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ELIGIBILITY
  • Priority to continuing 8th graders
  • Then to District 3, 4, and 5 students
  • Then to New York City residents

SITE ACCESSIBILITY
  • Not Accessible

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

ELL PROGRAMS
  • ESL

ENROLLMENT (10/31/2008)
  • Grades Served (2010 - 2011): 06,07,08,09,10,11,12

SCHOOL STATISTICS AND REPORTS
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Our goal is to provide a curriculum that enables our students to enter a selective college or university of their choice. All students must abide by our 12 Non-Negotiable Rules and Student Creed.

COURSES AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Programs: SAT Preparation, Dance, Music, Art, four years of Regents level Courses in Social Studies, English, Sciences (including Physics and Botany) and Math (including Calculus and Statistics)
Language Classes: American Sign Language, French, Japanese, Latin, Spanish
Advanced Placement Courses: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Literature and Composition, European History, French Language, Government and Politics: United States, Physics B, Spanish Language, Statistics, United States History

PARTNERSHIPS
  • Hospital Outreach: Harlem Hospital Center
  • Higher Education Institutions: Ithaca College, Hunter College, John Jay College, The City College of New York
  • Not-for-Profit: Operation HOPE, Chess-in-the-Schools
  • Corporate: Home Box Office (HBO), The Gap, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Leadership & Support: Peer Tutoring, Mentoring, Mediation, Student Government
Academic: After-school, Weekend and Holiday Tutoring; Saturday Humanities Institute, Schwartz Science Scholars, Hayden Math and Science Programs; Horticulture, Botany and Greenhouse Programs; National and National Junior Honor Societies
Artistic: Art, Music, Dance
Clubs: Chess, Debate, Karate

PSAL SPORTS TEAMS
Boys: Baseball, Basketball, Fencing, Indoor Track, Lacrosse, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball
Girls: Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Handball, Indoor Track, Lacrosse, Outdoor Track, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball

SCHOOL SPORTS
Table Tennis

SCHOOLWIDE AWARDS & RECOGNITION
U.S. News and World Report's one of the top 100 schools in the U.S.A. (1999); Schotts Achievement Award for the Excellent Education of African-American male students (2007); U.S. News and World Report's one of the best high schools in the U.S.A. (2008)
PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Frederick Douglass Academy (Humanities & Interdisciplinary)
Advanced Placement courses offered to all students. Art, Music and Dance are also offered.
M75A Screened 9 N/A N/A
Scores
  • English:(85-100)
  • Math:(85-100)
  • Social Studies:(85-100)
  • Science:(85-100)
Standardized Test Scores:
  • Math Level(s): 3-4
  • English Language Arts Level(s): 3-4
Requirements:
  • Review of Attendance & Punctuality
Humanities & Interdisciplinary Screened
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  • Community Service Requirement
  • Extended Day Program
  • Our school observes a uniform dress code
  • Student Summer Orientation
  • Weekend Program offered
  • Entering students are expected to attend our 4- to 6-week Summer Academy

OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION
October through March - Fridays (6:00 PM to 7:00 PM) and Saturdays (1:00 PM to 2:00 PM)

SHOWCASE INFORMATION
U.S. News and World Report's one of the top 100 schools in the U.S.A. (1999); Schotts Achievement Award for the Excellent Education of African-American male students (2007); U.S. News and World Report's one of the best high schools in the U.S.A. (2008)

DID YOU KNOW?
  • There are 9 FDAs in New York City, one in Baltimore and 6 in the Bay Area of San Francisco.
  • We have visited Ghana, South Africa, Israel, Italy, France, Mexico, Japan, Belarussia (Belarus), England, Mali, Nepal, Canada, Brazil, China, Greece, Egypt.

FAMOUS ALUMNI
Charles Rangel, Representative; Kenneth Clark, Professor; Brock Peters and Albert Popwell, Actors; Otis Sallid, Dancer/Choreographer; Robert Mangnur, Kenneth Phipps and George C. Sena, Judges; Kenneth Toppins and Alton Wareham, Doctors; Lionel R. McMurren and Chester Wiggan, Educators; Buddy Moore and Butch Lee, Athletes; James Skinner and William Thompson, Clergymen

QUOTES
"Without struggle there is no progress" - Frederick Douglass
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Frederick Douglass Academy, DBN 05M499 , Borough of Manhattan