Community School for Social Justice

Community School for Social Justice (CSSJ) is an active and caring learning community where young people create and develop the intellectual and social skills to become thoughtful and engaged community members. We honor our studentsÂ’ heritage and values. We embrace a climate of social activism in which students are confident about addressing issues that affect their lives. We provide the emotional and academic supports they need to graduate and succeed in life. Our students learn how to ask questions and examine real-life problems. We guide them toward a sense of power and personal discovery to make change for themselves, their futures, and the world in which they live.

• Components of the program include: social action club, work with activists who are involved with social justice issues, social action and community service internships, whole school examination of social justice issues

• Priority to Bronx students or residents who attend an information session
• Then to New York City residents who attend an information session
• Then to Bronx students or residents
• Then to New York City residents

• 4% of offers went to this group

• 4% of offers went to this group

Students complete Performance-Based Assessment Tasks (PBATs) as a replacement for some Regents Exams.

Performance-based Assessment Task school in which students complete, present,and defend academic portfolios for graduation. Replaces the NYS Regents

CUNY College Now classes - Hostos Community College, Law and Justice Class and Competition, Playwriting class - Manhattan Theater Club

Our students spend four years with their Family Group improving leadership skills, building friendships, and preparing for college.

Honors English, Pre-Calculus and Statistics, Ninth grade double-block English classes, and a Social Action course

Bx1, Bx13, Bx15, Bx19, Bx2, Bx21, Bx32, Bx33, M1, M102, M7

Extended Day Program; Saturday Programs; Summer Bridge Program

Changing the Odds (CTO), College Awareness, HIV/AIDS Peer Education Group, Mock Trial, SAT Prep, Saturday, School Leadership Team (SLT), Peer Mentoring, Student Council, Yearbook, Photography, Dance, Chess, Newspaper, Muay Thai, Judo, Prom Committee

Boys: Baseball, Flag Football; Boys and Girls: Basketball, Soccer, New York Road Runners

• Social Action

• Law & Government