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What’s Special
Music, art, theater and dance in every grade
The Downside
Poor attendance and graduation rates
Located in a renovated factory building in a desolate neighborhood off of the Major Deegan Highway, Health Opportunities High School (HOP) serves many homeless students, students with learning disabilities or emotional problems, and new immigrants whose education has been interrupted. Many students miss months of school when they make extended visits to their countries of origin, according to the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan.
The school works to engage them with a rich arts curriculum that includes four years of music, art, theater and dance. The school has an annual "Fashion, Talent and Lip Sync Show," where students may model outfits they have designed, read their own poetry, or perform a dance or musical number, according to the annual arts report.
Students may earn certification in entry-level jobs in the health care industry, such as a home health aide, a certified nursing assistant, or a personal trainer. All students are required to have internships, according to the high school directory. Students are required to take four years of math and science and three years of a foreign language—significantly more than the state’s minimum graduation requirements. Unfortunately, the graduation rate is below the citywide average and the quality of teaching is uneven, according to the school’s Quality Review.
Health Opportunities, a traditional school with desks in rows and a dress code, shares a building with Community School for Social Justice, a progressive school with a curriculum based on in-depth projects rather than Regents exams. The building has a fully staffed medical clinic.
Special education: The school serves a large number of students with special needs, including those with learning and emotional disabilities. It has both team-teaching and self-contained classes.(Clara Hemphill, web reports, December 2018)
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School Stats
Academics
Students
Race/Ethnicity
Safety & Vibe
Faculty & Staff
Advanced Courses
Calculus
Not offered in 2021-21Computer Science
Physics
Not offered in 2021-21Advanced Foreign Language
AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science
AP/IB Math or Science
Music
College Readiness
Programs & Admissions
From the 2024 High School DirectoryHealth Opportunities High School (X71A)
Offerings
From the 2024 High School DirectoryLanguage Courses
Spanish
Advanced Courses
Algebra II (Advanced Math), AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP United States Government and Politics, Chemistry (Advanced Science), World Languages (Advanced World Languages)
Boys PSAL teams
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Outdoor Track, Table Tennis
Girls PSAL teams
Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Flag Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Table Tennis, Volleyball
Coed PSAL teams
Stunt
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Contact & Location
Location
350 Gerard Avenue
Bronx
NY
10451
Trains: to 149th St-Grand Concourse; to 145th St; , to 138th St; to 138th St-3rd Ave
Buses: Bx1, Bx13, Bx19, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32, Bx33, M1, M102, M125, M7
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Other Details
This school shares the building with the Community School for Social Justice
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