| Big Apple Academy | |
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| Address | |
| 2937 86th Street Brooklyn New York, NY, 11223 United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Non-sectarian |
| Established | 1992 |
| Opened | Yes |
| Founder | Vlad Gorny |
| President | Vlad Gorny |
| Asst. Principal | Yelena Kukushkina |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Website | www.bigappleacademy.com |
Big Apple Academy is a coeducational independent school for students, including the range from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Academy occupies two modern facilities located in the Gravesend area of Brooklyn, NY. It is a private educational institution, whose goal is to prepare students for leadership in intellectual fields, creative professions and statesmanship.
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The Big Apple Academy takes its roots in the affiliated Bambi Academy, a Day Care Center founded by and oriented mostly towards Russian-speaking immigrants. Dueto the success of the program, the parents and administration realized that it was time to move to the next level—creating not both pre-K classes, and a K-8 school.
In 1992 the first Kindergarten class was opened, and the school matured into a large educational center—Big Apple Academy. The school created its own curricula, developed new teaching methods, purchased equipment and sought out best textbooks and workbooks. The efforts proved successful, and in 2010 a high school was opened—thus the institution became a full-fledged K-12 school.[1][2][3]
Today Big Apple Academy includes three schools — elementary school (Kindergarten through 5th grade), junior high school (6th through 8th grade) and high school (9th through 12th grade). Each school has its own schedule and daily plan.
The Big Apple Academy is committed to providing an excellent education that takes into account the interests, abilities and needs of each student and promotes both an understanding of diversity in our community as an integral part of school life and appreciation for it. It is seen as vital that each student at the Academy develops his or her intellectual independence, as well as creativity and curiosity.
The Academy's approach embodies a great array of learning methods and teaching styles. The teachers successfully combine innovative and traditionally effective educational techniques in order to arouse students' interest in the learning process. The curriculum is based on the individual abilities and interests of each student in order to ensure that every young person takes pride in his or her accomplishments. The fundamental academic philosophy is to educate and nurture a diverse student population so that each child, as a whole person, may excel intellectually, live spiritually and act justly.
The Big Apple Academy comprises the following departments:
Admission decisions are based on an applicant’s school records, entrance exams (English, Math), and a personal interview.
The curriculum is based on the standards of learning for K-12 NY schools by the New York State Department of Education, as well as those provided by various national pedagogical organizations.
Starting in Kindergarten, children have 40-minute lessons with subject teachers in English, math, logic, computers, science, social studies, art, music, Russian language and sport, which includes swimming in the 1st semester and standard athletic exercises in the 2nd semester.
In older grades the workload increases, and more advance subjects are aded. The students are taught the students are taught algebra, geometry, computer science, history as a part of social studies, physics, chemistry, biology as parts of science.
The school year consists of four terms:
Instruction at Big Apple Academy is conducted in English language. In K-grades bilingual (Russian-English) instruction is allowed for students who have recently entered the country and do not yet possess conversational skills. At parents’ request, additional Russian language lessons may be added to the existing scheduled ones.
Students of the Big Apple Academy have an opportunity to choose one or more clubs depending on their interests.
Sports clubs:
Academic clubs:
Art clubs:
The school offers three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack. Big Apple Academy provides students with text-books and workbooks.
The Academy is open five days a week from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The children are transported by school buses to and from school. The boroughs of school bus coverage are Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.