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Urban Action Academy
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Brooklyn NY
Our Insights
What’s Special
Law & justice focus
The Downside
Poor graduation and attendance
Urban Action Academy has a focus on law and public service but since its opening in 2008 has struggled to find its footing, after the founding principal left the school. The graduation rate is low, as is attendance.
Students participate in moot court and mock trial at Fordham University and may take courses at area colleges. However, only 68 percent of students responding to a 2017 school survey said that the school offered enough academics and outside activities to keep them interested.
Urban Action is one of three small high schools which opened in 2008 in the Canarsie Educational campus to replace the poorly performing old Canarsie High School which closed in 2011. The school share athletic teams. (Pamela Wheaton, web reports December 2017)
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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:
Students have a unique opportunity to take part in a law program.
Academics
Language Courses
Spanish
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP English Literature and Composition, AP Psychology
Sports
Boys PSAL teams
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Wrestling
Girls PSAL teams
Basketball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling
Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on NYCDOE’s MySchools
Contact & Location
Location
to Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway
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