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ELIGIBILITY
  • Priority to students who attend an information session
  • Then to students in the geographical catchment area
  • Then to Bronx residents
  • 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)
  • School Opened: Sep 2004
  • Grades Served (2010 - 2011): 09,10,11,12

SCHOOL STATISTICS AND REPORTS
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
We are a community of writers. Students write poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction and songs. They write for school publications, participate in poetry slams, act in school plays, make films, create artwork and dance. They also work with professional writers, actors and artists every week. Our lead partner is Epic Theatre Center. We expect all students to graduate with a Regents Honors diploma.

COURSES AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Programs: Writing Courses, Theater, Art, Film Workshops, Introduction to Book Publishing with Random House, Inc., Internships, Community Service Projects
Language Classes: French, Spanish
Advanced Placement Courses: English Literature and Composition, Spanish Language

PARTNERSHIPS
  • Community-Based Organizations: Youth Development Institute, Sustainability Inc., Channel MNN, South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. (SoBRO), Creative Arts Team
  • Hospital Outreach: Bronxwood Home for the Aged
  • Higher Education Institutions: Teachers College, Lehman College, New York University, Cornell University
  • Cultural/Arts Organizations: Epic Theater Center, Bronx Writers Center, Hudson Valley Writers Center, Harlem Writers Guild, Urban Word, Inc., Community Word Project, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Women in Film and Television
  • Not-for-Profit: College Summit, Project Read, New Visions for Public Schools, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Corporate: Random House, Inc., Noticias Telemundo, MSNBC, The New York Post
  • Other: National Academy for Excellent Teaching (NAFET), New York City Writing Project, Princeton Review
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Leadership & Support: Academic Advisory, Student Government, Student Events Committee
Academic: National Honor Society, After-school Tutoring, PM School, Saturday School
Artistic: Poetry, Journalism, Songwriting, Choir, Dance, Visual Arts
Clubs: Chess, Dance, Drama, Visual Arts, Bookwriting

PSAL SPORTS TEAMS
Boys: Baseball, Basketball & JV Basketball, Cross Country, Football & JV Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming, Volleyball
Girls: Basketball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Volleyball

SCHOOL SPORTS
Intramural Sports
PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Bronx High School for Writing & Communication Arts (Film/Video)
X76X Limited Unscreened 9 N/A N/A
Film/Video Limited Unscreened
DID YOU KNOW?
  • We are one of the new small high schools located on the Evander Childs Campus.
  • Students from Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts (BHSWCA) visit other schools with Epic artists to conduct theater workshops and also perform in Epic plays Off-Broadway.
  • BHSWCA students work with professional writers, actors and artists every week, go on trips, conduct Town Hall meetings and go to their internships at Random House Publishers and elsewhere.
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts, DBN 11X253 , Borough of Bronx