What Makes It Special: The most popular of the Citywide G&Ts, Anderson rarely has room for students who score below the 99th percentile, unless they’re siblings.
Admissions: Open to children in District 2 who score above the 90th percentile, its popularity means that only those who score in the 99th percentile (excepting siblings) have a chance of getting in via lottery.
What Makes It Special: One of the few District G&Ts that’s its own school.
Admissions: A local school that, on occasion, has room for out of zone families.
What Makes It Special: The top school in Brooklyn, it doesn’t screen students.
Bonus: How to apply to a school that’s outside your zone via Kindergarten Connect
Rank: 8
School Name: Success Academy Charter School – Bedford-Stuyvesant
Average Standard Score: 99.4
% of Students Classified Free/Reduced Lunch: 80.8
Student/Teacher Ratio: 16
Rank: 9
School Name: Success Academy Charter School – Crown Heights
Average Standard Score: 99.3
% of Students Classified Free/Reduced Lunch: 83.1
Student/Teacher Ratio: 16.8
Rank: 10
School Name: Success Academy Charter School – Cobble Hill
Average Standard Score: 99.2
% of Students Classified Free/Reduced Lunch: 46.3
Student/Teacher Ratio: 15.1
Admissions: Lottery, with priority to respective district residents
What Makes Them Special: Despite the fact that Success Academies don’t screen their students, the above three, as well as seven more, outscored the selective, citywide, accelerated Brooklyn School of Inquiry, which ranked #23.
Bonus: The Success Academy network made their literacy curriculum publically available for all.
At first glance, it would seem that being a school that evaluates children for admission is key. But how, then, to explain the Success Academies and Beacon School of Excellence, which take all comers but manage to achieve the same results, and even outscore dozens of schools with G&T programs?
Especially when those schools also report the largest number of Free and Reduced Lunch kids? Having an affluent student body obviously helps when it comes to test scores (and outside test prep). But it clearly doesn’t tell the whole story.
Not when the largest classes can be found at the #3 ranked school. The lowest Student/Teacher ratio on the list does belong to the highest-ranked non-G&T school, though, so that may partially account for their success.
(However, the highest ranked non-NYC school on the list is #11, the Robert Seaman School in Jericho, NY. Its Student/Teacher ratio is 9.5 but that didn’t help it break into the Top 10.)
Unfortunately, it would seem that there is no single magic bullet to be found on this list.
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ET-375 Introduction to Robotics (4 college credits)
This program is designed to introduce students to robotics within a hands-on four (4) college credit course, ET 375 (Introduction to Robotics), to robotic construction, programming, operation, and basic design theory. Throughout the summer, students will work in teams to design, construct, and program autonomous mobile robots by learning and using the C Programming Language within the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Robotics System among other components. Robotics projects will include behaviors such as line-following, random roaming with obstacle avoidance using IR sensors and ultrasonic range finding sensors, and rotate until a path is clear using the data from the ultrasonic range finders.
Metrocards and lunch vouchers will be provided.
Eligibility Requirements
Be a New York City public high school student, entering 11th or 12th grade in September 2017
A score of between 65 and 79 on the Algebra I or Geometry Regents– no greater than 79 on any Math Regents (no greater than 70 on any Common Core Math)
Teacher recommendations should be based on GPA, attendance, and motivation.
TH-124 Summer Theatre Production Workshop (3 college credits)
Open Call: Looking for aspiring and would-be actors, costumers, makeup artists, set designers, and other theatre hopefuls to hone their craft and perform a play at the Queensborough Community College College Now Summer Theatre Production Workshop. Students will also attend a Broadway Show.
Metrocards and lunch vouchers will be provided.
Eligibility Requirements
Be a New York City public high school student, entering 11th or 12th grade in September 2017
Have a minimum score of 65 on the English Language Arts (ELA) Regents exam OR an overall high school GPA of 70 or above
Students coming from Queensborough Community College partner schools will be given priority, but eligible students from other public schools may attend if space permits.
Additionally, preference will be given to students entering their junior and senior years and spots will be offered to sophomores as space permits.
College Focus
Don’t Repeat High School Classes in College… FOCUS!
Did you know that 1 in 4 college students have to take remedial classes? Did you know that remedial classes repeat high school material but cost more time and financial aid than college courses? Did you know that students in remediation cannot take the courses they need to graduation until they are remediation free?
About Summer College Focus
College Focus is a FREE CUNY college readiness program. It helps you test out of remediation before you enter college. This five-week summer intensive program includes meal vouchers and Metrocards.
Eligibility for Summer College Focus
Students are eligible for College Focus if they are high school seniors who are on-track to graduate with Regents/Common Core scores in either or both Math or English that will allow them to graduate, but aren’t high enough to meet the college readiness benchmark.
For College Focus (COFO) Math:
Seniors who scored a 65-69 on Common Core Algebra I or Geometry Regents
Have already successfully completed their commencement level credit math sequence (core math sequence), and
are on track to graduate with at least a 65 on ELA Regents and have excellent attendance records.
For College Focus (COFO) English:
Seniors who scored a 65-74 on the ELA Regents, and
Have excellent attendance records.
Summer College Focus Dates
The summer program will run from July 5 to August 3rd , from Monday through Thursday, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. The five-week program provides intensive instruction to prepare for the CUNY Assessment tests as well as college readiness workshops, tutoring and recreational opportunities (including use of the gym and tennis courts). Participation in all of these components is mandatory. The CUNY Assessment Tests will be given on Monday, August 7th.
College Focus Summer 2017 Schedule
The Math/ELA Class will take place after lunch on Wednesday July 5, 2017.
Week of July 5, 2017
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9:00-12:30
ID Cards/Tour
Math/ELA Class
Math/ELA Class
12:45-1:30
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
1:30-3:30
Math/ELA Class
Tutoring
Workshop
Students will attend a one-day orientation to include a program overview, ID cards and campus tour.
Sample Week for Program (July 10 – August 3)
Daily
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
9:00-12:30
Math/ELA Class
Math/ELA Class
Math/ELA Class
Math/ELA Class
12:45-1:30
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Tutoring until 1:45
1:30-3:30
Recreation Activity
Tutoring
College Success Workshop
End of Program Celebration
*Math classes are given in the lab and tutors will “push in” and work with students during class
*Tutoring for individuals/small groups as assessed by the instructor
