KIPP NYC COLLEGE PREP
HIGH SCHOOL

At KIPP NYC College Prep, our goal is for our students to develop the academic and character skills necessary to attain a college degree. Most teenagers from New York City never attend college, and many of the NYC students who do start college never finish. Our belief is that every KIPPster can earn a college degree, which is one major key to being self-sufficient, successful, and happy in our competitive world. Our goal is to have our students go to and graduate from college. Currently, more than 95% of our students graduate high school and more than 90% go on to college.

Hear from the Class of 2018 about their plans for college.

Academics

Students can graduate with a Regents or Advanced Regents Diploma and our school places special emphasis on completing the required coursework and tests to earn an Advanced Regents Diploma, based on the belief that students meeting this higher standard will be prepared to successfully enroll and pass entry-level college coursework. To receive an Advanced Regents Diploma, students must pass take and pass nine Regents exams: English, three Math, Global History, US History, two Science, and a language other than English. Over 90% of our students enroll in rigorous Advanced Placement (AP), Syracuse University Project Advance (SUPA) or Honors courses. Students have the choice of 17 AP courses and 4 SUPA courses, which can earn them college credits, along with 14 honors courses.

College and Career Counseling

We provide a comprehensive college and career counseling department to ensure our students engage in enriching summer programming, develop individual career plans, are fully prepared for the SAT college entrance exam, and go on to enroll in a college or career opportunity that meets their interests, abilities, and financial needs. Students take part in a two-year College Readiness sequence, consisting of College and Career Readiness (CCR) or Foundations of Career Development (FOCD) in junior year and Senior College Counseling (SCC) in senior year. Through our coursework and counseling, we have seen amazing results:

• over 90% of our students take the SAT, with over 100 points of growth on average from beginning to end of our College and Career Readiness course
• over 95% of our students matriculate to college, with over 50% earning spots in supportive and competitive Opportunity Programs, over 70% of our students enrolling in a college that is ranked as Competitive or higher, and over 75% receiving financial aid that fully covers the direct costs of their college
• over 85% of our students participate in at least one summer opportunity

Visual and Performing Arts

We offer 21 different art electives in Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Music, Dance, and Drama. We provide students with introductory, advanced and AP level courses. Our after-school programs offer choir, dance, spoken word, drama, step, visual arts, yearbook, Fall play, and Spring musical. Students can participate and perform in over 10 school productions, competitions, and outside performances throughout the school year.

Athletics

KIPP NYC College Prep offers a robust athletics program and was one of the first charter schools to compete in the Public School Athletic League (PSAL). We offer football, soccer, volleyball, cheerleading, basketball, wrestling, baseball, softball, rugby and lacrosse. We have 19 varsity and junior varsity programs in total and 17 of them compete in the PSAL. Additionally, we offer intramural flag football, basketball and kickball to give students the benefits of team support in a less competitive setting. Roughly 30% of our student body participates in our athletic program, and we recently won city championships in Men’s Varsity Basketball, Men’s Varsity Baseball and Women’s Varsity Rugby.

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