Activities

To support our students towards college and career readiness, we offer a variety of Academic, Arts and Enrichment, Service, Leadership Activities and Sports.  Additionally, there are lots of outside opportunities that students can apply for every month.  Scroll down, read the brief descriptions of the opportunities, click on the links for the ones that sound interesting to you, make your picks and apply!  For more information, contact Mr. King:

September 2019 Opportunities

Python Coding Workshop- Become part of the next generation of tech leaders by learning how to code!  Knowing how to code will lead you to lots of money making opportunities! 
Cooper Union STEM Saturdays Program- Develop design, engineering, and entrepreneurial skills and learn how to use them to make the world a better place!  The courses are offered at Cooper Union, a famous college known for its STEM classes. DOROT School Year Internship- Volunteer by making friends with older adults!  You'll visit homes, participate in intergenerational teen-led discussions, and help people who are older learn new technology!   Pratt Institute Saturday Art School- Take photography classes, creative writing classes, or filmmaking classes at the prestigious Pratt Institute in Fort Greene, Brooklyn!  You'll have fun, make new friends, and have a great experience to add to your college application and resume! (This costs money but financial aid is available.)  Summer Youth Employment Work, Learn, and Grow- If you thought you could only do Summer Youth Employment during the summer you thought wrong.  If you're 16 or older and you did summer youth this past summer, you're eligible to apply!   
New York Historical Society Student Historian Internship- Conduct research and share what you learn about history using modern technology!  You work collaboratively with staff and other student historians while studying the museum and learning about how to conduct historical research.  You may get paid for this internship! New York University (NYU) High School Law Institute- If you're interested in being a lawyer one day then start learning about how to be one now!  You'll take classes taught by students from some of the premier law schools in the United States! Brooklyn Museum, Museum Apprentice Program- This is a paid internship offered by the Brooklyn Museum located on Eastern Parkway.  You'll learn about the contents of the museum and get trained to museum visitors about them.   New York on Tech- TECH360- This program is for 10th and 11th graders who are interested in careers in computers and science.  You get computer science and technology classes as well as a mentor!  New York Historical Society Tech Scholars- This is for young women in high school who want to use the digital archives of the New York Historical Society to learn about women leaders and and create a digital project to teach others about them!  First Take Journalism Workshop- Learn how to be a journalist by taking this workshop offered by the New York Association of Black Journalists.  You'll write stories and report the news from in front of a camera by doing the work journalists do (interviewing the people on the street about the issues that affect regular New Yorkers).
Baruch STEP Academy- This program is for students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Math) careers.  You'll take classes that teach about how the latest in technology is developed and used, as well as how to conduct research that leads to technological advances.  You also get free SAT Prep as a bonus! Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fall Dance Insider- This is a dance workshop that is free for high school students and offered by one of the most famous arts centers in New York!  You'll learn how to dance and choreograph with the best of them!  Bridging the Gap- - You can take all sorts of extra classes that will get you even more prepared for college including courses like robotics cyber security.  Juniors and seniors can even take free SAT Prep! Stella Adler Acting Program for Teens- This is for all of you who want to be superstars on the stage and on the big screen.  Most movie stars you see on TV got their start taking classes like this. 
Futures and Options, Career Essentials- If you want an internship and have never had one, then you should apply to this program.  It prepares you for and helps you land a paid internship in the future!  Futures and Options, CORE Internship- If you're at least 16, through this program, you can apply for a paid internship in the field you wish to pursue for your career like law, business, and finance!
YCteen Writers Program- Develop your writing skills by learning how to write about your own experience in a way that is meaningful to others.  You're work will be published in a magazine that is read by students in schools all over NYC!  Also, being a published writer looks great on college applications!  NYCLU Teen Activist Project- This program pays you to be an activist along with other teenagers!  You'll identify things you want to change to make the city a better place and learn how to change them!  Issues you might address include (but are not limited to) immigrants' rights, freedom of speech and expression, and students' rights. New York Historical Society Scholars Program- You can create your own history inspired virtual reality experience!  Tell the story of the event you want to share using the using state-of-the-art tech at the NY Historical Society!  This is popular and costs money, but for you, scholarships may be available.   BMCC STEP Program- This program prepares high school students for careers in the fields of science and technology and health.  Programs like this are fun and look great on a college application!  
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