Harlem Academy

Programs: Overview. Harlem academy is a private school for gifted children from underserved communities. We serve grades one through eight with a focus on rigorous intellectual engagement, character development, and family partnership. We guide our students to thrive at the highest academic levels, so they can catch up with higher income peers, succeed at top secondary schools, and one day make a mark on the world. Commitment to low-income children. Harlem academy provides more than $3 million in scholarship support each year. We are committed to a meritocracy where hard work drives the opportunity to realize potential, and where no qualified family is turned away for an inability to pay. Harlem academys tuition is set on a sliding scale based on income, and every family contributes. Transformational growth. Harlem academy admits promising children and supports them in cultivating their talents. Ourmost recent eighth-grade graduates saw tremendous growth, entering at the 71st percentile and graduating in the 88th percentile gaining an average of 17 points during their time with us. Demonstrated excellence. Our rigorous curriculum focuses on academic skill development, preparing students to tackle advanced problems with confidence. Harlem academy students emerge as avid readers, strong writers, and critical thinkers. This achievement is underscored by median schoolwide standardized test scores in the 90th percentile, with strong performance in every subject area (erb ctp4 2017). Graduate placement. Over the past six years, 92% of our graduates have moved on to selective secondary schools, most with full need scholarships to independent day and boarding schools including andover, chapin, hotchkiss, kent, lawrenceville, northfield mount hermon, peddie, riverdale, and spence. Providing a model education. Harlem academy shares successful strategies for supporting this important but neglected population of promising, low-income students. Last year, we presented at two conferences: diversity education and justice in the curriculum and nysais teaching with technology conference. We also published articles in national education journals, sharing our innovations and best practices around partnering with families, leveraging primary sources to guide student engagement with historical events, and preparing students for a successful transition to high school. Top rating from guidestar. Harlem academy received guidestars platinum rating for strong management and transparency, highlighting the schools continued commitment to use gifts effectively toward advancing our mission.