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It Takes a Village Academy

Overview written by the school: It Takes A Village Academy is a supportive learning community that prepares students with the advanced skills, knowledge and confidence to become positive and responsible global citizens by cultivating in them ITAVA's 4 Core Values - Communication, Character, Critical Thinking and Civic Responsibility. Our focus is College and Career Readiness which is facilitated by our Early College programs with Medgar Evers College, LIU, Berkeley, Monroe College and Kingsborough Community College. We provide rigorous curriculum emphasizing; Medical Professions, Sciences and Technology. We currently provide many Advanced Placement (AP) courses, internships and a robust after school and Saturday Academy geared to building critical thinking skills.

School Performance

Graduation Rate: 87% (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: 89.999998% of the school's students in the school year before last.
Percentage of Students Enough Variety: 76.999998% students feel that this school offers a wide enough variety of programs, classes, and activities to keep them interested in school.
College Career Rate: 60.000002% of students enroll in college or career programs within 6 months.
Percentage of Students Safe: 69% 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: It Takes A Village Academy
Code: L36A
Program description: Students are exposed to variety of math and science programs. Most programs are technology based. All students take technology classes starting with grade 9 through grade 12. Students use variety of programs to study mathematics, sciences, art (visual arts), literature, social studies, and foreign languages.
Interest: Science & Math
Method: Ed. Opt.

Seats 9 GE: 90
Grade 9 GE filled flag: N
Grade 9 GE applicants: 260
Grade 9 GE applicants per seat: 3
Seats 9 SWD: 18
Grade 9 SWD filled flag: Y
Grade 9 SWD applicants: 80
Grade 9 SWD applicants per seat: 4

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): No data
PSAL Sports Boys
Male PSAL (Public School Athletics League) sports offered at the school, listed under Extracurricular Activities and Clubs in the HS Directory: Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming, Volleyball
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, Bowling, Cross Country, Flag Football, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Swimming, Volleyball
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: Stunt
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: 620
Start time: 8:10am
End time: 3:47pm

Final grades: 9 to 12

Language classes: French, Spanish
Advancedplacement courses: AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP World History: Modern, AP English Language and Composition, AP Computer Science Principles
Additional info: 10th Grade Seats Available,Community School

School accessibility description: Partially Accessible
Flag for schools that offer 10th grade seats: Y

More info

Borough: Brooklyn
NTA: Rugby-Remsen Village
Neighborhood: East Flatbush
Campus name: Samuel J. Tilden Educational Campus
School Number: K415
Shared space: Yes
Community board: 317
Council district: 45
Census tract: 936
BIN: 3104598
BBL: 3047420001

About It Takes a Village Academy

Contacts

Address: 5800 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11203 (40.647728,-73.922212)
Latitude: 40.648657
Longitude: -73.922171
Phone number: 718-629-2307
Fax number: 718-629-6162
School email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/K563
Subway lines near the school: N/A
Bus lines near the school: B17, B35, B46, B47, B7, B8

Hotels near It Takes a Village Academy

District Borough Number: 
18K563
Academic opportunities: 

Medical Professions and Science Programs: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Health Exploration courses, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Medicine courses, LIU Medical Professions Early College courses

Multimedia Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Business Math, Statistics, Robotics

College Credits at ITAVA: Medgar Evers College, Long Island University (LIU), Monroe College, Berkeley College, City Tech, Kingsborough Community College

Art, Music, Regents Prep, SAT Prep, Early College Program, CUNY College Now, Swimming, Lifeguard Classes, Homework Center, Field trips, Advisory, Restorative Justice classes, Peer Mediation

Online Accelerated courses, APEX Online Courses, Saturday College credit-bearing classes at LIU, Kingsborough Community College, Medgar Evers College

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