Partnerships
NEW HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
New Heights Middle School is proud to partner with the following organizations to offer unique opportunities that will enhance your child's academic experience.
Academic Programming
BioBus helps minority, female, and low-income K - 12 and college students in New York City discover, explore, and pursue science.
Christodora’s goal is to build leadership skills and academic success through an awareness and understanding of the natural environment.
Medgar Evers Science Technology Entry Program (STEP) is a New Heights Middle School collaboration with Medgar Evers College. STEP provides academic enrichment in science and mathematics content areas to scholars. Current offerings include Forensics Science Club, Science of Sports and Exercise Club.
PENCIL Partnership-Snohetta teaches participating scholars about careers in architecture and design; scholars meet people who use creativity, math, and science in their careers; and work on projects that solve real-world problems.
Platinum Edge Tutoring seek to empower students to take charge of their academic/ pre-professional futures by providing 1:1 individual subject tutoring, test prep, college guidance, and pre-professional career guidance. Our highly qualified and motivated team consists of former teachers, Top Performers at Elite Colleges/ Universities, and early career professionals who have all been in your shoes and know what it takes to reach the next level.
Urban Advantage is a standards-based program designed to improve scholars’ understanding of scientific inquiry through collaborations between NHMS and science cultural institutions such as zoos, botanical gardens, museums, and science centers.
After School Programming
The Play Study Win After School Program engages scholars in sports and recreational programs in addition to academic enrichment. Some program activities include Judo, basketball, journalism, soccer, performing arts, and Judo.
New Heights Middle School is proud to partner with Play Study Win to provide a free after-school program for students from 2:20 pm - 5:20 pm after school each day. Please refer to the school calendar for canceled program dates.
Click Here for the Link to the PSW After School Program Application
Email: psw@newheightsms.org
After School Programming
LEAP provides educational arts programs that promote access and equity for New York City students underserved in the arts. We inspire diverse school communities to love learning and build their creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills.
Musical Theatre International: Broadway Junior helps NHMS scholars plan and put on a National Junior Broadway production each year.
Community-Based Partnerships
New Heights chose the Center for Supportive Schools (CSS) as its lead community-based organization (CBO) to collaborate on a shared vision and to implement the overall Community School Strategy. CSS provides support in implementing peer leadership, advisory, school operations support, and other evidence-based K-12 solutions that enable and inspire schools to more fully engage scholars in learning. Signature program offerings include Peer Group Connection (PGC) and Achievement Mentoring (AM).
College Access for All: Middle School As a participating school, New Heights Middle School scholars participate in campus visits and parent workshops focused on planning for high school and college.
Health and Wellness
Interborough Developmental and & Consultation Center provides licensed clinical care to children in need of these services. In addition to being convenient for children seeking care, it helps relieve some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
Positive Behavior Intervention Systems (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework for improving and integrating all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. It is a way to support everyone – especially students with disabilities – to create the kinds of schools where all students are successful. This program implementation is tied to the New Heights' Core Value System.
Smile New York offers free dental services to students attending New Heights Middle School 1x a year.
Enrichment Professional Development
MSQI partnership provides coaches who use a research-based literacy framework to provide schools with on-site coaching, workshops for teachers and leaders, and structured interschool site visits.
STARI Intervention actively engages students in discussions of cognitively challenging content aligned to the Common Core and other 21st century standards. This service will provide support to assist your child in reaching his/her academic potential, building critical thinking skills, and achieving common core expectations.
Ramapo for Children is built on the simple belief that all young people want the same things: to learn, to feel valued for who they are and to experience success. The Ramapo Toolbox helps adults see challenging behaviors through the lens of unmet needs and lagging skills, and provides a set of strategies to help young people align their behaviors with their aspirations.
Teaching Matters is a national professional learning organization dedicated to increasing teacher effectiveness, a critical factor in student success.