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Gotham Collaborative High School
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Bronx NY
Our Insights
What’s Special
Students raise chickens and vegetables on a school farm
The Downside
Poor attendance
Gotham Collaborative, a small, progressive school in the Adlai Stevenson Educational Campus, has an outdoor farm with 250 fruit trees, organic vegetables, rabbits and chickens. An award-winning environmental science teacher runs an internship program for students on the school farm.
“I want my students to think back on high school about crazy, instructive moments that they can carry with them and potentially use to their own betterment,” the teacher, William Lynam, told the Bronx Times after he won the 2017 Sloan Award for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science.
In addition to working on the farm, students may have internships at working at a pet store, learning about automobiles, or preparing food, according the school website. Juniors and seniors have off-campus jobs several days a week, according to the school’s Comprehensive Education Plan.
Most students enter with weak academic skills; a significant number have special needs or are still learning English. Attendance is poor, and the graduation rate is below the citywide average.
Gotham Collaborative was created in 2017 when two other small schools in the building, Bronx Guild and Pablo Neruda Academy, were merged.
Admissions: In recent years, the school has had room for any student who wants to attend. (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 2018-19 School Quality Guide
How do students perform academically?
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
Who does this school serve?
From 2018-19 Demographic Snapshot
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
How does this school serve special populations?
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
Programs & Admissions
From the 2020 High School Directory
Program Description:
Student-centered instruction emphasizes critical thinking and questioning, as well as building strong literacy skills. Students in 9th grade can apply to our College Pathway Program in the fall and begin college classes in the spring semester. Students in 11th and 12th grade can elect to participate in an internship in a field related to their unique interests.
Program Description:
In conjunction with Monroe College, our College Preparatory Program offers students access to earn multiple college credits in high school. College courses are offered at the school during the school day, after school as well as at the college campus. Credits earned with Monroe College will be transferable to any college that accepts Monroe College transfer credits.
Academics
Language Courses
French, Spanish
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP Statistics, AP Computer Science Principles
Sports
Boys PSAL teams
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Outdoor Track, Soccer
Girls PSAL teams
Badminton, Basketball, Indoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball
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