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ELIGIBILITY
  • Priority to continuing 8th graders
  • Then to students who attend an information session
  • Then to District 3 and 5 residents
  • Then to New York City residents

SITE ACCESSIBILITY
  • Functionally Accessible

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
  • Collaborative Team Teaching (CTT)
  • SETSS

ELL PROGRAMS
  • ESL

PROGRESS REPORT
YearGrade LevelGrade
2009ES/MSA
2008ES/MSB
2008HS B

QUALITY REVIEW
YearScore
2009N/A
2008Proficient
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Frederick Douglass Academy (FDA) II Secondary School is built on Dr. Lorraine Monroe’s vision of academic and personal excellence for all students. A set of core rules is visible at every Frederick Douglass Academy and signals the seriousness of purpose for the school, its students and teachers. All students must adhere to a code of student conduct, the Scholar’s Creed, Twelve Non-Negotiable Rules and a strict uniform code. Our students are highly encouraged to participate in our two-week FDA ll Summer Institute.

COURSES AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Programs: Pre-calculus, English Literature, Journalism, College Summit/Senior Seminar, Aesthetic Education, College Now, Harlem Scholars, Junior Scholars
Language Classes: Spanish
Advanced Placement Courses: Calculus AB, Chemistry, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, Spanish Language, United States History, World History

PARTNERSHIPS
  • Community-Based Organizations: New York City Mission Society
  • Higher Education Institutions: The City University of New York, Barnard College
  • Cultural/Arts Organizations: Lincoln Center Institute, Community Works: Building Community Through Art and Education, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • Not-for-Profit: New Visions for Public Schools
  • Other: Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute, College Summit
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Leadership & Support: Student Council, College Summit Peer Leaders, Peer Mediation, Peer Mentoring, Lunch and After-school Tutorial, PLATO Learning, Liberty Partnership Program Barnard College
Academic: National Honor Society
Artistic: Art workshops led by teachers or artists from community based organizations
Clubs: MOUSE Squad, Page and Performance Poetry, others based on student interest

PSAL SPORTS TEAMS
Boys: Basketball & JV Basketball
Girls: Basketball

SCHOOL SPORTS
Charter School Athletic Association: Basketball, Flag Football, Soccer

SCHOOLWIDE AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Grade Team Assemblies include student recognition and oppportunities to discuss issues/topics of interest.
PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Frederick Douglass Academy II for New Students (Humanities & Interdisciplinary)
Science, Math, Humanities, Art
M39A Ed. Opt. 9 N/A N/A

PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Frederick Douglass Academy II for Continuing Students (Humanities & Interdisciplinary)
See above description
M39B For Continuing 8th Graders 9 N/A N/A
Humanities & Interdisciplinary Ed. Opt., Humanities & Interdisciplinary For Continuing 8th Graders
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  • Our school observes a uniform dress code
  • Participation in our 2-week Summer Institute (Orientation) is highly encouraged.

DID YOU KNOW?
  • COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATES: Cohort 2007 % of graduates accepted to college…………...96%; Cohort 2008 % of graduates accepted to college……………………...94%
  • "Harlem is... Voices of Youth" exhibition included a 20-foot painting entitled Pupil's Truth Cosmogram created by FDA II artists and showcased at Lincoln Center (February 2006) and Aaron Davis Hall (February 2005).
  • FDA II students participated in the historic Youth Ring Shout at the African Burial Ground Site in Lower Manhattan. (September 30, 2005).
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School, DBN 03M860 , Borough of Manhattan