Academy of Urban Planning
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Academy of Urban Planning is a small high school
located in Brooklyn
, New York
on the Bushwick High School Campus. Academy of Urban Planning shares a building with three other schools including Academy of Environmental Leadership, Bushwick School for Social Justice and New York Harbor School
. Academy of Urban Planning was established in 2003 as a result of a partnership between the New York City Department of Education
and New Visions for Public Schools. New Visions for Public Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational reform. With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation New Visions redesigned failing New York City high schools and transformed them into smaller learning communities.
Academy of Urban Planning was founded by parents, teachers, students and staff from the school's lead partner, Center for the Urban Environment. It currently serves 463 students in grades 9 through 12.
Through the school's theme of urban planning students take a sequence of courses including Art, Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Sociology, Geographic Information Systems and Senior Seminar in Democracy and Leadership. Our school also offers Advanced Placement courses in English Literature
, Statistics
and Human Geography and a Latino Studies elective. Academy of Urban Planning offers all students the opportunity to participate in the arts, community service
, mentoring
, college planning and community advocacy.
Stories about Academy of Urban Planning have been featured in local and national media including MTV's Thinkover Your School, US News and World Report, New York Daily News
, Newsday
, The Bushwick Observer, EL Diario and News 12. In 2005, Academy of Urban Planning received the William H. T. Whyte award for innovation in urban planning. Academy of Urban Planning's students' work has been exhibited at the Municipal Art Society and the Brooklyn Historical Society
.
High school
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located in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
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on the Bushwick High School Campus. Academy of Urban Planning shares a building with three other schools including Academy of Environmental Leadership, Bushwick School for Social Justice and New York Harbor School
New York Harbor School
The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, also called The Harbor School, is a public high school located on Governors Island. This school is unique in New York City, which has 600 miles of waterfront, in that it attempts to relate every aspect of its curriculum to the water. The school is part of...
. Academy of Urban Planning was established in 2003 as a result of a partnership between the New York City Department of Education
New York City Department of Education
The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. It is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,700 separate schools...
and New Visions for Public Schools. New Visions for Public Schools is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational reform. With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation New Visions redesigned failing New York City high schools and transformed them into smaller learning communities.
Academy of Urban Planning was founded by parents, teachers, students and staff from the school's lead partner, Center for the Urban Environment. It currently serves 463 students in grades 9 through 12.
Through the school's theme of urban planning students take a sequence of courses including Art, Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Sociology, Geographic Information Systems and Senior Seminar in Democracy and Leadership. Our school also offers Advanced Placement courses in English Literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
, Statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
and Human Geography and a Latino Studies elective. Academy of Urban Planning offers all students the opportunity to participate in the arts, community service
Community service
Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....
, mentoring
Mentoring
Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....
, college planning and community advocacy.
Stories about Academy of Urban Planning have been featured in local and national media including MTV's Thinkover Your School, US News and World Report, New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
, Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
, The Bushwick Observer, EL Diario and News 12. In 2005, Academy of Urban Planning received the William H. T. Whyte award for innovation in urban planning. Academy of Urban Planning's students' work has been exhibited at the Municipal Art Society and the Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Historical Society
Founded in 1863, the Brooklyn Historical Society is a museum, library, and educational center preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn's rich 400-year past. The Brooklyn Historical Society houses materials relating to the history of Brooklyn and its people. These holdings supply...
.