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The Urban Assembly School for Media Studies
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Manhattan NY 10023
Our Insights
What’s Special
Nice environment; lots of opportunities to paint and draw
The Downside
Poor attendance
The Urban Assembly School for Media Studies, housed in the Martin Luther King Educational Campus, is a safe, orderly school with strong leadership and enthusiastic teachers, according to school surveys. Students have lots of opportunities to paint and draw.
In one class, students imitated Jackson Pollack’s techniques of dropping paint on canvas. In other, they researched the animals that lived in their neighborhood in the 1600s, then created sculptures of them using live moss, according to the school website.
Most students come from Upper Manhattan and The Bronx. Attendance is a constant challenge and more than half the students miss more than a month of school.
Although most students enter with poor academic skills, three-quarters graduate on time. The school has above average graduation rates for student with disabilities and students learning English.
Admissions: Education Option formula designed to ensure a range of students of different abilities. In recent years the school has had room for everyone who applies. (Clara Hemphill, web reports, November 2018)
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Is this school safe and well-run?
From 2018-19 NYC School Survey
From 2017-18 NY State Report Card
From this school's most recent Quality Review Report
From 2017-18 School Quality Guide
How do students perform academically?
From 2017-18 School Quality Guide
Who does this school serve?
From 2018-19 Demographic Snapshot
From 2017-18 School Quality Guide
How does this school serve special populations?
From 2017-18 School Quality Guide
Programs & Admissions
From the 2019 High School Directory
Academics
Language Courses
Spanish
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science
Sports
Boys PSAL teams
Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Handball, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling
Girls PSAL teams
Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Flag Football, Handball, Indoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling
Coed PSAL teams
Double Dutch
Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on the NYCDOE’s School Finder
Contact & Location
Location
to 66th St-Lincoln Center; 
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to 72nd St; 
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to 59th St-Columbus Circle
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