Academics and After-School Activities
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. In addition, our middle school students can
take full advantage of being connected to our high school. For example, our Math curriculum prepares
students for Pre-Algebra and Algebra I in 8th grade.
Our
after-school program, called Co-Curricular Activities, is complements our
academic work, but is also a lot of fun:
·
Art
Club
·
Book
Club
·
Bottle
Biology
·
Capoeira
Angola
(Brazilian Martial Arts/Dance)
·
Chess
Club
·
Drama
Club
·
Literary
Magazine/Yearbook
·
NY
History Day
·
Skelly
Club
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 6th grader
is mentored by a 9th grader and they follow each other for 3
years. When the 6th grader
becomes a 9th grader, he will then mentor a 6th
grader. When the 9th grader
becomes a 12th grader, he will have an adult mentor.