Cambria Heights Academy
Grades: 9-12Our Insights
What’s Special
Laptop computers for every student
The Downside
No gym
Making sure all children have equal access to technology is a priority at Cambria Heights Academy, a small high school opened in 2010 in a building that once housed a Roman Catholic school.
Every student has a laptop. All students take courses in in software engineering and computer science, and some graduate with a certificate in Career and Technical Education (CTE). Students who don’t have access to the Internet at home may sign up for free WiFi through the New York Public library, according to the school website.
Digital art classes include graphic design, digital media, interactive sculpture, digital Music, and web design.
Advisory groups with 10-15 students meet twice weekly and center on community service and healthy ways to solve problems. Students are encouraged (and in some cases required) to seek academic help during the school day and during teachers’ office hours four days a week. “Teachers will help you when you need help,” a 10th grader said.
Although most students enter with test scores that are below grade level, the vast majority graduate on time. The school’s first valedictorian received a full scholarship to Columbia University, according to the school’s Comprehensive Education Plan.
There is no gym, but the cafeteria and the fitness room are used for physical education, according to the annual space survey.
(Clara Hemphill, web reports, August 2018)
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Advanced Courses
Calculus
Not offered in 2019-20Computer Science
Physics
Not offered in 2019-20Advanced Foreign Language
Not offered in 2019-20AP/IB Arts, English, History or Social Science
AP/IB Math or Science
Music
College Readiness
Programs & Admissions
From the 2024 High School DirectoryCambria Heights Academy (Q44A)
Program Description:
All students are admitted into our software engineering program and after completing the necessary coursework have the option of graduating with a CTE diploma in addition to a high school diploma.
Offerings
From the 2024 High School DirectoryAdvanced Courses
Algebra II (Advanced Math), AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP United States Government and Politics, AP United States History, AP World History: Modern, Chemistry (Advanced Science), Comp Sci/Math Tech (College Course [Credited]), Social Studies (College Course [Credited])
Boys PSAL teams
Basketball, Bowling, Indoor Track
Girls PSAL teams
Basketball, Bowling, Indoor Track
Coed PSAL teams
Double Dutch
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Contact & Location
Location
188-04 91St Avenue
Queens
NY
11423
Buses: Q1, Q110, Q17, Q2, Q3, Q36, Q43, Q76, Q77, Q83, X64, X68
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Other Details
This school is in its own building.
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