfare of others. A major goal of the school will be to develop students who are socially responsible, confident in their capacity to make a difference and ready to contribute personally to civic and political action.
http://www.urbanassembly.org/uaahc.html Urban Assembly Media High School
Principal: Ms. Cordelia Veve
Location: Manhattan
Our school uses media as an entry-point to our challenging academic program which empowers our students to critique and become producers of media. We infuse media into every strand of our Regents and inquiry-based academic program in order to help our students develop the reflective practices they need to become creative, pro-active participants in their communities and in the world.
http://www.urbanassembly.org/uam.html Urban Assembly School of Music and ArtPrincipal: Mr. Paul Thompson
Location: Brooklyn
The Urban Assembly School of Music and Art integrates arts learning and self-expression in the curriculum and engage students through visits to museums, galleries, cultural institutions and internships, focusing on engagement through the arts. Our school celebrates the diversity of our students and makes strong connections to the communities we serve. Students are evaluated through Art and Academic Portfolios, as well as New York State Regents exams.
http://www.urbanassembly.org/uama.html Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts
Principal: Ms. Fia Davis
Location: Manhattan
The Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts infuses the performing arts into every aspect of a challenging college-preparatory curriculum. Not only are most of its teachers performing artists, but every student participates in performances four days a week following classes. By using the arts as a teaching tool, drawing on the cultural and professional resources of New York City and providing students with the means to express themselves, UASPA breathes life and creativity into all subjects and builds confidence in all its students.
http://www.urbanassembly.org/uaspa.html Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning SchoolPrincipal: Mr. Brett Kimmel
Location: Manhattan
We are a small, nurturing environment for adolescents, a place where high expectations, excellent academic practices and highly qualified faculty provide differentiated instruction to students. Our school provides each student with the academics and preparation necessary to attend college and to practice the skills required for effective participation in our democratic society. Through a unique work-study internship program involving partnerships with businesses representing New York City’s diversity of professions, students and families establish College Savings accounts, which students and their families will use to pay for college. Consider choosing this school if you are looking to become: academically prepared for college and beyond, a skilled problem-solver and effective communicator, adventurous and willing to take intellectual risks and an active and positive contributor to the school and local community. http://www.nycoutwardbound.org/schools/washington.html |
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