NYC Lab School
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| New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies |
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| Established | 1987 |
| Type | Public school |
| Principal | Gary Eisinger & Brooke Jackson |
| Founder | Sheila Breslaw and Rob Menken |
| Students | aprox. 900 |
| Grades | 6 - 12 |
| Location | 333 W 17th St, New York, 10011 New York City, New York United States |
| District | 2 |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Mascot | Gator |
| Website | [1] |
The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies is a Middle School and High School in Manhattan, New York. It consists of grades 6-12 and is considered one of the best non-test schools in Manhattan.[citation needed]
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[edit] School Philosophy
The NYC Laboratory School for Collaborative Studies (the Lab School) was established in 1987 as part of the New York City Board of Education's small-school initiative. It started as a middle school including grades 6 through 8 and had fewer than 200 students. Lab has grown steadily to a size of over 900 students in grades 6 through 12. The first class of 12th graders graduated in 1997 with 96% going on to attend college, 89% to four-year institutions. By the next year, 100% of the seniors were accepted into colleges of their choice.
The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Education is a unique learning environment with a distinct philosophy that is predicated on four defining principles:
High standards for curricular and extra-curricular goals that reach beyond those of the standardized New York City Regents curriculum are frequently reassessed to reflect the intellectual strengths of our students and staff and to change along with the needs for our student body.
The spirit of compassion is fundamental to learning at Lab, enabling students to accept the risks and challenges inherent in developing as learners and as human beings, to explore, to argue, to excel and sometimes fail within a supportive network of caring and careful administrators, teachers, and fellow students.
- Diversity and Pluralism
To achieve the kind of learning environment that extends beyond the classroom, we seek to create an atmosphere in which individual differences and perspectives are valued and activities are structured to encourage a multitude of approaches and responses.
Intrinsic to learning at Lab is the collaborative process, in which students and teachers share ideas and learn from each other through active classroom discussion, the use of group projects, and an interdisciplinary approach to subject matter.
[edit] Location
It is located on West 17th Street between 8th and 9th avenues, in the Chelsea, Manhattan Neighborhood of New York City.
[edit] Principals
Rob Menken and Sheila Breslaw, the Lab Schools' original co-directors, retired on June 27th, with the graduating class of 2006. The new co-directors are Gary Eisinger and Brooke Jackson.
[edit] Ebony Washington
Ebony Wahington was a Lab high school student that died of AIDS during 10th grade. A commerative quilt was made for her. All Lab School students spend an entire day attributed to AIDS.
[edit] External links
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Region 9 |
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| 6-12 schools | NYC Lab School |
| High schools | HS of Art and Design | Bard Early College | Murry Bergtraum HS For Business Careers | HS of Fashion Industries | Harvey Milk | Millennium | Baruch College Campus HS | Eleanor Roosevelt | Stuyvesant |
| Middle schools | 104 |
