NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
ART EDUCATION PROGRAM
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
UPDATED: SPRING 2008
The following document describes New York City secondary schools suitable for
Student Teaching and Observation experiences. This is a newly updated list of
schools that includes those that students have had experiences with in the past as
well as new schools that have a school mission statement related to the philosophy of
the Art Education program.
This document is a work in progress.
*
Schools with a star
next to them are the ones that have updated contact information
and/or have expressed interest in working with NYU students in the past. Schools
without the star are suggestions based on public information regarding distinct school
philosophies, visual arts departments, or media programs. Contact the latter schools
at your own discretion as they have not been contacted or verified by the Art
Education program.
Student teachers should contact cooperating teachers independently to set up a time to meet
and visit the school, being mindful of the teachers’ time and busy schedule. Students are
welcome to approach schools or teachers that are not included on the list and, as with all
schools, should do extensive research to make sure that the fit is right.
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* Baruch College Campus High School
17 Lexington Avenue NEW YORK, NY 10010
Phone: (646) 660-6400 | Fax: (212) 802-2623 Principal: Mrs. Alicia Perez-Katz
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bcchs/
According to insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 25-35
Enrollment: 412
Ethnicity %: 31 W 6 B 11 H 53 A
Attendance: 97%
ACADEMICS:
What's special: Traditional curriculum with progressive teaching techniques
Downside: Cramped quarters
Baruch simultaneously offers a traditional curriculum, with lots of classics on the reading lists, and
progressive teaching techniques, with lots of class discussions and projects. Kids read Greek classics
such as Antigone and the Odyssey, and Shakespearean comedies, as well as modern novels and
non-Western works of literature from African and Asia. In one class we visited, students were
illustrating Dante's Inferno with drawings influenced by various artists. One student drew monsters in
the style of Picasso. ART: Studio Art program, includes Art History.
Visual Art Teacher: Danielle McDonald
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities / H.S. 440
351 West 18th Street NEW YORK, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 675-5350 | Fax: (212) 255-5701 Principal: John G. Angelet
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 25-32
Enrollment: 2002
Ethnicity %: 4 W 26 B 52 H 20 A
Attendance: 76%
ACADEMICS:
What's special: Large school is being reorganized into small learning communities.
Downside: Transition has not been easy.
Formerly a zoned, neighborhood high school, Bayard Ruskin High School for the Humanities is in the midst of a
reorganization to divide the building into semi-autonomous "learning communities" in which students and staff
can get to know one another well. Teachers say the reorganization means that students are much less likely to
get lost and there are fewer fights than there once were. But the reorganization has met resistance from some
long-time staffers, and the transition has not been smooth.
ART:
Visual Art Teachers: Ms. Ting, Constance Rogers - officially an English teacher who also has a documentary
photography class and Media Literacy class) Ms. Rogers has specifically requested a student teacher from
NYU.
* Beacon High School / H.S. 479
237 West 61st. Street, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 245-2807 | Fax: (212) 245-2179 Principal: Ruth Lacey
http://www.beaconschool.org/
According to insideschools.org:
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DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 28 -34
Enrollment: 1035
Ethnicity %: 46 W / 20 B / 28 H / 7 A
Attendance: 94%
ACADEMICS: One of the most popular high schools in the city, Beacon offers students a liberal arts education
with a progressive bent, a rich arts curriculum, and caring teachers who always seem willing to help. Art rooms,
a well-equipped photography lab, a small theater and music studios offer students the chance to work on
creative projects in depth.
ART: Art program and photography program run side by side. NYU has an ongoing relationship with Beacon
and NYU students are placed every semester. It may be hard to contact by phone or email, many students visit
the school to make contact directly.
Visual Art Teachers: Keith Miller – Photography, Bridget Malloy – Studio Art
NYU Student Comments:
“This school has a loving environment where both the teachers and the students value learning. The students
are invested and the teachers are engaging. The curriculum is conceptual and practical. Themes of socially
active pedagogy are touched upon but not enforced. There is a fine arts department and photography
department. They are also cultivating a partnership with the New Museum and adding gallery walks, studio tours
and contemporary themes into the classroom.”
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School philosophy: “Open, cool.” Art Program philosophy: “Very high standards. I mean we live in NYC, there is
a lot of art and Beacon expects a lot from students.” “I would definitely recommend this school for people
interested in teaching photography. This is a great example of how to practically run a photo department.
Beacon is very good to the art teachers and teachers have respect for the students, plus they have very small
classes.” Fall 2007
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Berkeley Carroll High School (Private)
181 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, New York 11217
Ph: (718) 789-6060, ext. 6550
Fax: (718) 398-3640
http://www.berkeleycarroll.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
According to school website:
ACADEMICS: The Berkeley Carroll School is a dynamic community sustained by a passion for learning where
the relationship between student and teacher is paramount. We offer students a stimulating and rigorous
program in the liberal arts and sciences, the creative arts, and physical education. Teachers create learning
experiences that foster intellectual curiosity and imagination grounded in disciplined study. Students find their
individual voice through open discussion, independent thought, respectful dissent, and the pursuit of new
challenges.
ART: The visual arts program encourages students to express their creativity and explore a range of art
mediums. Included in the course of study are drawing and painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, mixed
media, video and animation, graphic design, photography, and computer art. Student-artists win awards in local
and national contests and are able to complete their studies on the Advanced Placement level. Specialized
visual arts facilities include studio art classrooms, a photography darkroom, a ceramics studio and kiln room,
and a digital media lab for computer, film, and video art.
Visual Art Teacher: David Egolf
NYU Student Comments:
“Intense academics, DBAE, Studio-based, students work very independently in a variety of media, ceramics,
photography, digital media, fine arts and art history. It is a very traditional program, but there is a lot to
observe.”
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Bread & Roses Integrated Arts High School / H.S. 685
6 Edgecombe Avenue, New York, NY 10030
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Phone: (212) 926-4152 | Fax: (212) 926-4317 Principal: Mr. Larry Wilson
http://www.breadandroseshs.org
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Enrollment: 532
Ethnicity %: 1 W / 53 B / 46 H / 1 A
Attendance: 82%
Graduation rate: 61.8%
What's special: High standards, excellent teaching, numerous after school programs
Downside: Old building; school is struggling to maintain portfolio assessment
ACADEMICS: Bread and Roses is dedicated to building "more fair and democratic schools and a more fair and
democratic society," in the words of a brochure it distributes. The school, named for a motto from the labor union
movement, takes its mission seriously. In one social studies class we visited, students were preparing posters
protesting sweatshops.
The school seeks to combine academic rigor with an emphasis on the arts, and accomplishes this by employing
a variety of teaching methods. A chemistry class we observed was an old-fashioned chalk-and-talk lesson, with
the teacher calling on students to solve problems at the blackboard. An 11th-grade math class, by contrast, had
students taking turns to demonstrate the use of graphing and number lines to solve word problems involving
number relationships. For homework, students had been required to develop a story behind an equation. Many
students have poor literacy skills, so writing and reading are built into all subjects, according to school founder,
Carol Foresta.
ART:
Video Teacher: Mrs. Ceballos
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Bronx High School for the Visual Arts
925 Astor Avenue, Bronx, New York 10469
Phone: 718-319-5160, fax: 718-944-3409, Principal: George York
http://www.bhsva.org (old web site) / http://www.bhsva.com (more current)
According to Essential Schools:
DEMOGRAPHICS: small New Visions school. 350 students.
ACADEMICS: The vision of the Bronx High School for the Visual Arts is to provide a quality educational
program in and through the arts that emphasizes critical thinking, student engagement and deep curricular
knowledge necessary for authentic student achievement and for meeting state standards. School opening in
2001 and is based on the belief that an arts curriculum, developed in conjunction with the major disciplines, will
develop lifelong learners who are informed, responsible and productive citizens and empower them with the
skills and knowledge to respond creatively to the individual and collective changes they will face in their
lifetimes. Our mission will be accomplished by working together with parents and the community to provide
students with challenging programs that reflect high expectations and promote excellence in a safe, nurturing
environment.
ART: The school is dedicated to visual art. Every student takes visual art every semester, every year. First year
is foundation art. Sophmore/Junior year students start to specialize (2-D, 3-D, ceramics, digital art, etc.)
Visual Art teachers: There are 4 art teachers. NOTE** If you are interested in student teaching at
this school you must contact Jessica Hamlin first to set up email contact with the principal.
Once contact is established, meeting will be set up to show portfolio to the principal and
discuss placement.
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Bronx HS for Writing & Communication Arts
800 East Gun Hill Road Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: (718) 519-7700 | Fax: (718) 991-0117 Principal: Steven Chernigoff
According to Inside Schools:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
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Class size: 15-28
Enrollment: 335
Ethnicity %: 2 W / 46 B / 50 H / 3 A
Attendance: 86%
What's special: Arts integrated into a unique writing curriculum.
Downside: Discipline can be a problem
ACADEMICS: The Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts, opened in fall 2004, is a labor of
love for Principal Steven Chernigoff, who holds a master's degree in creative writing in addition to his teaching
credentials. Chernigoff, a former assistant principal for English at Morris High School who has worked in the
public schools in the Bronx for more than 15 years, proposed the school because of his abiding interest in
language and literacy, and the plan for the school calls for frequent writing in every subject area, not just in
English class. "We believe--based on research--that not only do you write to express yourself, but writing
actually helps you learn," he said. Every teacher at the school, housed in the large Evander Childs High School
building, is considered a writing teacher, Chernigoff said, and indeed we saw writing assignments in every class.
Courses meet for more than an hour almost every day to accommodate the writing load. Assignments posted in
the halls showed that students had written letters from the perspective of a Civil War soldier in a history class
and taken on the point of view of a germ in a science class. Students keep journals documenting their learning
in math and science classes. Assignments in English and history seemed challenging and engaging. Students
related the plot of Monster, the popular Walter Dean Myers novel about a teenager accused of murder, to the
story of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi in 1955 helped mobilize the modern
Civil Rights Movement. Tenth grade students read The Bluest Eye, by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.
ART:
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Bronx Studio School for Artists & Writers / M.S. 269
1180 Tinton Avenue Bronx, NY 10456
Phone: (718) 861-8704
DEMOGRAPHICS:
From www.insideschools.org
Grade levels: 6 to 12
Class size: 15 - 20
Enrollment: 211
Attendance: 92%
ACADEMICS:
For Bronx parents concerned about whether their children will get into college and overwhelmed by the idea of
paying for it, the Bronx Studio School is a new and potentially exciting opportunity. Principal David Vazquez,
who grew up in the neighborhood and previously taught at other schools in the area, describes the school as an
"early college secondary school" where students are provided with a liberal arts education focusing on preparing
them to attend and excel in college. The program includes a partnership with Mercy College that will allow high
school aged students to earn up to 60 college credits both at Bronx Studio and as part of the student body at the
Mercy College campus.
THE ARTS:
Children have art class two to three days per week (alternating with physical education). In the fall of 6th grade,
students had drawn some well-executed self-portraits and completed research on famous artists.
Art Teacher: Nicole Boucher
NYU Student Comments:
“Overall, this school is very interested in students playing the dual role of scholars and activists. They are still a
new school, so they’re still trying to work this out. It feels like a combination between progressive ideals and
traditional practices… but they have good intentions. Nicole’s training is in DBAE, but she is really interested in
NYU’s philosophy, and always seeking feedback on her pedagogy, curriculum, etc. I would definitely
recommend this school, but it’s a little tricky to get in the door. Because of the school’s volatile state, the
principal is apprehensive of having outsiders in the school. Still, Nicole makes it worth the fight, and the
students are really interesting and enthusiastic.” Nora Zale, Spring 07
LAST UPDATED MAY 2008
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* Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School
300 Willoughby Avenue, Room 309
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Phone: (718) 230-5748
http://www.bcamhs.org
From www.insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Enrollment: 220
Ethnicity %: 2 W 78 B 16 H 1 A
Attendance: 90%
ACADEMICS:
Media "is my passion," said James O'Brien, principal of the newly created Brooklyn Community Arts and Media
High School scheduled to open in September 2006. A veteran of the alternative schools, O'Brien, who has a
PhD in urban education and who was formerly assistant principal at Vanguard High School on Manhattan's
Upper East Side, said he envisions "not exactly a school without walls," but a school that would be "a hub," with
students spending time in the field as well as in classrooms. Students at Brooklyn Community will explore
different media including film, video, magazines, journals. O'Brien has forged a partnerships with Essence
magazine to help develop a curriculum. "Instead of just being consumers, I want them [students] to be critical
and to learn how to write critically and analytically," he said.
Art Teacher: Christy Herbes (NYU Alum 2006) (cherbes@gmail.com)
LAST UPDATED: MAY 2008
* Brooklyn Friends School (Private)
375 Pearl St Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718-852-1029
http://www.brooklynfriends.org
According to their website:
DEMOGRAPHICS: Brooklyn Friends School (BFS) is a PreK-12, independent, college preparatory Quaker
school serving a culturally diverse educational community of approximately 600 students.
ACADEMICS: Between the world outside Brooklyn Friends School and the world inside our doors there is a
palpable difference. BFS is a place where people of all backgrounds and ages listen to and learn from one
another, a place where individual and collective efforts are celebrated and encouraged. Our role as educators is
to cultivate all of our children’s gifts—verbal, mathematical, scientific, artistic, social, and kinesthetic—as we
develop their moral character.
ART: Our visual arts program develops each student’s innate creative abilities by encouraging visual awareness
and self-expression. The program builds a greater understanding of the arts as part of an integrated and
increasingly complex curriculum. Students explore design, shapes, color, texture, composition, balance, and
both abstract and representational themes through a variety of media that includes paints, craypas, oils,
watercolors, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, woodworking, collage, and video.
Visual Art Teachers: Ellen Kahan (Ceramics), Roslyn Sommer (Art Dept. Chair)
NYU Student Comments:
“Projects include lots of color, and are painting heavy. It is a supportive atmosphere with good teaching, though
different from the NYU philosophy.”
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Brooklyn High School for Music & Theater
883 Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11225
Phone: (718) 636-5800 #2 | Fax: (718) 789-7279 Principal: K. Mcguire
http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region6/K548/AboutUs
According to insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 25-32
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Enrollment: 411
Ethnicity %: 2 W / 87 B / 10 H / 3 A
Attendance: 89%
What's special: Partnership with Roundabout Theatre
Downside: School is in its infancy ands arts program is not yet fully developed
ACADEMICS: Our academic program accommodates the intellectual, social, emotional and physical needs of
creative high school students. Our vision is to provide a model of a professional environment where respect is
mutual, ideas are shared and learning is not limited to the classroom. We prepare students for higher education
and professional careers in the music and theatre industries.
ART:
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Brooklyn International High School
49 Flatbush Avenue Ext
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 643-9315
www.brooklyninternational.org
According to www.insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 20
Enrollment: 393
Ethnicity %: 12W / 22B / 33H / 35A
ACADEMICS:
Brooklyn International High School, one of the most established of a network of schools designed to serve new
immigrants, teaches students English while engaging them in creative interdisciplinary projects and a strong arts
curriculum. Academic standards are high, and students graduate well prepared for college.
Visual Art Teachers: Susan Handwerker
NYU Student Comments:
“Art program philosophy is less discreet. The students get art in their first year and in their last year. It is likely to
be only time many of these students partake in art, so the teachers focus on creating an understanding of the
arts that can serve these students beyond the school.
I definitely recommend this school. I am the third NYU person at the school in two years. Both art teachers
(though very different) have lots to offer a student teacher. Assertiveness and clarified goals for what you want
to get out of student teaching here is helpful in shaping the experience for yourself to fit your needs. For me the
head teacher took a fairly hands off approach and let me proceed while she stood by mostly available for help if
I needed it.” Fall 2007
LAST UPDATED MAY 2008
Brooklyn School for Global Studies
284 Baltic St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 330-9390
According to greatschools .org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 6-12
Ethnicity %: 12W / 43 B / 40H / 4A
ACADEMICS:
What's special: Students get lots of attention and nurturing
Downside: School has a way to go to boost children's academic skills
The Brooklyn School for Global Studies has a cohesive and attentive staff, a principal who seems to know every
child by name, and a warm and nurturing environment. It has a strong college office, with a full-time counselor
who starts working with students early in their high school careers to ensure they understand their options for
higher education. The administration fosters tolerance among different groups. Arabs and Jews seem to get
along here, as do new immigrants from Pakistan and the Caribbean and children whose families who have lived
here for years.
ART:
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Visual Art Teacher: Vered Raz. NYU student teachers worked with former visual art teacher, Rebecca
Roberts, in Spring 2005.
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Bushwick Community High School
231 Palmetto St. 3rd floor Brooklyn, NY 11221
Phone: (718) 443-3083 | Fax: (718) 919-0781 Principal: Tira Randall
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 15-40
Enrollment: 372
Ethnicity %: 3 W / 35 B / 63 H / 1 A
Attendance: 67%
ACADEMICS: Above the chalkboard, gigantic letters read: "BE HERE NOW." This is the classroom of social
studies teacher, Ellie Weiss, and she, like everyone working at Bushwick Community High School, is offering
support, encouragement, and an education to students aged 17-21 who have not been successful at their
previous high school. "Let me tell you, it's normal to feel discouraged, to feel you can't do it. That's normal.
What's not, is caving into it," said Weiss, who has been inspiring and educating students at the school and its
predecessor for 20 years. In 2004, she received the Sloan Public Service Award for excellence in public service.
Participates in the Project : Make the Road by Walking - One of the most exciting developments of Make the
Road by Walking’s last five years has been the growth of our Youth Power Project which has highlighted the
enormous opportunities generated by fostering and supporting youth-led community organizing efforts and
integrating young people into the membership of our organization.
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Chris Davis
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
City-as-School
16 Clarkson Street, NYC, NY 10014
phone: 212-337-6800
www.city-as-school.org
According to their website:
ACADEMICS: City-As-School offers a rigorous program that sets high expectations both for students and the
professionals in the community who work with them. We utilize the facilities of over 500 New York City
businesses at which students participate in professional activities. These Educational Resources, along with
classroom learning, form the basis of learning in math, history, English, science and other academic areas. All
student learning experiences are designed to provide background information and skill acquisition through the
attainment of practical knowledge.
ART: Art is offered, along with a class entitled Zine and Computer Technology. Courses listed: Silk Screen,
Halloween Parade, Open Studio.
Visual Art Teacher:
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Dalton School (Private)
108 E. 89th Street, New York, NY
212 423 5200
http://www.dalton.org/
According to the school website
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade Levels: K-12
ACADEMICS: The Dalton School is an independent, co-educational day school (K-12), founded in 1919 by the
renowned progressive educator Helen Parkhurst. Parkhurst’s visionary Dalton Plan remains the keystone of the
school’s progressive educational philosophy and is now the model for over 200 Dalton schools in other parts of
the world. The Dalton Plan, which consists of House, Assignment, and Lab, is the essential framework of the
entire school, including the High School. The daily classroom experience consists of lively discussion, active
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experimentation, and creative participation in the arts and physical activity. The daily schedule provides time for
academic Labs and relaxation.
ART: Each year, nearly a third of the school's graduating seniors choose seminar-based independent programs
in Visual Arts, Music, Theatre, and Dance.
Visual Art Teachers: Rob Meredith and Linda Hanauer
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
DreamYard Preparatory School
240 East 172nd Street Bronx, NY 10457
Phone: (718) 410-4242 | Fax: (718) 410-4312 Principal: Rod Bowen
http://www.dreamyardprep.org
According to dreamyardprep.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Enrollment: 116
Attendance: 81%
ACADEMICS: The DREAMYARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL will cultivate scholarship, artistry and character
within its students to develop successful individuals and effective participants in the wider social and
professional world. DY Prep will provide a rigorous arts integrated curriculum that will emphasize indepth inquiry
and critical thinking while deepening students¹ understanding of the core content areas. All of our classes will
empower students with skills to engage the world creatively and pursue careers in the arts or other fields.
Community, leadership and social activism will inform a school culture that will nurture the growth of articulate,
responsible citizens. DY Prep values the academic, artistic and social development of every student and is
committed to providing supports that will allow each to graduate with a Regents diploma, acceptance to a
college or university, and a clear path toward a fulfilling and meaningful career.
As scholars, DY Prep students will obtain a Regents diploma, complete three years of a foreign language, meet
the specified exit criteria for all subjects including the arts, and apply to a college and/or university.
ARTS: Artistry - the ability to consciously use the skill of creative imagination to achieve a goal: Fluency in the
arts will empower youth with the ability to understand and impact the world around them by developing essential
critical thinking, creative problem solving and communication skills. The arts programming at DY Prep will also
serve as an excellent foundation for arts-based and other compelling careers.
As artists, DY Prep students will participate in arts electives, declare and complete an arts major, and forge
connections between their arts studies, coursework across disciplines and the world around them.
Visual Art Teacher: Mrs. Wuargo
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Elizabeth Irwin High School (Private)
272 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212.477.5316 x210, Fax: 212.677.9159
http://www.lrei.org
ACADEMICS:
The Elisabeth Irwin High School curriculum is problem-based, inquiry driven and interdisciplinary. Coursework
encompasses offerings in seven academic departments and six artistic genres. A less fragmented school day
and longer class time blocks allow activities to reach natural conclusions. Students can commit more quality
time and energy to their studies, obtain immediate feedback from their teachers and sustain a greater sense of
momentum and purpose in their academic life. Classes stress field experiences, laboratory work and research
projects.
ART: The arts lie at the heart of the curriculum at LREI. Throughout the three divisions, students have
experiences with studio arts, music, drama, movement, dance, woodworking, photography, and the digital
media arts. The Arts program is closely integrated with the Core Social Studies curriculum, encouraging each
student to develop a personal vocabulary of expression, while building confidence as students explore a wide
range of materials and techniques.
Video/Film teacher: Vinay Chowdhry Studio Art teacher: Janet Atkinson
NYU Student Comments:
“Old private, small, technical, well-funded, liberal. Diversity is semi-emphasized. Film/Video program”
“School is uber progressive. Visual art program is old-school studio arts. I would recommend the school
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because it is a fantastic environment.” James French, Spring 08
LAST UPDATED: May 2008
* El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice
211 South Fourth Street BROOKLYN, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 599-2895 | Fax: (718) 599-3087 Principal: Hector Caldero
http://elpuente.us/academy/index.htm
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 15-22
Enrollment: 178
Ethnicity %: 3 W 12 B 86 H 1 A
Attendance: 81%
ACADEMICS:
What's special: Small class size, lots of personal attention. Good integration of arts in curriculum.
Downside: Funky building. No science labs, gym or AP courses.
The tiny school, one of about 40 New Visions schools that emphasize intimacy and community involvement,
was founded in 1993 by activists from the El Puente community organization, also housed in the church. Its 150
students are scattered among a handful of classrooms, most located in the church basement. Class size is
small, with 15-20 kids in most courses, and the approach to education is progressive. There are no bells.
Students are on a first-name basis with teachers, referred to as facilitators here. The faculty is young and
dedicated. El Puente recently lost their longtime home and is currently running the school from a temporary site.
ART: NYC's first and longest running HIV/AIDS educational theater group; and the outstanding community
murals completed by the El Puente Muralistas. El Puente was also honored in 1999 with the Presidential
Committee on Arts and Humanities & National Endowment for the Arts Coming Up Taller Award as one of the
ten leading arts institutions for young people in the United States.
Visual Art Teacher: Joe Matunis.
NYU Student Comments:
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Facing History School
525 West 50th St. New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 757-2680 | Fax: (212) 757-2156 Principal: Gillian Smith
www.fhschool.org/atom.xml
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 15-20
Enrollment: 117
Ethnicity %: 3 W / 22 B / 74 H / 1 A
Attendance: 85%
ACADEMICS: Facing History High School is committed to offering its students--many of whom are alienated
and poorly prepared for high school--a strong liberal arts education with lots of individual attention, an emphasis
on moral values, and a sense of community. The school, opened in 2005 in the Park West High School
complex, has an idealistic, close-knit faculty, a coherent philosophy, and a clear sense of mission.
ARTS: Integrated arts curriculum, unsure if they have specialized Visual Art Teacher
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School / H.S. 682
1021 Jennings Street, Bronx, NY 10460
Phone: (718) 861-0521 | Fax: (718) 861-0619 Principal: Ms. Nancy Mann
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
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Class size: 20-27
Enrollment: 474
Ethnicity %: 1 W 33 B 66 H 1 A
Attendance: 82%
Special: A small high school that prepares struggling students for college.
Downside: Unsafe neighborhood.
ACADEMICS: Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School is a refreshing surprise, an oasis in a bleak section of
the South Bronx. Most students live in the neighborhood, and a shocking 90 percent of entering 9th graders fail
to meet standards on state reading and math tests. (An offshoot of the high school, the new Fannie Lou Hamer
Middle School, attempts to address this problem.) The school helps these struggling students to feel
comfortable in an educational setting, to catch up quickly, and to strive for goals including going to college.
Some kids are savoring the experience of academic success for the first time; during our visit, one student
proudly showed off her progress report to a counselor. Apparently, the efforts of this small school are paying off:
Fannie Lou Hamer's four-year graduation rate is more than 15 percentage points higher than the city average.
ART: Partnership with Studio Museum in Harlem and the Bronx River Arts Center builds on the existing art
curricula in the eleventh and twelfth grades by focusing on developing interdisciplinary arts curriculum for the
ninth and tenth grades. The program also supports the development of a community service concentration in the
arts, helping reduce the cultural isolation of Fannie Lou Hamer students by encouraging teachers and students
to be citizens of the city. Students must take 2 arts/media courses to put into their graduate portfolio.
Visual Art Teacher: Michelle DaSilva
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High School of Arts, Imagination and Inquiry
122 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 799-4064 | Fax: (212) 799-4171 Principal: Stephen Noonan
No Website but helpful link at: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/news/article.htm?id=4918
according to insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 22-27
Enrollment: 212
Attendance: 86%
What's special: Teaching artists from Lincoln Center Institute.
Downside: School is housed in a windowless basement.
ACADEMICS: 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. "We think the arts should be a strong part of a child's education, [but] we
don't focus on performance or technique," said Principal Stephen Noonan, a graduate of the city's Leadership
Academy, a program to train new principals, and the former assistant principal at Samuel Gompers High School
in the Bronx. Rather, he said, the school strives to integrate arts into the academic curriculum and to encourage
students to appreciate various art forms. For example, students began the year looking at the cube-shaped
sculpture dedicated to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the plaza in front of the school building. In social
studies, they compared the sculpture to monuments of the ancient world--such as the ziggurats of
Mesopotamia. In math class, they studied the geometry of cubes and other polyhedrons and made paper
cutouts that could be folded into cubes.
Maxine Greene, a Teachers College professor celebrated for her work in aesthetic education--she has the title
of "philosopher in residence" at the Lincoln Center Institute--works with teachers regularly.
Special education: The school is committed to serving a wide range of academic abilities, and many of the
students in the first class arrived with weak academic skills. About 15 percent received special education
services, and 10 percent were English Language Learners. The school offers "collaborative team teaching"
classes, classes that are led by two teachers, one of whom is certified in special education. ARTS: The arts are heavily integrated into curriculum.
Visual Art Teacher: Jessica Riffeterre
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
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800 East Gun Hill Road BRONX, NY 10467
Phone: (718) 944-5610 | Fax: (718) 653-2366 Principal: Francisco Sanchez
According to insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 18-23
Enrollment: 402
Ethnicity %: 3 W 49 B 47 H 2 A
Attendance: 88%
What's special: Arts classes
Downside: High turnover in principals
ACADEMICS: One of six small schools in the large Evander Childs High School complex, the High School for
Contemporary Arts was established in 2003 as part of the city's effort to set up small alternatives to huge high
schools. Unfortunately, the school got off to a rocky beginning when the founding principal left after only six
months. Francisco Sanchez became the school's third principal in 2005; both students and staff are still reeling
from the uncertainty caused by frequent changes in leadership. One junior told us that in "the first year, a lot of
students thought of transferring," but added that the school has improved a lot since then. On the day of our
visit, Sanchez's upbeat and amiable demeanor seemed reassuring to the students, who returned his fraternal
greetings and gestures.
ART: Set up as an arts-focused school, Contemporary Arts has been able to offer students a range of electives
despite space constraints in the shared campus. They include dance, band, graphic arts, and digitized music
production -- the last two created on computers. Video production is offered after school by a community
organization, Sobro. Some students may also learn about backstage operations, such as lighting and sound
tech, as interns at the Apollo Theater.
Visual Art Teacher: Mr. Vargo
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* Hunter College High School
71 East 94th Street, New York, NY 10128
Phone: (212) 860-1261 | Fax: (212) 289-2209 Principal: Dr. John Mucciolo
http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/
According to insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 7 to 12
Class size: 25
Enrollment: 1200
Ethnicity %: 50 W / 8 B / 7 H / 37 A
What's special: Private school resources with public school diversity.
Downside: Some kids may not be ready for the freedom and responsibility.
ACADEMICS: Like Hunter College Elementary School, Hunter College High School is touted as a "laboratory"
school for the study of "gifted" education, and is administered by the City University of New York. It is a highly
successful, very selective, and competitive school that prepares its students for the country's most elite colleges.
It's known particularly for its strength in the humanities, but it also offers high-level math and science courses.
ART: Known for its strong art program, program is more traditional in its focus on the technical aspects of
various media and art history. NYU student has worked with Julie Reifer in the past. Each teacher may or may
not teach more grades.
Visual Art Teachers: Julie Reifer
(8th - 11th grade),
Connie Rich
(8th - 9th grade), Eve Eisenstadt
(8th 9th grade)
NYU Student Comments:
“Very strange emphasis on academia, strictly art history and technical skills, does not deal with social
pedagogy. The cooperating teachers are supportive, but depending on which of the three teachers, do not
expect to employ social pedagogy to the fullest extent.”
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Institute for Collaborative Education
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345 East 15th Street NEW YORK, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 475-7972 | Fax: (212) 475-0459 Principal: Mr. John Pettinato
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 6 to 12
Class size: 18-22
Enrollment: 414
Ethnicity %: 45 W / 25 B / 24 H / 8 A
Attendance: 91%
What's special: Individual attention in a laid-back setting.
Downside: Recent influx of NCLB transfers has caused crowding.
ACADEMICS: The Institute for Collaborative Education (ICE) is a small, progressive secondary school
that prides itself not only on its racial diversity but also on the range of different abilities and income
levels represented. Classes have 20 or fewer students, which makes it easier for teachers to
accommodate children with a range of skills. It is partnered with Baruch and Hunter Collegr
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Meryl Meisler
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* International High School at Kingsborough Community College
755 East 100th Street Brooklyn, NY 11236
Phone: (718) 345-0854 | Fax: (718) 609-2093 Principal: Michael Soet
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Enrollment: 154
Attendance: 89%
According to insideschools.org
ACADEMICS: It is a spin-off of the city's other international schools, which share the mission of teaching
newcomers to the United States in small settings that administrators believe are more successful than large
environments. Rather than a traditional "chalk and talk" classroom format so common in high schools, the
International schools favor hands-on lessons, kids working in groups, and assessment of students via a portfolio
of their work. This International High School will offer a longer school day and will help students find work
internships
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Erika Tuttle, teaches grades 9 & 10 primarily. Very interested in working with future
student teachers.
NYU Student Comments:
“It is fabulous. They are doing all the things we talk about, the real deal! The program philosophy is strong,
creative, exciting and open minded. It is a great environment and a strong, democratic community.”
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
James Baldwin School - A School for Expeditionary Learning
351 West 18 St. New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 627-2812 | Fax: (212) 627-9803 Principal: Elijah Hawkes
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 20
Enrollment: 83
Attendance: 88%
According to Greatschools.com
ACADEMICS: Like Humanities Prep, Baldwin is named as "An Expeditionary Learning School" that has a
partnership with Outward Bound, the adventure program that runs urban and wilderness expeditions. In its first
year, Baldwin enrolled 82 students, mostly freshman, and some junior transfers from Humanities Prep, and
planned to grow to 324. Classes, called blocks, meet for 60 minutes. During our visit, students taking "The
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Globalized World" listened to hip hop radio station. "Hip hop music is a great example of something in our world
that is totally globalized," -- that is, broadcast around the world, their teacher said. English courses focused on
books by black authors Richard Wright and the school's namesake, James Baldwin. A course called "Crime and
Punishment: Does the U.S. Need So Many Prisons?" is taught jointly by a science teacher and a social studies
teacher, and students earn credits in both subjects.
ART:
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
H.S. 529 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
120 West 46th Street NEW YORK, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 391-0041 | Fax: (212) 391-1293 Principal: Mr. Edward Demeo
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 30 - 34
Enrollment: 722
Ethnicity %: 6 W 27 B 67 H 3 A
Attendance: 83%
ACADEMICS:
What's special: Students have the opportunity to learn about the world of commerce by running a simulated
company.
Downside: Some pupils don't grasp that their school focuses on business training.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School for International Studies seeks to familiarize students with the
business world they will encounter after graduation. All ninth graders are taught word processing and other
basic computer skills indispensable for work today. Older pupils can learn about investing, take classes in
marketing, or participate in programs in international business or travel and tourism. They can also join Virtual
Enterprises, International, a program in which students in schools around the world establish and run simulated
companies that "trade" with one another. When we visited, the enterprise in question was a software company,
and students worked in a classroom set up to resemble an office. Unfortunately, many of the students we talked
to didn't seem to be particularly interested in business. Some were even unaware that the business programs
exist
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Jacqueline Fueilcs
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* LaGuardia HS of Music & Art and Performing Arts / H.S. 485
108 Amsterdam Avenue NEW YORK, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-0700 | Fax: (212) 724-5748 Principal: Kim Bruno
http://www.laguardiahs.org/
According to insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 34
Enrollment: 2540
Ethnicity %: 46 W 18 B 20 H 18 A
Attendance: 96%
ACADEMICS: LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts is a highly selective, widely
acclaimed school that trains students for the country's best art schools and music conservatories, as well as for
conventional academic colleges and universities. The eight-story building opened in 1984 with the merger of two
older schools, the High School of Music and Art and the High School of Performing Arts, made famous by the
movie "Fame." Students take a regular academic course load and as well as three to four periods a day of their
chosen art specialty: drama, dance, vocal music, and instrumental music or studio art, and the newest specialty,
technical theater. Professional artists, including musicians from the New York Philharmonic and the New York
City Opera, teach studio courses. LaGuardia is on the list of 209 schools that the chancellor exempted from the
citywide uniform curriculum.
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motivation in art within the confines of a structured environment. During the first two years, traditional skills and
disciplines are stressed. Students achieve competency in drawing from observation in rendering form and
texture through line and modeling, and in using color in a variety of paint media.
Elective courses are conducted in the atelier manner where individuality, self-appraisal, and self-criticism are
encouraged and developed. Vocationally-oriented courses are based on fine arts, stress concept over technique
and introduce careers in the field. In all courses, the process of learning to "make art" is at least as important as
the outcome.
Visual Art Teachers: Mrs. Ross, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Steengler, Mr. Payne
NYU Student Comments:
“Lots of focus on music, dance and art. Very discipline based, there is a strict progression of classes kids must
take. The teachers are not very engaged with the students, and many of the students seem unmotivated.”
“This is a very traditional focus, size shape and color.”
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Landmark High School / H.S. 419
220 West 58th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 247-3414 | Fax: (212) 247-0602 Principal: Ms. Vivian Orlen
http://landmarkhs.org/
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 25
Enrollment: 432
Ethnicity %: 5 W 33 B 60 H 4 A
Attendance: 85%
What's special: Collegial atmosphere, good interaction between students and faculty
Downside: No gym, converted office space not ideal for educational setting
ACADEMICS: Landmark High School is a progressive school committed to helping kids examine the world
thoughtfully and critically. It belongs to the Coalition of Essential Schools, a network of like-minded small
schools, that require portfolios -- compilations of student work that demonstrate mastery of a subject in several
different ways. Portfolio assessments, rather than standardized tests, measure students' progress. There are
eight required portfolios. Students, together with their faculty advisors, select topics for their portfolios early in
their academic careers at Landmark. The portfolios are presented at the end of the senior year to a committee
of three faculty members.
ART: Arts media classes listed on website along with comprehensive video portfolios, digital photography club
listed.
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Liberty High School
250 West 18th Street NEW YORK, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 691-0934 | Fax: (212) 727-1369 Principal: Melodee A. Khristan
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 18-30
Enrollment: 524
Ethnicity %: 14 W / 10 B / 53 H / 24 A
Attendance: 85%
What's special: Literacy classes for immigrants who've never been in school.
Downside: Time will tell if Liberty can succeed as a four-year high school.
ACADEMICS: Liberty is one of the few city high schools offering a literacy program for immigrants who have
never attended school in any country - a sizeable group of its students. Some classrooms resemble an
elementary school, where children first learn how to sound out words. In some classes we visited, students
seemed eager to practice the vocabulary they had learned earlier in the semester. Although teachers generally
taught in the traditional style of lecturing in the front of the classroom, many encouraged students to participate
by speaking or writing on the blackboard.
ART:
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Visual Art Teacher: Ms. Lozano
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Millennium Art Academy
3000 East Tremont Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 824-0978 | Fax: (718) 824-0963 Principal: Maxine Nodel
http://www.bxmaa.org/index2.htm
According to NY Department of Education:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 20
Enrollment: 362
Ethnicity %: 3 W / 43 B / 50 H / 5 A
Attendance: 92%
ACADEMICS: The mission of the Millennium Art Academy is "to use the arts to reveal our humanity." This is
achieved through a rigorously academic, artistic and award-winning intergenerational program that prepares
students for the world of college, work and community. Classes are interdisciplinary and teachers work with
professional artists, writers and dramatists to fully engage students intellectually, artistically, and socially.
At MAA, students are taught to see that there is a common human condition and that understanding the plights
of others will ultimately enable them to bend adversity around them, so that they may realize their true potential.
In essence, we believe that all students enter our school with exceptional potential that can only be revealed
through teacher efficacy and nurturing support. MAA students are treated as intellectually capable young adults
and begin their coursework exposed to rhetorical and universal concepts/themes, as well as to the notion of
what it means to take accountability for the quality of one's work.
Visual Art Teachers: Sandra Forrest (sandyclare@earthlink.net), Haymee Salas-Vasquez (hsalas73@aol.com)
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Newcomers High School: Academy for New Americans / H.S. 555
28-01 41st Avenue LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 937-6005 | Fax: (718) 917-6316 Principal: Mary Burke
http://www.globalkids.org/Schools/leadership/newcomers.jsp
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 34
Enrollment: 1020
Ethnicity %: 11 W 3 B 63 H 24 A
Attendance: 90%
What's special: Friendly staff and counselors, emphasis on transition and moving ahead.
Downside: Administrative staff is overburdened and everyone, it seems, is expected to fill two or three roles.
ACADEMICS: Newcomers High School: Academy for New Americans is a point of entry for immigrants into the
American education system. Almost half the students come from Ecuador, Colombia, or China. The most
traditional of the city's dozen high schools designed to serve new immigrants, Newcomer's goal is to move
students quickly to regular neighborhood high schools with English-speaking students: Those who enter in
ninth grade must transfer to another school for 10th grade. (Those who enroll later may stay until they
graduate.) Newcomers High School is one of 209 schools that the chancellor has exempted from the
citywide uniform curriculum mandated in 2003. Students receive nine hours a week of instruction in
English as a Second Language. The school also offers bilingual classes in Spanish and Chinese
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Ann Kornfeld
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
New Explorers High School
701 Saint Ann's Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: (718) 993-3634 | Fax: (718) 993-3614 Principal: Despina Zaharakis
According to insideschools.org
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DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 20
Enrollment: 337
Ethnicity %: 1 W / 35 B / 64 H / 1 A
Attendance: 84%
What's special: Program that engages students through neighborhood and world study
Downside: Teachers have to work hard on confidence-building in many students.
ACADEMICS: Located in South Bronx High School, the small New Explorers High School is centered on the
idea that students turned off by education can become engaged in learning by studying their neighborhood. The
school, which began as a program, was founded by former South Bronx High teachers concerned that many of
their students had lost a sense of curiosity and considered school boring.
"The kids did not connect with anything -- community, school, or even family," says Principal Despina Zaharakis.
"They were not connected with school or life." The program seeks to prompt an urge for connection by making
students more aware of their neighborhood and the larger world beyond, while asking them three questions:
Who am I? How has the past affected me? How will I affect the future?
The summer before ninth grade, incoming students attend a one-week "bridge" program in which they explore
The Hub, as the school's neighborhood is known. They write down impressions about the area, from its smells
to its sights. Through the school's affiliation with the Bronx County Historical Society, students also delve into
their neighborhood's past. They have access to historical records, biographical information about famous Bronx
residents, background on immigration patterns over the decades, and other data.
ART: Video
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Nightingale-Bamford School (Private)
20 E. 92nd Street, New York, NY
212 289 5020 X6547
http://www.nightingale.org
According to their website:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
All girls
ACADEMICS:
High school at Nightingale is the beginning, not the end, of an engaged and productive life. It is a place to take
risks, to try out new ways of thinking, to test your intellectual limits, and to begin to find your unique voice.
Nightingale girls find support for these explorations not only from their teachers but also from their classmates in
this extraordinarily cohesive community. The challenging curriculum, including a wide range of electives and
Advanced Placement courses; unparalleled cultural resources of New York City; and trips as far away as
London all let girls discover their place in the world.
ART: The Upper School art program encourages students to develop specific skills while also cultivating
personally significant subject matter. From one semester to the next, students may concentrate in a particular
medium or choose from a variety of courses including Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture and Video.
Class X takes a semester course in Art History and learns to recognize and interpret important works of art from
different historical periods. An Art History course is also offered to Classes XI and XII. Offers studio, photo and
video.
Visual Art Head of Department: Tony Gray
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* NYC Night and Day School
240 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 353-2010
http://www.mancomp.org
According to their website:
DEMOGRAPHICS: Our academic programs are unique in that they specifically address the improvement of
literacy and academic needs of an older high school population, who comes to us at various stages of their
interrupted education from the five boroughs of the city and from over 50 different countries. Two-thirds of this
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population is foreign-born, mostly beginner English language learners (ELLs), with our school usually serving as
their entry point to U.S. society. The majority of our American-born students dropped out their previous high
schools. Ninety-four percent receive free or reduced price lunch. In order to serve this population, we needed to
break away from traditional sequential course programming and fashioned courses that were based upon
students’ levels of language and mathematical proficiencies and not upon the traditional grade-cohort
sequencing.
ACADEMICS: Manhattan Comprehensive is a rare, one-of-a-kind public high school teaching eight hundred
older, nontraditional students, ages seventeen to twenty-one. Students can attend either night or day classes,
while working full-time and attending to adult responsibilities. Over 90% of our seniors graduate (one of
New York City’s highest rates); 60% go to college immediately, virtually all others finish high school already
employed. Manhattan Comprehensive is the first night-and-day high school in the country to offer a full,
academic Regents diploma instead of a GED. Our graduates attend CUNY and SUNY, as well as private
colleges.
ART: Art classes are offered, but no info is available on the website.
NYU Student Comments:
“The main goal of this school is to get student to graduate from high school. It caters to older students and
recent immigrants, and students who work or have other obligations. There is no art department, but I observed
a Saturday Origami class taught by the English teacher. If you want to see a “not so great” example of an art
lesson, that was it.”
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* NYC Lab School
333 W. 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-691-6119 | Fax: 212-691-6219
http://www.nyclabschool.org
According to insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 6 to 12
Class size: 28-34
Enrollment: 474
Ethnicity %: 59 W / 6 B / 11 H / 25 A
Attendance: 95%
What's special: Inspired teaching and imaginative projects keep kids interested.
Downside: Some scheduling problems in high school
ACADEMICS: After nearly 20 years at Lab, co-principals Rob Menken and Sheila Breslaw retired in the summer
of 2006. They were replaced by Gary Eisinger, formerly assistant principal of the High School for Environmental
Studies in Manhattan, and Brooke Jackson, a long-time teacher and assistant principal at Lab. At a tour for
prospective parents, Jackson reaffirmed the school's belief in "collaboration, not competition" among students
and its "fierce regard for diversity and pluralism" as demonstrated by its commitment to including special
education students in general education classes.
ART: The Art Program serves 9th grade and also offers Art Honors for Juniors and Seniors.
Art Teacher: Ellen Wong. Ellen has worked with NYU students for several years now and is very comfortable
having student teachers in her classroom.
NYU Student Comments:
“The school is diverse and not too traditional. The teachers are open and friendly. They like to know their
students. The art is somewhat traditional and technique based, but it is progressive in that it relates to students’
lives. If you have a lot of teaching experience, or want to dive right in, this is the place for you. Be sure to have
a loud voice as the classroom can be chaotic.”
“The school is definitely collaborative, making attempts to deal with social issues, but struggling somewhat. Ellen
has been teaching for 30 years, and is traditional in her goals for the students. Her planning process, however, is
very organic and she pushed for me to teach as much as possible. She is very familiar with NYU and likes to
have us there and find ways to incorporate these new ideas into her classroom. Would you recommend this
school? Yes and no... she is very sincere and really cares about her students and her student teachers.
However, her room and organizational skills are a total disaster zone, so this placement requires patience… lots
of patience. Was somewhat difficult adjust to working with these affluent Chelsea kids after coming from the
Bronx middle school from the previous semester – for the most part, they have a whole different set of life
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concerns (“Should we shop at Neiman Marcus or Barney’s this weekend?”).” Nora Zale, Fall 07
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New York City Museum School
333 West 17 Street, New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 675-6206 | Fax: (212) 675-6524 Principal: Darlene Miller
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 28-32
Enrollment: 381
Ethnicity %: 22 W 26 B 39 H 15 A
Attendance: 93%
What's special: Classes are regularly held at the city's finest museums.
Downside: It's difficult to incorporate science and math into the museum curriculum.
ACADEMICS: The Museum School is a laid-back, aggressively egalitarian place in a part of the city that
abounds with Type A parents (and with schools, both public and private, that cater to them). The Museum
School welcomes and accommodates students whose academic records aren't stellar, even as it offers
curriculum that can challenge the brightest kids. The tone of the school might be a bit loose for some tastes.
Class changes can be boisterous, with lots of shouting and a bit of shoving. Some kids drift into class late.
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Erica Yonks
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Pablo Neruda Academy for Architecture and World Studies
1980 Lafayette Ave. Bronx, NY 10473
Phone: (718) 824-1682 | Fax: (718) 823-7858 Principal: Dina Heisler
www.pablonerudaacademy.org
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 20
Enrollment: 281
Ethnicity %: 2 W / 30 B / 68 H / 2 A
Attendance: 75%
What's special: Engrossing projects.
Downside: More writing could be incorporated into the projects.
ACADEMICS: Pablo Neruda Academy for Architecture and World Studies belongs to the New Century initiative,
a project to establish small high schools where students get a more intimate education than they would in large,
conventional settings. Director Dina Heisler, a former teacher at International High School in Queens, brings an
emphasis on group projects to this new school. Thanks to one of the school's partners, Salvadori Center, for
example, students work together to build models of bridges, a project in keeping with the focus on architecture
suggested by the school's name. It is Heisler's hope that students will appreciate the significance of another part
of the school's name as well, and try to follow in the footsteps of the Chilean, Nobel Prize-winning poet and
activist Pablo Neruda, a learned citizen of the world. Mission: prepare students for college and life beyond as
highly literate, critical thinkers who are also compassionate, engaged world citizens.
ART: One credit in art is required to graduate, though this program is specific to architecture.
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School for Arts & Technology
47-07 30th Place, Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 472-5671 | Fax: (718) 472-9117 Principal: Bruce Noble
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 7 to 12
Class size: 18-34
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Enrollment: 495
Ethnicity %: 18 W 22 B 51 H 11 A
Attendance: 87%
What's special: Theater, photography, and video programs strong.
Downside: Despite dedicated teachers, many students are listless.
ACADEMICS: An alternative school in a brightly lit high-tech building, The Robert F. Wagner Jr. Institute for the
Arts and Technology (IAT) offers courses in video production, animation, and digital music, where kids produce
CDs with music they write themselves. The day of our visit, a theater class was rehearsing a medieval play.
Middle school students meet once a week with a playwright and an actress to produce their own "urban fairy
tales" such as one in which Peter Pan lives in modern-day New York. Parents may meet with the same
playwright and a guidance counselor in the evening to learn techniques for communicating with their
adolescents
ART: The high school students participate in photography, commercial art, animation, computer graphics, digital
music, and art history classes
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Sacred Heart School (Private)
1 E. 91st Street and Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Phone: 212 722 4745
http://www.cshnyc.org/
According to their website
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade Levels: Pre K-12
Catholic School
ACADEMICS: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to a personal and active faith in God,
commit themselves to educate to a deep respect for intellectual values, Schools of the Sacred Heart commit
themselves to educate to a social awareness which impels to action, ommit themselves to educate to the
building of community as a Christian value and commit themselves to educate to a personal growth in an
atmosphere of wise freedom.
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Susan Mareneck
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* School of the Future
127 East 22 Street NEW YORK, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 475-8086 | Fax: (212) 475-9273 Principal: C. DeLaura / Y. Chu
www.sof.edu
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 6 to 12
Class size: 25
Enrollment: 673
Ethnicity %: 37 W / 22 B / 25 H / 18 A
Attendance: 94%
What's special: Plenty of individual instruction and guidance for students of all ability levels.
Downside: Offerings in sports and music are slim.
ACADEMICS: School of the Future has an informal, laid back feel, with lots of sofas and cushions and rugs on
the floor. Kids seem happy, and there is a relaxed but respectful rapport between grownups and students. The
students we spoke to were articulate, well-mannered, and engaged in their studies. On the tour, you may hear
prospective parents grumble that certain aspects of the curriculum, such as math, may not be challenging
enough for top students. But parents of children who are enrolled are fervent fans of the school, praising the
small class size, the individual attention of the teachers, and the warm and caring attitude of the administration.
ART: Program provides students with exposure and experience to visual language, art media and arts
connection to self and world. Involved in arts activism and arts education for 15 years.
Art Teacher: Stephanie Basch, teaches grades 6-9.
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NYU Student Comments:
“There is “team teaching” across grade levels. It is a part of the small school system and CES school base.
Portfolio assessment is used but the arts are excluded from this. The philosophy is heavily product driven and
skills based. The school wants to have a media arts component, but currently art classes are used to ‘fill the
gaps in the schedule.’ This is a great place to see the reality of teaching art in a NYC small school that touts
itself as progressive and student centered. However, art has been deemed unimportant by the school if you
want to go to college.”
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Science Skills Center / H.S. 419
49 Flatbush Avenue Ext., Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 243-9413 | Fax: (718) 243-9399 Principal: Denise Jennings
According to insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12 lass size: 34
Enrollment: 1012
Ethnicity %: 5 W / 81 B / 10 H / 6 A
Attendance: 83%
What's special: Robotics team and dance program; partnerships with local colleges.
Downside: Overcrowding; low attendance. Students may apply to one of four programs,
ACADEMICS: Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts strikes a nice
balance. It is smaller than the huge neighborhood high schools in Brooklyn, but larger than the tiny, new,
themed high schools springing up throughout the city. Three of which are now selective: Gateway for PreCollege Education, Lead the Way (engineering) and Humanities and the Arts. Entrance to the school's
generalized science and math program (the largest) is via the educational option admissions formula designed
to ensure slots for students of all achievement levels. Skills maintains partnerships with nearby colleges such as
Long Island University and New York City College of Technology, where kids who qualify may take courses and
which many students go on to college.
ARTS: Arts and Humanities focus
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* St. Ann’s (Private)
129 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn NY (Brooklyn Heights)
Phone: 718 522 1660
http://www.saintannsny.org/
According to their website:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade Levels: PreK–12
Catholic School
ACADEMICS: Saint Ann's School is not unusual in wanting to prepare children creatively and efficiently in the
academic disciplines and the arts, and surely not unique in wanting students who demonstrate amply the
necessary aptitude and motivation. What is out of the ordinary, we think, is our habit of giving students freedom
to achieve, to value learning more than propriety, to trust the unadorned pleasures of learning, unassisted by
point scores, prizes, rankings, and punishments.
ART: Architecture, claymation, photography, printmaking, ceramics, studio art and sculpture are offered.
Contact: Andrew Keating or Charles Luce, Art Dept. Head
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Stuyvesant High School
345 Chambers Street NEW YORK, NY 10282
Phone: (212) 312-4800 | Fax: (212) 587-3874 Principal: Mr. Stanley Teitel
http://www.stuy.edu/
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
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Class size: 34
Enrollment: 3036
Ethnicity %: 39 W / 3 B / 3 H / 56 A
Attendance: 98%
What's special: Amazingly talented student body and a vast array of courses
Downside: Students don't get a lot of sleep
ACADEMICS: The most sought-after of the city's selective schools, Stuyvesant High School has an amazingly
talented student body and an array of course offerings that rival those of a small college. It has a sparkling, 10story building with views of New York harbor and amenities such as a regulation-size swimming pool.
Stuyvesant has long been known as a math-science school, but its English and social studies departments have
improved significantly in recent years and now are among the school's strongest.
ART:
Visual Art Teachers: Leslie Bernstein, Amy Cappell, Sheila Eichenblatt
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change (H.S. 670)
Adam Clayton Blvd. & 135th St NEW YORK, NY 10030
Phone: (212) 283-8055
DEMOGRAPHICS
From www.insideschools.org
Grade levels: 7 to 12
Class size: 7, 27; 9, 36
Enrollment: 573
Ethnicity %: 1W / 78B / 21H / 1A
Attendance: 93%
ACADEMICS:
In addition to courses in history, math, and English students take a full, four-year science load of biology, earth
science, anatomy, physiology, and chemistry. The school also emphasizes arts; students take visual art in 7th
grade, music in 8th, and both subjects in high school, where they receive arts instruction three times a week and
again during Saturday workshops. The art teacher weaves art history into the study of Egypt, Greece, and even
subjects like geometry and biology. Students with strong arts skills may gain the opportunity to audition for
entrance into the Parsons School of Design via a Parsons representative that collaborates with the art program.
The music department has keyboards and, it seems, a few of every type of band instrument. The choir recently
performed for the NAACP, when the organization honored 10 of the academy's top students.
Art Teacher: Mr. Eatmon
NYU student comments
“The title of this school includes “learning for social justice and change” so teachers are encouraged to
incorporate social justice themes into their curriculums; this is a college preparatory school so students are held
to high standards no matter where they come from. There is a major emphasis on Literacy and improving
standardized test scores. Cultural expression is also encouraged throughout the school and teachers are
always trying to use the students’ interests to better the academic and social activities. The art program is
standards-based and the teacher always incorporates others subjects into his curriculum; this curriculum is
mostly skills-based, but students are constantly encouraged to exercise critical analysis skills when looking at
new media, surveying art history, and viewing contemporary art. He runs the art department by himself and is
still trying to develop it since the school is fairly new. Yes I would recommend this school. This teacher is a 25year veteran and has taught in various settings and will readily share his experiences with you. He is also a
practicing artist, so he is very in touch with the contemporary art world—namely fashion because he used to be
a designer. He is also used to working with a tight budget and is very creative when coming up with projects
under these conditions. In my opinion he has really mastered classroom management and the students love
and respect him. He has some bad habits too, but it’s good to observe them to learn what not to do.” Spring
2008
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* Trevor Day School Upper School (Private, Grades 6-12)
1 West 88th Street, (near Central Park West), New York NY 10024
http://www.trevor.org
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According to school website:
ACADEMICS: In the High School students pursue a vigorous college-preparatory program that cultivates
independent thought and imaginative problem solving. Students continue to participate in a rich visual and
performing arts program. The large student/faculty High School Center serves as the heart of the division and
makes collaboration between and among students and faculty possible. The state-of-the-art Science Center for
Grades 8 through 12 reflects an innovative approach to science that emphasizes active problem-solving and
inquiry-based learning. Community service, which continues to be an integral part of our students learning
experience, culminates in an 80-hour requirement, with opportunity for individual and group projects.
ART: The Visual Arts Program aims to develop the creativity and aesthetic awareness of all students by offering
a wide range of two- and three-dimensional media at beginning and advanced levels. Students are encouraged
to develop advanced skills and personal expression in areas of their choice. Through discussion, critiques and
journal writing, students develop a vocabulary that enables them to reflect on their own work in the context of
art, past and present. All courses run the duration of the academic year. Visual Arts students collect and
organize a portfolio selection of their best works. At the end of the year, the Annual Art Show, attended by the
community at large, reflects the students’ artistic accomplishments. Photography and digital art program as well
as Woodworking, Ceramics, Painting, and Sculpture.
Ceramics Teacher: Veronica Medina-Sable (2006 NYU Graduate). Additional teachers in multiple media.
NYU Student Comments:
“It is liberal, laid back and has rotating schedules. There are lots of different classes and teachers who are
artists. I really liked the atmosphere and the arts are taken seriously.” Fall 2006
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
* United Nations International School
24-50 FDR Drive, New York, NY 10010
Tel: 212) 684-7400, Fax: 212) 684-1382
http://www.unis.org
DEMOGRAPHICS: This school caters to an international group as well as New Yorkers. Many children of UN
workers and diplomats attend here making it ethnically and racially diverse.
According to their website:
ACADEMICS: UNIS offers a challenging, well-defined, standards-based, international curriculum drawing upon
the most successful practices in education: 1. Strong academic curriculum throughout the school2. The
curriculum fosters the acquisition of knowledge, development of skills and attitudes and complex problem
solving application across a range of disciplines3. UNIS's written curriculum and assessment plan is developed
and reviewed through an on-going renewal process4. The curriculum throughout the school is horizontally and
vertically connected and clearly articulates responsibility for teaching and assessing standards for student
learning 5. All curriculum, Junior A through the International Baccalaureate, is based on the most current
educational research available
ART: By studying different artistic traditions, students become aware of the cultural contexts that underlie
perception and imagination. In turn they also learn how perception and imagination build culture. Until the tenth
grade, works of artists, historical movements and cultural traditions that are relevant to projects are studied. In
the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, a more extensive Art History and Art Issues component
is given. Museum trips and visits by artists are organized when appropriate.
Visual Art Teachers: Jim Richards, John Ingram
NYU Student Comments:
“UNIS has amazing arts facilities with a diverse group of caring teachers. The high school environment is
portfolio based, and due to the I.B. program, rests heavily on collecting pieces over the course of the four year
program. This is a great school to observe a traditional, international, and conceptual, though not necessarily
politically active atmosphere.” Fall 2006
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
Urban Assembly School for Media Studies
122 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 501-1110 | Fax: (212) 501-1111 Principal: Lynette Delgado
http://www.urbanassembly.org
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
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Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 27
Enrollment: 301
Ethnicity %: 16 W / 32 B / 49 H / 5 A
Attendance: 80%
What's special: Unique opportunity for students to work with some of the major media institutions in the city.
Downside: School may not be attractive to students looking for a lot of structure.
ACADEMICS: The name Urban Assembly Media High School may raise images of a school filled with budding
Oprah Winfreys. Indeed, this may be the path that some of the students take, given they are attending a school
with such partners as ABC, TimeWarner, and the Daily News. But founding Principal Lynette Delgado has a
much broader concept in mind -- a school focused on teaching about the power of media, how it works, and how
it affects our understanding of the truth. "When I see one neighborhood with a lot of cigarette advertising and
another with none, I want to explore why and how it affects a community's perception of itself," Delgado told us.
ART: Media based classrooms
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Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction
525 West 50th Street New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 586-0981 | Fax: (212) 586-1731 Principal: Lawrence Pendergast
According to insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 25
Enrollment: 306
Ethnicity %: 8 W / 37 B / 54 H / 3 A
Attendance: 85%
What's special: Compelling architecture and design projects combined with a strong college prep program.
Downside: Metal detectors.
ACADEMICS: The School of Design and Construction, which opened in fall 2004, carries out its architecture
and design theme with the help of a wide range of organizations brought in by its partner, Urban Assembly, a
not-for-profit group that supports the creation of small college prep high schools. Students have worked with the
Center for Architecture, the New York home for the American Institute of Architects, to design entrances to a
New York City subway station. Other students, working with groups of designers and architects, have created
model bridges, roller coasters, and model homes. Some students have been able to participate in a mentoring
program sponsored by ACE, an education group supported by the architecture, construction, and engineering
professions.
ART:
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Vanguard High School / H.S. 449
317 East 67th Street NEW YORK, NY 10021
Phone: (212) 517-5175 | Fax: (212) 517-5334 Principal: Mr. Louis Delgado
http://vanguard.r9tech.org/home.aspx
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHIC:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 15-20
Enrollment: 368
Ethnicity %: 8 W / 30 B / 59 H / 4 A
Attendance: 79%
What's special: Small classes and individual attention from teachers
Downside: No elective choices
ACADEMICS:
ART: Filmmaking and Studio Art are offered. Students learn about drawing, painting, architecture, and
sculpture. Each student creates many projects with skill and creativity. Advanced students have professional
training opportunities at NYC colleges on Saturdays. Portfolio development for college-bound students.”
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Art Teachers: Filmmaking: Rebecca Daczka (rdaczka@vanguard.r9tech.org). Studio Art: Carol Saft
(csaft@vanguard.r9tech.org).
NYU Student Comments:
“The studio-based classes that are currently offered are Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Advanced/College
Prep Art, and Philosophy of Art (co-taught with humanities teacher). There is a lot of freedom in the curriculum
to develop your own lessons. If you would like experience teaching in a public high school that has some
limitations, such as no sink in the room, but also has small classes (12-17 students) and an enthusiastic art
teacher who is open to new ideas, then this is an excellent school to student teach. Classes are not highly
structured, but you can develop additional structure within the curriculum.” From Spring 2008
LAST UPDATED: May 2008
Washington Irving High School
40 Irving Place NEW YORK, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 674-5000 | Fax: (212) 673-9569 Principal: Dr. Denise Dicarlo
From www.insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 20-34
Enrollment: 2494
Ethnicity %: 3 W 32 B 62 H 5 A
Attendance: 70%
ACADEMICS:
Just a block east of Union Square, Washington Irving is a large high school designed to provide something for
everyone, from high-achieving students bound for college to those still struggling to learn the basics. The Art
House, one of the best of the nine programs in the school, offers classes in fashion design, photography, and
sculpture. Each year, a handful of Washington Irving students receive an International Baccalaureate--an
advanced degree recognized by European universities. Older students, who may be working during the day,
may take evening courses in the Young Adult Borough Center (YABC) to finish their high school degree. The
school has extensive special education services and a large number of classes for new immigrants…
Visual Art Teacher: Mrs. Hermann
NYU Student Comments: School philosophy: “Confused. There seemed to be a lot of changes happening here
because the school got a poor rating from the state and things are being reorganized.” Art program philosophy:
“Somewhat progressive and rather casual. I know that Ms. Hermann will not be there next year. It may be an
interesting place to observe and see what happens but I wouldn’t recommend it for student teaching – a little too
unstable.” Spring 2008
LAST UPDATED: June 2008
Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School / H.S. 505
140 West 102nd Street NEW YORK, NY 10025
Phone: (212) 678-7300 | Fax: (212) 678-7380 Principal: Ms. Jean Mctavish
According to Insideschools.org
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Enrollment: 627
Ethnicity %: 2 W / 39 B / 59 H / 2 A
Attendance: 69%
ACADEMICS:
What's special: Experienced staff dedicated to education of older students who have not found success
elsewhere.
Downside: The tension between an alternative culture and new state standards is a challenge. One of the city's
oldest transfer alternative schools, E.A.R. West Side is named for its late - and beloved -- founder, who started
the school in 1972 when the idea of alternative education was still untested. The school is housed in a new
building with an impressive gym and the latest in technology -- a clear draw for students. Teenagers from all
over the city transfer into West Side, some coming from vocational schools; others from large, comprehensive
high schools; still others from rigorous academic settings. They typically arrive with 10 to 30 credits, and the
school's goal is to boost that figure to the 40 necessary for graduation. Advisors help students figure out what
credits and classes they need. The school also runs on a four-cycle schedule, so students can get at least
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partial credit for each cycle they complete. About half the graduates go on to higher education, generally
community college.
ART:
Visual Art Teacher: Ester Quilles
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
The Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design
257 N. 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 388-1260 | Fax: (718) 486-2580 Principal: Steve Farina
www.whsad.org
According to Insideschools.org:
DEMOGRAPHICS:
Grade levels: 9 to 12
Class size: 25
Enrollment: 305
Ethnicity %: 3 W / 56 B / 33 H / 9 A
Attendance: 88%
What's special: Students get instruction in architecture beginning their freshman year, and continuing through
12th grade.
Downside: No music program; no foreign language offered until 10th grade.
ACADEMICS: The school, which opened in September 2004 with just 100 9th graders, will grow to its full size
of 400 students in grades 9-12 in September 2007. One of a burgeoning number of new, small high schools
throughout the city, the school benefits from small classes and a well-developed "theme." The principal, Charles
Pomaro, was formerly an assistant principal for engineering and technology at Brooklyn Tech, and the school's
architecture teacher is a licensed architect from Pratt Institute. "That's my whole thing: the design process," said
Pomaro, who added that each student is expected to leave the school with his or her own portfolio of work. "It's
a way of thinking. We want students to develop the eyes of design." Pomaro has big plans for the school,
including refurbishing the shop so that students can carry out large-scale construction projects, among them
building a structure in the school's yard. He says that juniors will volunteer with Habitat for Humanity to build
low-income houses.
ART:
LAST UPDATED: December 2006
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