We Offer:
Passages
Peer
Education Training
Project
Adventure
Family
Group Program
Community
Service/Service Learning
WISE
Mentor Program
Arts
Course
College-Now
College Courses for H.S credit
Weight
Training
Swimming
Class
Theater
Arts Program
Fairness
Group
Student
Government
LYFE
Program
Psychology
Yoga
PSAL
Sports:
Boys:
Basketball
Girls:
Basketball
Co-ed:
Softball
Over the years, we have enjoyed many positive collaborations with various educational groups, organizations, and institutions of higher learning. Below is a list, showing the services provided to enhance the rigor of our academic program:
The
Arts
Early
Stages : Opportunities for Theatre experiences combined with Theatre
exploration and literacy enhancement through Internet responses
Bronx
Museum of the Arts - infusion of Art activities and appreciation into
the curriculum; training of students as art docents for exhibits
Town
Hall Lab -School to Work initiative which facilitates teaching students
skills in theater and stagecraft.
Educational
Video Center - internships, staff development, etc.
Math/Sclence/Technology
Bronx
Science and Health Opportunities Partnership (BxSHOP) _- collaboration
with Montefiore Hospital, Einstein College of Medicine, Fordham University,
Lehman College, et. a!.) - recent grant obtained to facilitate initiative
to train teachers to improve Science curriculum and instruction
Students
at the Center( SATC) : collaboration in staff development with New
York City College Math Project and City College Science Workshop Center
Interactive
Math Program - staff development and support
Project
Smart
Project
Connect
English
and Literacy
Lehman
College Writing Project
Literacy
Programs
Social
Studies
Facing
History and Ourselves: collaboration on Social Studies curriculum.
American
Social History Project: collaboration on Social Studies curriculum
development
Queens
College Consultants: Participation in a network of schools working
through staff development to strengthen student portfolios and prepare
to pass Regents exams
Global
Classroom -. Program which provides classroom speakers and consultants
connected to Social Studies topics
Special
Education
Least
Restrictive Environment
Health/Physical
Ed.
Hunter
College Center on Drugs, AIDS and Community Health Consultants to train
students to be Peer Educators around Health Issues
Bronx
Community College Facilities for Phys. Ed.
Project
Adventure Challenge by Choice Curriculum
Student
Teaching
City
College
Lehman
College
New
School University Master of Science in Teaching Program
Teachers
College
Guidance/Social
Work/Family Group
New
York University School of Social Work: intern field placement site
Educators
for Social Responsibility - training of staff and students in Conflict
Resolution and Mediation techniques
LYFE
Program - Child care and parenting skills
School
to Work
Wise
Independent Senior Experiences (WISE): Program to provide independent
projects and internships to senior students
Executive
Internship Program
BCC
School to Work Initiative
iMentor
Program - career exploration through internet and personal mentoring
College
Exploration and Preparation
College
Now Program through Bronx Community College
Liberty
Partnership Program, BCC
Upward
Bound Program , BCC
STEP
Program, BCC
Service
- Learning
Sponsors
for Educational Opportunity - program to train students to mentor younger
children
Kingsbridge
Heights Hospital and Nursing Home
The
Lab School
Family
College, BCC
Other
neighboring elementary schools
Professional
Development to support students meeting standards
Annenberg
Institute for School Reform
Coalition
of Essential Schools
N.Y.
Performance Based Standards Consortium
Resolving
Conflict Creatively Program
Assessment
Workshops with Alverno College
N.B.
:
1998
- Invitation to present to Board of Ed. "Committee of the Whole" , Spring
98
1999
- Middle School featured in: Clara Hemphill, New York City's Best Public
Middle
Schools,
Colleges
and Universities that have accepted University Heights graduates over the
years.
CUNY:
Baruch
College
Bronx
Community College
Borough
of Manhattan Community College
City
College
Hostos
Community College
Hunter
College
John
Jay College
LaGuardia
Community College
Lehman
College
New
York City Technical College
Queensborough
Community College
SUNY:
Albany
Brockport
Buffalo
Delhi
Farmingdale
Fashion
Institute of Technology
Mohawk
Valley Community College
FuIton-
Montgomery Community College
New
Paltz
Old
Westbury
Oneonta
Plattsburgh
Purchase
Potsdam
Westchester
Community College
Private:
Adelphi
University
Audrey
Cohen College
Bethune-Cookman
College
Brown
University
Columbia
University
College
Of Mt. St. Vincent
College
of New Rochelle
Concordia
College
DeVry
Institute
Dominican
College of Blauvelt
Dowling
College
Five
Towns College
Fordham
University
Hobart
- William Smith Colleges
Hofstra
University
Iona
College
Long
Island University
Manhattanville
College
Marymount
College
Monroe
College
Marymount
Manhattan College
New
York University
Nyack
College
Old
Dominion University
Sarah
Lawrence
Spelman
College
Tuskegee
University
University
of Bridgeport
Winston
Salem University
Virginia
Union University
Virginia
State University
N.B.
- Top Scholarships awarded June 2000 graduates: N.Y. Times, Cablevision,
Carolina
Rice
Class
of 2000 gift to BCC planting of a tree on campus