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ELIGIBILITY
  • Priority to students who attend an information session
  • Then to Brooklyn residents
  • Then to New York City residents

SITE ACCESSIBILITY
  • Partially Accessible

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

ELL PROGRAMS
  • ESL

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

SCHOOL STATISTICS AND REPORTS
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS
The Academy of Urban Planning helps students use their leadership abilities to achieve academic success. We work to forge a lasting spirit of community where students, parents and guardians are welcome, teachers and staff work collaboratively and all are engaged as partners to provide an exemplary education for our students. We provide students with the academic and social tools they need to pursue goals by stimulating their interests in learning, discovery and self-expression. The urban planning, theme-based curriculum takes students out of the classroom and into their communities to develop skills that will move them toward higher education and careers, while at the same time tapping into their innate curiosity for the world around them.

COURSES AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Programs: The Urban Planning theme is integrated into subject area classes through projects and specialized curriculum, including Advisory, English, Technology, Geometry and Architecture & Local History Projects; Theme-based electives emphasize technical skills: Urban Art, Urban Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Urban Ecology; Senior Seminar in Urban Planning (to identify and address local urban planning issues); Internships, Field Work
Language Classes: Spanish
Advanced Placement Courses: Calculus AB, Economics: Micro, English Language and Composition, Human Geography, Physics B, Spanish Language

PARTNERSHIPS
  • Community-Based Organizations: Brooklyn Community Board 4, Make the Road by Walking, Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project, Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council
  • Higher Education Institutions: Brooklyn College, Hunter College, New York University: Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
  • Cultural/Arts Organizations: Urban Word
  • Not-for-Profit: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, Planning Center at the Municipal Arts Society, Center for Urban Pedagogy, Center for Architecture Foundation, Global Kids, American Planning Association, The Leadership Program, Clearpool Education Center, Youth Development Institute
  • Corporate: Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), AECOM, Young & Rubicam
  • Other: New York City Department of City Planning, New York City Department of Transportation, Hunter College Center for Geographic Learning
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Leadership & Support: Student Government, Peer Mediation, Community Service, Student Leadership Council, Annual “Day of Dialogue” Student-led Conference, Young Planners Network
Academic: Student Newspaper, Peer Tutoring
Artistic: Sabor Latino Dance, Choir, Advanced Art
Clubs: Chess, Academy of Urban Planning (AUP) Steppers, Cheerleading, Hip-Hop Dance, Fine Arts, Poetry/Spoken Word, Percussion

PSAL SPORTS TEAMS
Boys: Baseball, Basketball & JV Basketball, Bowling, Soccer, Volleyball
Girls: Basketball, Bowling, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball

SCHOOL SPORTS
Basketball, Baseball, Flag football, Volleyball, Weightlifting
PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Urban Planning and Design (Humanities & Interdisciplinary)
Students take urban studies theme-based electives and participate in urban planning projects in regular subject area classes that incorporate art, technology, community development and civic engagement
K52A Limited Unscreened 9 N/A N/A
10 N/A N/A
Humanities & Interdisciplinary Limited Unscreened
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  • Our school observes a uniform dress code
  • All freshmen are encouraged to attend a week-long summer bridge program
  • All incoming freshmen are programmed for period 1-9 classes
  • Internship opportunities are available

OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION
Thursday, October 15, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM; Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Please contact Mr. Donaldson at 646-753-0177 for additional information.

DID YOU KNOW?
  • Academy of Urban Planning (AUP) is among the first high schools in the country to offer an elective course devoted to Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a specialized technology used for mapping and analysis.

QUOTES
"We are like a happy family"
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Academy of Urban Planning, DBN 32K552 , Borough of Brooklyn