Brooklyn College Academy

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Brooklyn College Academy
Motto	A Community of Leaders and Learners
Established	1986
Principal	Nick Mazzarella
Location	Annex Site: 350 Coney Island Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11218 At Brooklyn College: 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210
Phone	(718) 951-5941
Enrollment	approx. 562
Mascot	Bobcat
Colors	Lavender and White
Homepage	http://www.brooklyncollegeacademy.org

HS #555K Brooklyn College Academy is a high school located in Brooklyn, New York City, New York in the New York City Department of Education. It serves grades 7-12.

1 History
2 Buildings and Facilities
3 Admissions
4 External links

[edit] History

Brooklyn College Academy, founded in 1986 in a partnership between the then Board of Education and Brooklyn College, served as an alternative school -- a program which was created to help older high school students that have not done well in other settings. The school no longer serves this purpose and is a normal high school in the school system. Almost all of the school's graduates go on to attend college, two-year or four-year institutions. Recent graduates from the class of 2004 have went on to attend schools such as Penn State, New York University and many SUNY and CUNY schools. The current principal of Brooklyn College Academy is Nick Mazzarella, who began his career at Hostos-Lincoln High School in the Bronx and came to Brooklyn College Academy in 2005.

[edit] Buildings and Facilities

Brooklyn College Academy is housed at two sites. The first being a renovated warehouse, which is known as 'the annex'. This building houses the lower school (grades 7-10). The second is William James Hall on the Brooklyn College campus. This building houses the upper school (grades 11 & 12). Brooklyn College Academy shares William James Hall with Brooklyn College students.

[edit] Admissions

Students must apply to Brooklyn College Academy via the High School selection process in New York City Public Schools. But, for acceptance to Brooklyn College Academy, the students' academic record and attendance record are reviewed.