The East-West School of International Studies is a public secondary school in Flushing

Flushing, Queens

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, Queens

Queens

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, New York

New York

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. Established in 2006, the school serves students in grades 6-12 with an emphasis on Asian studies. It opened in September 2006 with 6th through 12th grade classes.

Campus

The East-West School shares a building with I.S.237 Rachel Carson

I.S.237

I.S.237 is a magnet school also known as Rachel Carson intermediate school 237. This is a magnet school for the arts so it features lots programs that do with the arts like singing, band, dancing and art . This school consists of grades 6, 7, 8 and also has teachers that teach the basic knowledge...

, an arts-themed middle school. The education department is looking at sites for the East-West School to occupy.

Curriculum

The East-West School curriculum prepares students to graduate high school with a Regents' diploma

Regents Examinations

Regents High School examinations, sometimes shortened to the Regents, are mandatory in New York State through the New York State Education Department, designed and administered under the authority of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York...

 and proficiency in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

, or Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

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Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include anime club, art,STEP team, dance team calligraphy, chess club, dance, film-making, MOUSE Squad (student computer maintenance), mentoring, Model United Nations

Model United Nations

Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....

, music, newspaper, peer tutoring, step club,Korean Traditional Painting, Korean dancing and singing, and student government.

Athletic clubs and teams include basketball, yoga, martial arts, soccer, t'ai chi, judo, and table tennis.

External links

• East-West School of International Studies
• East-West School of International Studies on Flickr
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• East-West School of International Studies NYC DOE school portal page