HUMANITIES HONORS ACADEMY

Humanities Honors Academy is an Honors College Preparatory Program offering scholars four-year tracks in various Humanities disciplines. All content classes are HONORS (H) which allows students to achieve Grade Point Averages (GPAs) above 100.   The following is a brief description of each track.

• Writing and Publishing in Creative Writing - writing poems, short stories and publishing a magazine. Learning adobe, and photoshop. 

• Film Studies - screen films, analyze content for human depictions of global issues and language and cultural heritage, and identify popular cultural trends that pervade teen lives. Exploring genres such as anime, and creating remakes of films. 

• Journalism - Write articles and publish a newspaper. This includes writing movie reviews, covering current events, identifying fake news from real news, interviewing members from the school community, and exploring the laws that govern publishing.

• Model United Nations - participate in local, regional and international conferences, and establish alliances with colleagues through moderated and unmoderated caucuses. Research the history of the United Nations and the laws/stances of various nations on hot topics like gender equality, global warming, and ethnic/civil wars. 

Advanced Placement (AP) courses in:

• Art and Music

• Calculus

• English Language and Composition

• English Literature

• French & Spanish

• Psychology

• Seminar & Research (AP Capstone Certificate & Diploma)

• And 10 other AP courses

• Students take a variety of Advanced Placement courses to gain a score of 3 or higher on 5 in order to receive the Capstone Diploma. Students who are successful in AP Seminar and AP Research but not in an additional 3 AP courses will receive the Capstone Certificate. 

College Now:

• Anthropology

• English Composition 101

• English Literature 102, and all other College Now Courses offered in the school.

Community Spirit:

• SLC Planning Committee, SLC Peer Mentoring, Jeopardy Challenges

• Game Night, Sports Day, Broadway Shows, Award Ceremonies, Celebrating Cultures

Affiliations:

• Questbridge Scholarship, and Yale Teen Scholars Program

• Baruch’s Newsies Journalism Conference, Commission on Human Rights

Pre-College and Honors Academy is an Honors College Preparatory Program offering scholars an opportunity to receive 18 or more College Credits through the Advanced Placement (AP) College Board, and additional college credits through our liaisons with Queensborough Community College and CUNY York College.  Students can achieve up to 24 college credits before they graduate from High School. All AP Courses and Honors Classes are weighted to allow students to achieve Grade Point Averages (GPAs) above 100.  The goal of the college preparatory program is to ensure that students successfully complete the pathways to an Advanced Regents Diploma and an Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma. The goal of a Pre-College Student is to pass 6 AP courses before their senior year. This is to ensure that when they apply to colleges, they would have already met the requirements for the Capstone Diploma, and they will stand out as critical and independent thinkers with academic distinction.  Both advanced diplomas will deeply enhance a student’s chances to be accepted into a top-notch college or university, here in the US and internationally. In addition, there will be an abundance of scholarship opportunities.

In 9th grade, depending on a student's achievement in middle school, students have the ability to take two Advanced Placement courses.  Students take a variety of AP courses to gain a score of 3 or higher on 6 courses in order to receive the Capstone Diploma. Students who are successful in AP Seminar and AP Research but not in an additional 4 AP courses will receive the Capstone Certificate. Our school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in:

• Art and Music
• Calculus and Statistics
• English Language and Composition
• English Literature
• French & Spanish
• Psychology
• Seminar & Research (AP Capstone Certificate)
• And about 15 other AP courses
• Our rigorous Advanced Placement Courses culminate in a Capstone Diploma or Certificate that is accredited by 8 of the 9 Ivy League Universities in the US, and accepted internationally.

• Questbridge Scholarship, and Yale Teen Scholars Program
• Baruch’s Newsies Journalism Conference, Commission on Human Rights
• Students are encouraged to apply for summer internships through the various organizations that offer stipends and hourly rates of pay to students. 

 For more information or to arrange a visit, please contact Ms. Ramjan - 347 841 6641, 718 658 5407 - extension 3802, or bramjan@schools.nyc.gov