Wings Academy

In September 1994, the New York City Department of Education, the Center for Collaborative Education, and the Coalition of Essential Schools sponsored the first systemic effort to redesign a large high school in the Bronx. Wings Academy was one of five pioneering small schools resulting from that effort, founded on the premise of helping young people use their minds well. Our primary goal is to develop studentsÂ’ habits of mind, which will encourage respect for lifelong learning, purposefulness, and success.

• An accelerated Regents testing program that enables students to earn Advanced Regents Diplomas and become eligible to take AP tests and college level courses.

• Priority to Bronx students or residents
• Then to New York City residents

• 90% of offers went to this group

• Writing Exercise
• 90% of offers went to this group

Double periods (90 minutes), Library, Art Studio, Classes with our Partners

Senior Thesis, CUNY College Now, Jose Serrano Leadership Institute, Upward Bound

AP English, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP US Government and Politics, AP US History

Bx21, Bx36, Bx40, Bx42, Bx9, BxM10, BxM6, Q44-SBS

Community Service Expected

Academic Excursions, Chess, College Trips, Debate, Explorers Program, Fit for Life, Journalism, Music, Photography/Art, Saturday School, School Newspaper, Step, Tutorials, Yearbook

• Academy For Excellence

• Humanities & Interdisciplinary