High School Recruitment

A cademics

We provide a rigorous and engaging academic program that prepares our students to succeed on all standardized exams.  ABCD students are challenged in the classroom to reach beyond their limits.

 

·         Algebra I and US History Regents exams in 8^th or 9^th grade, where other high schools offer none until 10^th grade

 

·         PSAT taken in 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th grades, where other schools only offer it in 11^th grade

 

·         SAT taken in 11^th and 12^th grades, where other schools only offer it in 12^th grade

 

·         College credit earned before graduation through college-level exams or special courses offered at ABCD, where other schools offer none

 

 

B usiness Courses

Students are required to take our Business Education & Technology course in every grade.  The curriculum is specifically designed to support the Math and English covered on standardized exams and to prepare students for a college major in Business, Economics, or a related field of study.

 

GRADE	BUSINESS TOPIC
6	Intro to Business
7	Management
8	Marketing
9	Accounting and Finance
10	Economics
11	Business Law and Ethics
12	Entrepreneurship

 

College Tours

Students are required to go on College Tours in every grade.  We believe that exposure to colleges makes the possibility a reality.  The variety will make our students the most knowledgeable college applicants in the nation.

 

GRADE	LOCATION	COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES
6	Private colleges in NYC	Columbia University, Long Island University, New York University, Fordham University
7	Public colleges in NYC	CUNY-Baruch, CUNY-Brooklyn College, CUNY-John Jay, CUNY-Medgar Evers College
8	Colleges in Upstate NY	SUNY-Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Marist College, Siena College
9	Colleges in Pennsylvania	Lincoln University, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Villanova University
10	Colleges in Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC	Loyola University, Morgan State University, Georgetown University, Howard University
11	Colleges in New England	Providence College, Brown University, Boston College, Harvard University, Wheelock College
12	Individual college visits	Seniors will individually arrange visits to colleges and universities based on preference

 

 

Dedication and Discipline

Being an all-boys school, we teach our students the dedication and discipline necessary to become productive and successful adults.

 

·         Our students wear uniforms that get more formal towards graduation, beginning with “business causal” polo shirts in middle school and button-down shirts with ties in high school.

 

·         In Advisory, we follow the ABCD Brotherhood Curriculum where we address such topics as self-awareness, conflict resolution, manhood, and shared history.

 

·         To further promote the ideal of Brotherhood, each incoming 6^th grader is mentored by a 9^th grader and they follow each other for 3 years.  When the 6^th grader becomes a 9^th grader, he will then mentor a 6^th grader.  When the 9^th grader becomes a 12^th grader, he will have an adult mentor.