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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 another, 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. [photo by Lydie Raschka] (Clara Hemphill, web reports, November 2018)
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School Stats
Academics
Students
Race/Ethnicity
Safety & Vibe
Faculty & Staff
Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity
Advanced Courses
Calculus
Computer Science
Not offered in 2019-20Physics
Not offered in 2019-20Advanced Foreign Language
Not offered in 2019-20AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science
AP/IB Math or Science
Music
Not offered in 2019-20College Readiness
Programs & Admissions
From the 2021 High School DirectoryThe Urban Assembly School for Media Studies
Offerings
From the 2021 High School DirectoryLanguage Courses
Italian
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP United States History, AP Human Geography, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP English Language and Composition, AP World History: Modern
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
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Contact & Location
Location
122 Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan
NY
10023
Trains:
to 66th St-Lincoln Center;
,
to 72nd St;
,
,
,
to 59th St-Columbus Circle
Buses: BxM2, M10, M104, M11, M12, M20, M31, M5, M57, M66, M7, M72, X12, X14, X30, X42
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Other Details
This school shares the Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Campus with four other schools
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