School of the Future (New York City)
| School of the Future | |
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| Address | |
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127 East 22nd Street New York City, New York USA |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′40″N 73°59′12″W / 40.694412°N 73.986531°W |
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| Type | Public School |
| Established | 1990 |
| Principal | Stacy Goldstein |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 713 |
| Color(s) | Navy and White |
| Website | www.sof.edu |
School of the Future is a public secondary school located at 127 East 22nd Street at Lexington Avenue, in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It serves grades 6 through 12 as a part of the New York City Department of Education, and accepts students from around the entire city. School of the Future, a small school, was founded in 1990 with funding by Apple Inc. with an admissions process dependent on student application and interview. The school is a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, a league of schools dedicated to small class sizes and student-centered learning. In 2005, School of the Future was chosen as a national mentor school of CES as part of a Gates Foundation-funded effort to improve schools nationwide.
The high school follows a block schedule and students have a full day of classes for their entire stay at the school. Graduation requires four years of English and History, three years of Math and Science, and two years of foreign language (Spanish). The Senior Institute is a division of the school consisting of grades 11 and 12; classes in the Senior Institute are sometimes taught through a two-year curriculum; students may have some of their teachers for two academic years. The Math sequence consists of Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II/Trigonometry, and Statistics/Calculus; the Science sequence includes Biology, Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, Food Science and Physics. Students can choose to take elective classes in a variety of subjects: art, music producing, robotics, etc. The school’s advisory program serves as a family group and guidance resource.
SOF high school students are exempt from most Regents Examinations, with the exception of English, as the school is a member of the Consortium and has a waiver from the state that allows SOF students to show mastery in a core subject by completing an exhibition. Exhibitions are thesis papers that are roughly ten to twenty pages in length in English, Science, Math, and History. Students choose the subject they will complete and finish it by the end of a semester in eleventh and twelfth grade. The final paper and an oral defense presentation are graded by a committee of student peers and teachers and the combined score is the student’s state test score in that subject area.
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