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Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance, The

Overview written by the school: BKAGF provides an environment where students are academically challenged and engage in learning through opportunities to interact on and off-site with partners in various business industries. Career experiences include work-based learning, field trips, job shadowing, paid internships to give students exposure to business management and entrepreneurship. Students have opportunities for early college courses, college visits, mentoring from college students. Our mission is to prepare students for post-secondary education and participation in the global economy through experiential and real-world learning that builds 21st Century skills, including collaboration, entrepreneurial thinking, cultural competence and sociopolitical consciousness.

School Performance

Graduation Rate: 74.000001% (at the end of the school year before last, the percent of students who graduated "on time" by earning a diploma four years after they entered 9th grade).
Daily Attendance Rate: 85.000002% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 79.000002% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 27.000001% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 86.000001% students feel safe in the hallways, bathrooms, locker room and cafeteria. (Student opinions on school safety, as reported on the NYC School Survey.)

Programs offered

Program 1: Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance
Code: L57A
Program description: Students study a sequence in business and finance along with high school requirements. Students may also choose a sequence or electives in Computer Science and Technology.
Interest: Business
Method: Ed. Opt.

Seats 9 GE: 90
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 291
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 3
Seats 9 SWD: 18
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 58
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 3

Seats 10: 1
Admissions priority 1: Open to New York City residents

Activities

Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular activities and clubs offered by the school that do not fall under one of the Sports categories (PSAL Sports or School Sports): Stock Market Club, Wise! Financial Club, Career Tech Ed Club, Anime Club, Art Club, Botany Club, Chess Club, Dance Club, Digital Media Club, Model UN Club, Spoken Word Club, 3D Printer Design Club, Student Council, Brooklyn Student Advisory Council, Scholar Ambassadors
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Basketball
PSAL Sports Girls
Female PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Basketball
PSAL Sports Coed
Co-ed PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: No data
School Sports
Sports offered by the school outside PSAL (Public School Athletics League): No data
Flag for female only school: No data
Flag for male only school: No data

Other info

Total students: 126
Start time: 8:15am
End time: 2:35pm

Final grades: 9 to 12

Language classes: Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP Computer Science Principles, AP Environmental Science, AP Seminar, AP English Language and Composition, AP United States History
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available,Career and Technical Education (CTE),College Trips,Community School,Dress Code,Extended Day Program,Extended Day Tutoring,Internship Expected,Internships Available,Online Grading System,Orientation,Summer Internships,Summer Orientation,Weekend Programs

School accessibility description: Not Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y

More info

Borough: Brooklyn
NTA: Stuyvesant Heights
Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant

School Number: K057
Shared space: Yes
Community board: 303
Council district: 36
Census tract: 291
BIN: 3043822
BBL: 3016160001

About Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance, The

Contacts

Address: 125 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11221 (40.691467,-73.932254)
Latitude: 40.691274
Longitude: -73.933697
Phone number: 718-574-3126
Fax number: 718-574-3681
School email: [email protected]
Website: www.bkagf.org
Subway lines near the school: J to Kosciusko St; M, Z to Myrtle Ave
Bus lines near the school: B15, B38, B46, B46-SBS, B47, B52, B54, M Shuttle Bus, Q24

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District Borough Number: 
16K688
Academic opportunities: 

College and Career Readiness Support through AVID (9th & 10th Grades) and ONE GOAL (11th & 12th Grades)

Medgar Evers Early College Dual Credit and LIU Brooklyn Promise, STEP and Early College Scholars

Work-Based Learning: 'Build Your Own Brand' with Walker Wear, NAF Passport 2 Audit, Career Discovery Week, Accenture, JP Morgan Chase, Career Day

CTE program(s): Academy of Global Commerce (NYSED-Approved)

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