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  he Academy offers students a well rounded, comprehensive, college preparatory education in a small school environment that fosters a spirit of community service and a drive towards excellence. Due to the incredible hard work and dedication of both the staff and students over the past decade, our efforts have met with great success.
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Special Topics in American History - In each grade, our students take an additional course in American History. In Freshman year, the students are exposed to the events leading up to the American Revolution, the great documents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, the Reform Movements of the 1800s and Jacksonian Democracy. In the Sophomore year, the students learn about westward expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Immigration and Industrialization. In junior year, the students take a class in law and in senior year they will write a senior thesis on a topic in American History. To prepare our students for these tasks, freshmen take an additional class in writing and research. |
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Academic Trip Program - Learning is never limited to the classroom. With financial assistance from the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American history we are able to take our students on a grade-wide academic trip each semester. Freshmen go on day trips to Philadelphia and Sturbridge. Sophomores explore historic lower Manhattan with a Circle Line Harbor Cruise and spend an overnight in Gettysburg. Juniors go on a cruise up the Hudson River to visit West Point, and a two night trip to Boston, Groton, Salem and Plymouth with whale watching on Cape Cod Bay. Seniors experience a 3 day-2 night trip to Washington, D.C. In this way, our students not only learn about the Constitution, they go to the room where it was written. They not only read about the Civil War, they run Pickett’s Charge. Through these hands on experiences we bring history to life. |
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The Cambridge Scholarship - Each July, a scholarship is granted to a freshman in order to attend a summer program at Cambridge University in England. This unique program offers the students the opportunity to take two classes in a university setting while living on this historic campus near London. The application process is open to freshmen who are in the top 10% of their class as of the Fall report card of the freshman year. |
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Tutorials - Dedicated students and teachers come together for tutorials in all academic subjects after school. Additionally, over the weekends prior to the January and June Regents Exams and May Advanced Placement exams, teachers offer Saturday and Sunday tutorials to prepare our students to do their best. We also offer an SAT Prep course in the spring term. |
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Conflict Negotiation Program/Peer
Mediation -
The Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Program is designed to train students to be peer mediators and deliver student-run training on Conflict Negotiation issues with peers. Students selected for the program participate in activities dealing with self-identity, language, anger management, communication skills, examining bias, cultural awareness and conflict negotiation. Students lead workshops to empower their peers to challenge stereotypes and prejudice, foster inter-group dialogue, understanding, and respect; and create a more inclusive school community.
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The Arts -
Art:
- Our art program has been growing each year. The museum studies class is designed to provide students with the ability to research works of art within various museum settings, survey American art chronologically in such media as portraiture, landscape, still life, history painting, etc. To conclude the course, an online exhibition and an exhibition for the school setting will be organized by the students. The students will create a portfolio through materials researched within the museums of New York City. Advanced Placement Studio Art is also offered.
Music: The Academy offers beginning music appreciation courses as well as performance classes in chorus and piano.
Theatre: The Academy will be offering a Playwriting Course this year. Additionally, all freshmen participate in our annual Shakespeare Festival during which time the Judith Shakespeare Company offers half day workshops to the students. Our Improvisational Theatre Club is a member of the International Thespian Society and has ties to the New York State Theatre Education Association. A student talent show will be produced in the spring as well as our first musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.-
Dance:Our students are exposed to dance through seminar classes as well as through a dance class with Newcomers High School.
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The Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academy - In both the summer and fall, we offer a Saturday Academy enrichment program through the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Past classes have included: Unraveling American Myths, PSAT/SAT Prep, American Plays in the 20th Century, The Great Irish Famine and Emigration to America, 20th Century Social Movements, Sociology. |
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Internship Program - The Academy offers an Internship Program for all interested seniors and a select group of juniors. Participating students are placed in internships covering a variety of professional environments throughout Queens and Manhattan. These environments include, but are not limited to, engineering firms, local junior high schools, museums, offices of politicians, art institutions and law firms. All students who successfully complete an internship will receive credit that will be applied to their high school transcripts. |
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