SPECIAL EDUCATION: On our visit, we were impressed by teachers’ flexibility in accommodating special needs. Graduates have been admitted to extremely selective schools such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sophie Davis Biomedical Education program at CUNY School of Medicine, both extremely selective schools. Many graduates take advantage of free tuition at Hunter College, but the college counselor also encourages students to consider other colleges and universities. (Boys and girls soccer teams are particularly strong.) The schools in the building share facilities such as the gym and as well as campus-wide sports teams. Students wear Manhattan/Hunter t-shirts and black trousers or skirts. But at least the security guards seem friendly and there aren’t long lines, as there are at many schools with metal detectors.Ĭlass size is about 27, considerably smaller than typical New York City high schools. The building has metal detectors, and kids grumble that they have to leave their cellphones in plastic pouches, collected by school staff and returned to them at the end of the day. A sunny new library on the ground floor, shared by all the schools in the building, is noteworthy for its large windows, and the corridors have a spiffy paint job. ![]() Still the physical plant has improved significantly in recent years. The building is oddly constructed: corridors on the exterior of the building have windows with stunning views of the skyline, but the classrooms on the building interior have no windows. Manhattan/Hunter shares the MLK Educational Complex with five other schools. This mix of high school and college courses serves as a transition year and increases the chances that students are successful once they begin college full-time. While the students take college courses in math and science, the high school English and social studies teachers offer hand-holding and advice for all the subjects. Their high school English and social studies teachers travel with them to the college and offer regular classes there. While lots of New York City high schools offer students the chance to take college courses, what makes Manhattan/Hunter different is the level of support the students receive. ![]() When the students graduate from high school, they may attend Hunter College full-time-for free. Seniors spend their entire fourth year of high school on the Hunter College campus on the Upper East Side, taking a mix of high school and college-level courses. Students spend their first three years in classes on the top floor the Martin Luther King (MLK) Educational Complex. “You have kids whose parents are doctors and lawyers and you have kids whose parents are new immigrants driving taxicabs,” said Hazel Branch, the school social worker. ![]() Many qualify for free or reduced lunch and there’s a higher proportion of students with disabilities than at most other selective schools. That is why we don’t offer Regents Mathematics Examinations at Hunter College High School.Students come from all five boroughs and represent the city’s racial and ethnic diversity. In addition, we are able to create final examinations that are more appropriate for the level of our students, and more challenging than the Regents Examinations themselves. Our detailed course outlines demonstrate that the depth and breadth of coverage of all mathematical topics presented throughout our curriculum surpasses the state’s standards. However, we feel that our curriculum covers the topics in an order and level of difficulty suited to our students. Over the years, we have made revisions to our curriculum, incorporating some of the changes taking place statewide. The department reviewed the current (March 2005) New York State Mathematics Core Curriculum MST Standard 3 document. In addition, we reviewed the curricula for Math A, Math B, Pre-Calculus, Integrated Algebra, Integrated Geometry, and Algebra II and Trigonometry available on the Association of Mathematics Assistant Principals Supervision of New York City (AMAPS) website. The department is cognizant of the many changes that have taken place in New York State’s mathematics curricula: from the sequential mathematics program, to the Mathematics A/ Mathematics B/Pre-Calculus program, to the current Integrated Algebra/Integrated Geometry/Algebra II and Trigonometry program.
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