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What’s Special
Close-knit community
The Downside
Some classes in trailers
East New York Family Academy, serving grades 6 to 12, is a small school with a tight-knit community. Students often attend the school with siblings or cousins; most are known to all the teachers in the school. The administrative team has been working together almost since the school's founding in 1993.
Two graduates loved the school so much that they came back as teachers. Anthony Yard, a former pro-basketball player who coaches the girls’ basketball team, has been principal since 2013. Students appear to feel at home and at ease in East New York Family Academy's classrooms and hallways, popping in and out of administrators' offices or borrowing the microwave to heat up lunch.
Despite a dozen classes crammed into six schoolyard "portables," rectangular trailers that house two classrooms each, the rooms are cheery and bright. The main building, formerly a Young Men's Hebrew Association, has small classrooms, a multipurpose "cafetorium," and a swimming pool.
The school's size means that it doesn't offer as many advanced courses as larger schools. While most students graduate on time, many are not prepared for college and must take remedial classes if they attend. (Pamela Wheaton, November 2013, updated, December 2018)
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School Stats
Academics
Students
Race/Ethnicity
Safety & Vibe
Faculty & Staff
Teachers’ Race/Ethnicity
Advanced Courses
Calculus
Not offered in 2019-20Computer Science
Physics
Not offered in 2019-20Advanced Foreign Language
AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science
AP/IB Math or Science
Music
College Readiness
Programs & Admissions
From the 2021 High School DirectoryEast New York Family Academy
Program Description:
Grade 10: AP World History, AP Capstone English Seminar. Grade 11: AP Language and Composition, AP US History, and AP Computer Science Principles. Grade 12: Medgar Evers College Dual Pipeline Math Course for College Credit or AP Statistics, Medgar Evers College Dual Pipeline English Course for College Credit or AP Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Culture and Language, and AP Environmental Science. All students have Advisory one period per week. All academic classes meet in 90 minute blocks.
East New York Family Academy D75 Inclusion Program
Offerings
From the 2021 High School DirectoryLanguage Courses
French, Spanish
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP Seminar, AP United States History, AP World History: Modern, AP English Language and Composition, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science
Boys PSAL teams
Basketball, Volleyball
Girls PSAL teams
Basketball, Outdoor Track, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball
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Contact & Location
Location
760 Van Siclen Avenue
Brooklyn
NY
11207
Trains:
to Van Siclen Ave
Buses: B15, B20, B6, B83, B84, BM5
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Other Details
This school shares a building with W.H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School.
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