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Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (BCAM)
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Brooklyn NY 11205
Our Insights
What’s Special
Four years of arts instruction
The Downside
Few PSAL sports
At Brooklyn Community High School for Communication, Arts and Media students get four years of instruction in the arts in addition to regular high school courses.
They study studio art in 9th grade, moving on to photography, filmmaking, and college portfolio development in the upper grades. Students also apply or audition for after school arts academies each semester in printmaking, fashion design, photography, theater, filmmaking, mural painting, modern dance and music production.
Every student gets hands-on experience and must assemble an art portfolio as a requirement for graduation—but they also pass required academic courses and Regents exams.
Bringing students up to and above grade level is critical at BCAM, where most students arrive poorly prepared for high school work. They participate in small group advisories for all four years, with a faculty member as advisory leader, to foster strong relationships.
BCAM is one of several schools that share the former IS 117 Francis Scott Key School building in Bedford Stuyvesant. The other schools are Brooklyn Prospect Charter Clinton Hill Middle School, Brooklyn HS for Leadership and Community Service, and PS 369, and a District 75 school for students with special needs.
All schools share the basement lunchroom, outdoor schoolyard, and other public spaces. Only a few PSAL sports are offered but some are unusual like handball and table tennis for boys, and a co-ed Stunt team.
Admissions: Open citywide. (Lydie Raschka, web reports, December 2018)
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School Stats
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
Requirements:
- Attendance
- Course Grades: Average
- Standardized Test Scores: English Language Arts, Math
Program Description:
Ninth grade summer bridge intensive, Ninth grade scholars academy
Academics
Language Courses
Mandarin, Spanish
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP Calculus AB, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP United States History
Sports
Boys PSAL teams
Basketball, Handball, Soccer, Table Tennis
Girls PSAL teams
Basketball, Flag Football
Coed PSAL teams
Stunt
Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on NYCDOE’s MySchools
Contact & Location
Location
to Classon Ave
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