Posted by on Monday, March 7, 2016
Leveraging curiosity to build nonfiction reading skills and set a foundation for critical thinking
Each day, lower school teachers and students spend an hour focused on locating information, summarizing important facts, isolating the main idea, and using text-based evidence to support a conclusion.
Harlem Academy fourth-grader Benjamin loves science fiction. When he discovered in his nonfiction unit that his favorite books are based on real science, he started reading more science books.
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Tags: lower school, English
Posted by on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Tags: Spring Benefit, history
Posted by on Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Eight Harlem Academy students earned full scholarships to attend summer programs for gifted students at Exeter, Vassar, and Yale.
Manny, Malik, and A.J. at the Summer Institute for the Gifted at Vassar.
This past summer, eight of our middle school students accepted full scholarships to attend academic programs for gifted students at Phillips Exeter Academy, Vassar College, and Yale University. These highly selective opportunities let them sample schedules and a Read more...
Tags: summer, boarding school
Posted by on Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Tags: middle school, history
Posted by on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Tags: alumni
Posted by on Friday, June 12, 2015
Tags: middle school, STEM, college, trips
Posted by on Friday, June 5, 2015
This year, with the help of Chess NYC, Harlem Academy has set up a program to teach all of our students this classic game.
National Chess Master Majur Juac leads classes with students from every grade, with each class meeting with him for one hour each week. Mr. Juac teaches students the basic rules of chess and then moves into strategy and maneuvers.
Chess is a fun way to encourage planning, concentration, and problem solving. We have extended the program into next school year, adding an Read more...
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Posted by on Monday, May 11, 2015
Last week, three groups from Harlem Academy performed of scenes from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the 2015 Shakespeare Smackdown (ShakeSmack) hosted by the Classic Stage Company out of Greenwich Village. Most of the teams were from high schools, but Harlem Academy teams of sixth through eighth grade students took both first and second place.
In preparation for ShakeSmack and as part of our electives offerings, our 12 students worked hard over the past 4 weeks rehearsing their Read more...
Tags: middle school, Shakespeare, English
Posted by on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Yesterday, the grade-eight class visited the Rafael Viñoly Architects studio to present projects to a panel of architects.
During the past five weeks of science class, students have been working on creating architecture projects with professional architects. Each student was tasked with designing a 400 square foot building for an existing open lot at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue that could serve the community. First, students developed a concept design, then they created perspective Read more...
Tags: middle school, architecture, science, STEM