Benjamin Banneker Academy

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Benjamin Banneker Academy for Community Development (usually called Banneker) is a public high school located in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, New York City. The school was originally a Drake's Cakes factory. Still today, different floors of the school are in Drake's colors. It has a small, but family type atmosphere for a high school. It is usually called a junior college because the faculty and students are so focused on college. Banneker, which serves grades 9 through 12+, is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Many of the graduates attend SUNY schools, HBCUs(Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and CUNY schools. There are also a few that attend ivy league schools. The school's graduation rate has been at least 90% since 2002.

Facts

The school's colors are Black and Gold. Each year Banneker holds a Homecoming party for the students in which they wear those colors. This event is usually the final event to their School Spirit Week, which places a different theme on each day of that week. The school's spirit week and Homecoming is planned by the senior committee and is held the friday before the Thanskgiving recess. The school was founded in 1987 in memory of Benjamin Banneker.

[edit] Extra curricular activities

Benjamin Banneker Academy is known for its many great extra curricular activities which include a variety of sport teams, clubs and community service organizations.