Archives: Partners

Columbia University is one of the world’s most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions.

City-As-School High School is the nation’s leading external learning or experiential learning model for high school students.

The mission of Bronx Park Middle School is to empower and inspire each student to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become INNOVATIVE problem solvers, to achieve personal success and to contribute responsibly to our diverse and dynamic world. Through professionalism, reflection, innovation, determination, and empathy we are becoming our best selves in order to make our community its best!

All Bronx Green Middle School stakeholders will effectively collaborate and prepare every student with the skills and knowledge to become exceptional learners and leaders. We will provide an environment conductive to learning in which every student can advance academically, socially and emotionally.

Bronx International High School is a progressive, team-based and community-based school. We are dedicated to serving the academic and social needs of recently immigrated young people and their families. Our mission is to enhance our students’ cultural awareness, English and native language proficiencies, and intellectual and collaborative abilities.

With the motto, “Working for the Community to Better Our Lives,” the Bronx Helpers Program was created by a small cluster of New Settlement teens in 1995 in response to the dearth of opportunities for neighborhood youth to contribute in tangible ways to improving the quality of neighborhood life.

Bronx Community Charter School (BxC) is a small learning community founded on the principle that children learn best when they are active participants in their own learning. BxC is currently serving kindergarten through sixth grade, growing to kindergarten through eighth grade by 2018.

Our school fosters a realistic, relevant, and hands-on educational experience for students. We use collaborative approaches that benefit students by teaching them skills they will need beyond high school, such as the ability to work in teams, solve multi-faceted problems, and apply what they learn in various settings. Our class sizes are approximately 22 students per academic course, and advisory sections have an average of 15 students each. We have an extended school day to provide structured time, individual attention, and other supports students may need to succeed, and have folded tutoring into the school day. Bronxdale helps each child develop the critical-thinking skills and habits of work necessary for success beyond high school.

A charter school is an independently run public school granted greater flexibility in its operations, in return for greater accountability for performance. The “charter” establishing each school is a performance contract detailing the school’s mission, program, students served, performance goals, and methods of assessment.