New Directions Secondary School

New Directions students love our small class sizes and the individualized support they receive in every class. Our course design, which includes access to our schoolÂ’s online learning portal, gives students the opportunity to accelerate their progress through middle school and high school classes. Course programs feature daily opportunities to catch up, receive focused learning support sessions, and help from a team of teachers and mentors. We offer arts instruction in visual arts, music, and dance. Physical Education is offered three times a week and we participate in all CHAMPS and PSAL teams. We also provide daily student advisory sessions, after-school activities with Global Kids and The Leadership Program, as well as paid internships.

• New Directions has a rolling admissions policy and operates as a transfer high school. There are 54 seats per grade. For 2016-2017 we will have all grades 6 through 12.

• Priority to continuing 8th graders
• Then 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

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Ed Video Center projects; Spoken word projects with The CWP; Virtual Exchange Student programs with Mercy Corps and Youth For Understanding

Mastery-based learning system

Students have the opportunity to accelerate their progress through middle and high school grades using our online learning portal

Visual and Performing arts classes are offered on each grade level and after school.

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Summer Orientation

Mentoring Groups, Dance, Glee and other music clubs, Wellness Council sponsored activities

Flag Football, Flag Rugby, Fitness Club (including weight room use) and Friday Night Basketball

• New Directions Secondary School

• Humanities & Interdisciplinary

• Open only to New York City students who have a record of being held back one or more times in elementary and/or middle school