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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 a day trip to Philadelphia in the fall and an overnight to Boston in the spring. Sophomores go on walking tour of lower Manhattan as well as a Circle Line cruise in the fall, and spend an overnight in Gettysburg in the spring. Juniors will participate in a Harlem Renaissance Tour in the fall, and an overnight to Newport and Plymouth with whale watching on Cape Cod Bay in the spring. Seniors experience a 3 day-2 night trip to Washington, D.C. in the fall. 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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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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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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