Middle School

between Elementary School and High School

sometimes call Intermediate School

Looking at Public School Middle School options for Educating Kids In Nyc

Clara Hemphill book ISBN:9780807749104

contact: Anna Commitante , Director of English Language Arts, Social Studies and Gifted/Talented A Commit@schools.nyc.gov

process

• info goes up in December

• apply in early January

• testing happens late-Jan/early-Feb

Big location issue: not [sure](http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/Transportation/ParentResources/General Education Eligibility/default.htm) whether Yellow School Bus service will be available - if not, we'd have to take him on City Bus (no we don't want to let a 6th grader do that alone), which would be an un-workable time-suck.

• Google Maps says we're 1.4mi away which means maybe we'd get YellowBus for 6th grade, but definitely not for 7th grade.

In-district options:

• It looks like we're "zoned" for the Technology Arts And Sciences Studio http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fso=1494&all=y new, tiny, and sounds not yet very good

  • this is located at PS19 Asher Levy school

• PS110 Florence Nightingale school http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=8&all=y way down near Williamsburg Bridge on Delancey St: no that's only K-5

• NeST School: city-wide, K-12, uses OLSAT test (95th%), lots of slots in Middle School because bigger program

Out-of-district

• Hunter College: enter 7th grade only

• Lab School: totally fills with District2 http://www.nyclabschool.org

• Anderson School (Upper West Side): K-8, only 20 positions open up in 6th grade http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=148&all=y

• TAG School (east-Harlem): K-8, sounds like few Middle School slots http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=161&all=y

• PS859 Special Music School (Lincoln Center): too much focus on music, not challenging enough for core academics? http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=1575&all=y