JOINING THE
RANKS
NEW YORK CITY CHARTER SCHOOLS OPENING IN
2008
BRONX
1.
Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School
School Leader: Rev. Michael Carrion
Address: Bronx Borough Courthouse, Third Avenue and 161st Street
Telephone: 201-284-9544 (Imagine
Schools)
E-mail: revmcarrionplc@optonline.net
Grades Served: K-2; Planned Total Grades: K-8
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: N/A
Institutional Partner: Imagine Schools
School
Description: The Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School will serve students in the Morrisania section of the Bronx with an emphasis
on educating all students to high learning standards using a curriculum that emphasizes information about the various career choices available to
prepare them to succeed in high school and beyond. The mission of the school is to educate each student to high learning standards by providing them a
comprehensive academic curriculum with character and career education integrated into all academic areas. The school's institutional partner, Imagine
Schools, is a non-profit organization committed to providing students with challenging and effective programs of study featuring strong moral
development and safe, nurturing learning environments. Imagine operates 51 charter schools and independent schools in 11 states and the District of
Columbia.
2. Bronx Community Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Sasha Wilson/ Martha Andrews
Address: TBD
District: 10
Telephone: 347-668-5229
E-mail: bronxcommunity@gmail.com
Grades Served: K, 1; Planned Total Grades: K-8
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: No
School Description: Bronx Community Charter School (BxC) was
founded by local educators who joined with community members and local parents to create an educational alternative in the north central
Bronx. The school vision is grounded in the belief that children learn best when they are active participants in their own learning. Our
students will raise questions about the world around them, engage with a wide range of materials, and learn through their interactions with each other
and all of the adults in the school community. An important feature of the school will be engagement in the community around us.
Curriculum will be enhanced through work with local organizations, such as the Bronx River Alliance and the Department of Environmental
Protection. Instruction will center around the workshop model that allows for both direct instruction and large blocks of time for individual
and collaborative student work. The school will also feature visual and performing arts.
3. Bronx
Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Celia Domenech / Shirley Rodriguez-Remenski
Address: P.S. 156| 750 Concourse Village West, Bronx, NY 10451
District: 7
Telephone: 212-786-7916
Grades Served: N/A; Planned Total Grades:
K-5
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner:
Victory Schools
School Description: Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls ("BGLIG", pronounced BIG League)
Charter School will provide an exceptional education to young girls through dual language instruction in a technology rich environment. The school
will instill in its students strong leadership characteristics, values and self-confidence as part of building successful women leaders. Students will
receive rigorous instruction on core subjects in a school setting that is intellectually challenging, culturally sensitive and promotes excellence in
all areas: cognitive, social, emotional and moral. A single-sex environment coupled with a rigorous instructional program and many enriching
opportunities ensures that each student is able to disengage from traditional social pressures and focus on personal development and academic
achievement. Academic Excellence+ Multi -Language+ Cultural Heritage= Global
Competitive Edge
4. The Carl C. Icahn Charter School Bronx
South
School Leader/ Founder: Ms. Migda Agosto
Address: P.S. 146, 968 Caudwell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456
District: 8
Telephone: 718-716-8105
Grades Served: K-2; Planned Total Grades:
K-5
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner:
Foundation for Greater Opportunity
School Description: Carl C. Icahn Charter School Far Rockaway
will be the second replication school modeled after the first Carl C. Icahn Charter School in the Bronx. The school’s main curriculum is based
on the Core Knowledge Program. As with Carl C. Icahn Charter School and Carl C. Icahn Charter School Bronx North, which opened last year, the Far
Rockaway school will offer a school day that runs from 8:30 am to 4 pm, Saturday classes for students who need more help, and a longer school year to
ensure that students have more instructional time than their peers in traditional public schools.
5. Green Dot New York Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Ashish Kapadia, Principal
Address: I.S. 174 | 465 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY 10473
District: 8
Telephone: 212-510-6464
E-mail: ny@greendot.org
Web site: https://www.greendot.org
Grades Served: 9 Planned Total Grades:
9-12
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Green Dot Public Schools, UFT Education Foundation
School Description: Green Dot New York Charter School will open with 100 students in 9th grade and will eventually expand to all high school
grades. Green Dot operates 12 charter high schools in Los Angeles’ highest-need communities and has had a stellar record of achievement
– 98 percent graduation rate with nearly 80 percent of seniors going to four-year universities.
6. Mott Haven Academy Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Jessica Nauiokas
Address: P.S. 43 | 165
Brown Place, Bronx, NY 10454
District: 7
Telephone: 212-206-4199
E-mail: info@havenacademy.org
Grades Served: K-1; Planned Total Grades: K-8
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: NY Foundling
School Description: Mott Haven Academy Charter School will open in a temporary DoE public school space for the 2008-09 school year with plans to move to its
permanent home at 170 Brown Place (CSD 7) for the 2009-10 academic year. It’s partnership with the NY Foundling will allow the school to blend
a rigorous academic program with an extensive series of social support services to meet the needs of the community. The school will open with 90
students in grades K-1, and eventually grow to serve 314 students in grades K-8. Although open to all students, the school is specifically
designed to serve at risk students who are currently in the foster care and child welfare system.
7. New York
City Charter High School for
Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industries (AECI)
Founder: Richard Izquierdo Arroyo
Principal: Ana Celia Delgado
Address: 140th Street between
Alexander and 3rd Avenue
District: 7
Telephone: 212-786-7916
Grades Served: 9; Planned Total Grades:
9-12
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared
Space: No
Institutional Partner: Victory Schools
School Description: The New York City Charter High School for Architecture, Engineering, & Construction
Industry (AECI) was founded by Richard Izquierdo Arroyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the South Bronx Charter School for International Culture
and the Arts in Community School District (CSD) 7. AECI’s mission of is to create an integrated, rigorous academic and career preparatory
learning environment that provides students with a foundation of the necessary skills, knowledge and practical experience to pursue a path leading to
college and/or a career in the construction industry. Our philosophy is that a
college preparatory school that has high expectations
for all students and an academically
rigorous small learning environment will produce students who attain high levels of achievement regardless of ethnicity, gender, race,
creed, national origin, religion or ancestry. AECI’s educational program is designed to fully integrate core academic subjects,
project-based classroom learning, and career-related field experiences. Architecture, engineering, and construction industry themes will be imbedded
across the core curriculum in math, science, history, and English language arts/communication.
BROOKLYN
8. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Gina Musumeci
Address: P.S. 55 | 2021 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY
District: 23
Telephone: 718-774-0906 ext. 12422
E-mail: lesleyredwine@achievementfirst.org
Web site: www.achievementfirst.org
Grades Served: K,1; Planned Total Grades: K-4, 5-8
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Achievement First
School Description: Achievement First Brownsville Charter
School’s instructional program, which emphasizes academic excellence and character education, will be molded on the Achievement First program
developed at Amistad Academy and Elm City College Preparatory in New Haven, CT. AF Brownsville will be the fifth charter created by Achievement
First, a nonprofit charter management organization which also serves as the managing partner for all the AF charter schools.
9. Bedford Stuyvesant
Collegiate Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Mabel Lajes-Guiteras, Principal
Proposed Address: M.S. 267 |800
Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221
District: 16
Telephone: 718-669-7460
E-mail: info@bedstuycollegiate.org
Web site: http://www.uncommonschools.org/bsccs/home/index.html
Grades Served: 5 Planned Total Grades:
5-12
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Uncommon Schools
School Description: Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School is the third Collegiate charter school to open in New York
City as part of the Uncommon Schools network. It joins Kings Collegiate Charter School, which opened in fall 2007, and Williamsburg Collegiate Charter
School (2005), one of only two NYC charter schools to have every one of its 6th graders score Advanced or Proficient on the 2006-07 state math exam.
The Collegiate Schools offer a structured, college preparatory academic environment, a longer school day and longer school year, and extremely high
expectations for both academics and behavior.
10. Brooklyn
Ascend Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Steve Wilson/Jana L. Reed
Address: TBD
Telephone: 917-453-0567
E-mail: janalreed@gmail.com
Web site: http://www.ascendlearning.org/
Grades Served: K-2; Planned Total Grades:
K-12
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: N/A
Institutional Partner: Ascend Learning
School Description: Brooklyn Ascend Charter School's mission is to equip students from underserved communities with the
knowledge, confidence, and character to succeed in college and beyond. The school will span Kindergarten through the 12 grade at maturity. From the
earliest grades, students will steadily build a strong foundation of learning habits, critical thinking skills, and knowledge; excel academically in
the middle and high school, mastering high-level math and science; and graduate as confident young adults, prepared to succeed as college students, as
citizens, and as leaders in their chosen fields.
11. La Cima
Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Andrea Zayas
Assistant Principal: Heather Caudill
Address: M.S. 267 | 800 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221-2203
District: 16
Telephone: 212-437-8351
E-mail: linfo@lacimacharterschool.org
Web site: https://www.lacimacharterschool.org
Grades Served: K, 1; Planned Total Grades:
TBD
Authorizer: SED
Shared Space: Yes
School Description: La Cima Charter School (Cima) is a new public elementary school opening to
Kindergarten and first grade students in August 2008 in Brooklyn. The school is committed to serving English Language Learners (ELLs) and developing
bilingualism. The school’s mission is to prepare students for academic and life-long success through a rigorous and relevant academic program.
The school vision is to develop students who have the intellectual capacity, social capital, and emotional strength of character to be personally
successful, and to act as effective change-makers in their communities. The school will ensure that students master the standards, while also
developing their love of learning and exploration through music, visual art, physical education, and other forms of creative play.
12. PAVE Academy Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Spencer Robertson
School Director of Curriculum and
Instruction: Timothy Burke
Address: TBD
Telephone: 212-437-8332
E-mail: srobertson@paveacademy.org, tburke@paveacademy.org
Web site: www.paveacademy.org
Grades Served: K,1; Planned Total Grades:
K-8
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Building Excellent Schools
School Description: PAVE Academy Charter School prepares Kindergarten to 8th Grade students to thrive in competitive high schools and 4- year colleges.
PAVE Academy provides the children of Brooklyn with a rigorous academic program and a school community built on the school’s core values of
Perseverance, Achievement, Vibrancy and Excellent character.
MANHATTAN
13. DREAM Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Josh Klaris
Address: P.S. 92 | 232 East 103 Street, New York, NY, 10029
District: 4
Telephone: 212-722-1608 ext. 400
E-mail: Info@dreamschoolnyc.org
Web site: www.dreamschoolnyc.org
Grades Served: K,1; Planned Total Grades: K-8
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Harlem RBI
School Description: DREAM Charter School will serve children and families from East Harlem, the community where its
institutional partner Harlem RBI, a comprehensive year-round community based organization that provides educational and enrichment programs, has
worked for 17 years. The school is founded on the belief that student success is based on the instructional effectiveness of the classroom
teachers. To meet the various needs of its students DREAM will partner each general education teacher with a teacher certified in either Special
Education or English as a Second Language. This will provide two co-teaching teams on each grade level with a maximum of 25 students per
class.
14. Ethical Community Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Peter Sommer
Address: TBD
E-mail: jdwallach@i-2000.com
Grades Served: K, 1; Planned Total Grades:
K-5
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: N/A
Institutional Partner: CEI & CSRC Ethical Culture Fieldston
School
School Description: The Ethical Community Charter School will promote the core values of ethical behavior and the
development of basic literacy skills. The school will open with approximately 160 students in grades K-1 and offer an extended day and year, a
full-time English Language Coordinator and classes limited to 18-20 students.
15. Harlem Success Academy Charter School II
School Leader/ Founder: Eva Moskowitz
Contact: Lizzy McCourt
Address: TBD
Telephone: 646-747-2351
E-mail: info@harlemsuccess.org
Web site: www.harlemsuccess.org
Grades Served: TBD; Planned Total Grades: K-5
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Success Charter Network, Inc.
School Description: Harlem Success Charter School II is a replication school modeled after the first Harlem Success Charter
School which opened in 2006. The school promises to provide a rigorous academic foundation, a safe learning environment, a robust arts and sports
program, and the teaching of core values. The school offers a math and literacy curriculum called “Success for All,” which has a
national track record of achievement.
16. Harlem Success Academy Charter School III
School Leader/ Founder: Eva Moskowitz
Contact: Lizzy McCourt
Address: TBD
Telephone: 646-747-2351
E-mail: info@harlemsuccess.org
Web site: www.harlemsuccess.org
Grades Served: TBD; Planned Total Grades: K-5
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Success Charter Network, Inc.
School Description: Harlem Success Charter School III is a replication school modeled after the first Harlem Success Charter
School which opened in 2006. The school promises to provide a rigorous academic foundation, a safe learning environment, a robust arts and sports
program, and the teaching of core values. The school offers a math and literacy curriculum called “Success for All,” which has a
national track record of achievement.
17. Harlem Success Academy Charter School IV
School Leader/ Founder: Eva Moskowitz
Contact: Lizzy McCourt
Address: TBD
Telephone: 646-747-2351
E-mail: info@harlemsuccess.org
Web site: www.harlemsuccess.org
Grades Served: TBD; Planned Total Grades: K-5
Authorizer: SUNY
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: Success Charter Network, Inc.
School Description: Harlem Success Charter School IV is a replication school modeled after the first Harlem Success Charter
School which opened in 2006. The school promises to provide a rigorous academic foundation, a safe learning environment, a robust arts and sports
program, and the teaching of core values. The school offers a math and literacy curriculum called “Success for All,” which has a
national track record of achievement.
18. St. HOPE
Leadership Academy Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Ventura Rodriguez
Address: P.S. 92 | 222 West 134th Street, New York, NY 10030
District: 5
Telephone: 916-275-9601
E-mail: vrodriguez@sthope.org
Web site: www.sthopeleadershipacademy.org
Grades Served: 5-7; Planned Total Grades: K-12
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: Yes
Institutional Partner: St. Hope
Shared Space: Yes
School Description: St. HOPE Leadership Academy (SHLA) will
be a K-12 public charter school. The primary goal of SHLA is to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and habits needed to succeed in a four-year
university. Equally important is to instill within students a commitment to serving others. SHLA will be organized into three small
schools: elementary school (K – 4), middle school (5 – 8) and high school (9 – 12). SHLA will open in August 2008 with 150
students in grades 5, 6 and 7.
QUEENS
19. VOICE Charter School
School Leader/ Founder: Franklin Headley
Address: TBD
Telephone: 646-537-1703 (Parent Hotline)
E-mail: admissions@voicecharterschool.org
Grades
Served: K,1; Planned Total Grades: K-8
Authorizer: Chancellor
Shared Space: N/A
School Description: Voice Charter School offers a rigorous arts-infused education. The school’s
curriculum includes reading and writing workshop, constructivist mathematics, and core knowledge. Children will learn to play two musical
instruments, read and write music, and develop the vocal skills required to sing in a choir. Their music education will enhance their performance in
core academic subjects.
