Welcome Students and Families to our Upper Grades Open House! March 15, 2018
Agenda 1. Welcome & Brief Presentation by Principal Berkowitz 2. Panel Q&A with Upper Grade Students and Teachers
Our Mission At NEST+M, intellectualism, inclusivity, collaboration and exploration within and beyond our school community enable our students to lead lives filled with learning, discovery and purpose. NEST+m students feel valued and cared for. They develop the academic mindsets and metacognitive skills necessary for long-term learning. NEST+m students blossom into practitioners scientists, mathematicians, technologists, writers, historians, musicians, painters, linguists and artists who learn from and with each other.
NEST+m s Upper Grade Accolades 2016 17 NEST+m HS #10 in NY State (US news & World Report) NEST+m HS #9 in NYC (NY Daily News) 2015 16 NEST+m HS #3 in NYC (The New York Post) We are also consistently ranked as one of the top high schools in the nation by US News and World Report & The Washington Post
Core Math and Science Course Sequences Grade Math Science 9 Algebra or Geometry Regents Living Environment or Regents Physics 10 Geometry or Algebra 2 / Trig Regents Chemistry, AP Physics 1, or AP Biology 11 Pre-Calculus, AP Statistics, or Calculus AB Living Environment, AP Biology, AP Physics 1 / AP Physics C or AP Chemistry 12 AP Statistics, Calculus AB or BC Living Environment, AP Biology, or AP Chemistry
Core English And Social Studies Course Sequences Grade English Social Studies 9 English 9 Global History 9 10 English 10 AP World History 11 English 11 or AP English Language and Composition Regents US History or AP US History 12 English 12 or AP English Literature and Composition Economics / Participation in Government
Special Offerings in Math and Science AP Classes including AP Physics 1, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, Calculus AB / BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Statistics and AP Biology Computer Science Partnership with Harvard University and Microsoft (CS50 Curriculum) STEM Journal, The Explorers Electives including Experimental Chemistry, 3D Modeling, Microbiology and Environmental Biology Bridge Building Competition Advanced Computer Science Club
Special Offerings in The Humanities AP classes in World History, US History, Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, Spanish Language School Newspaper The Scoop Award Winning Literary Magazine Epoch Bi-Annual Creative Writing Competitions 9th Grade Theater / Literacy Class Elective Classes: Advanced Creative Writing, New York History; Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Class Student Art Shows / Theater Performances Upper Grades Music Performances K-12 Shared Text for Summer Reading
Athletics at NEST+m: PSAL Varsity Sports Athletic Director, Chad Cinquegrana Basketball Girls Basketball Boys Fencing Girls Fencing Boys Track and Field
Athletics at NEST+m Co-ed Track and Field
Athletics at NEST+m Boys Basketball
Athletics at NEST+m Girls Basketball
Athletics at NEST+m Girls Softball
Athletics at NEST+m Girls Volleyball
Athletics at NEST+m Girls and Boys Fencing
Clubs at NEST+m Student Government Red Cross Club Peer Leaders APSA (Debate Club) Foreign Language Clubs Model U.N. LGBTQ+ Club Black Student Union Muslim Student Union Hispanic Culture Girls Who Code
Student Activities Club Fair Hallowe ek en & Spirit We Respect for ALL!
nce a D r e t n Wi onth Black History M Student Activities uerto Rico P Food Drive for Lunar Yea r Celebratio n
heater Crew T d n a l a rs a e h e R y la P Black Student Union Assembly
lebration e C e g a it r e H Hispanic al Day r u t l u c i t l Mu b Language La Neon Dan ce ay Denim D
Between the World and Me Assembly
NEST+m Peer Leaders
CS 50 Hackathon at NEST+m
NEST+m Comedy Troupe
NEST+m Math Team
NEST+m Model United Nations Club
Peer Leaders School Spirit Days
NEST+M CLASS OF 2017 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
Adelphi University Adelphi University (School of Business) Agnes Scott College Albany College of Pharmacy Allegheny College Arcadia University Babson College Bard College Baruch College of the CUNY Baruch College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College) Bates College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Binghamton University Binghamton University (Harpur College of Arts & Sciences) Binghamton University (Honors College) Binghamton University (School of Management) Binghamton University (Watson School of Engineering & Applied Science)
Bronx Community College of the CUNY Brooklyn College of the CUNY Brooklyn College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College) Brown University Bryant University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Institute of Technology) Case Western Reserve University Chapman University City College of New York CUNY City College of New York CUNY (Macaulay Honors College) City College of New York CUNY (Scholars Program) Clark Atlanta University Clark University
Cornell University Cornell University (College of Art, Arch., & Plan.) Cornell University (College of Arts & Sciences) Cornell University (College of Engineering) CUNY-Macaulay Honors College CUNY-Macaulay Honors College (Brooklyn College) CUNY-Macaulay Honors College (Hunter College) Dickinson College Drew University Drexel University Emerson College Emory University Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Farmingdale State College Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College of the CUNY Fordham University Fordham University (Fordham College at Lincoln Center) Fordham University (Fordham College at Rose Hill)
Howard University Hunter College of the CUNY Hunter College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College) Hunter College of the CUNY (Scholars Program) Indiana University at Bloomington Iona College Ithaca College Ithaca College (School of Communications) Ithaca College (School of Humanities & Sciences) John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the CUNY Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (School of Engineering) Kean University Lafayette College Lehigh University Lehman College of the CUNY Lehman College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College) Long Island University, Brooklyn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University McGill University (Desautels Faculty of Management ) Medgar Evers College of the CUNY Mercy College Monroe Community College Muhlenberg College Nazareth College New College of Florida New Jersey City University New Jersey Institute of Technology New York City College of Technology New York Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology (New York Institute of Technology - Manhattan) New York Institute of Technology New York University New York University (College of Arts and Science) New York University (Tisch School of the Arts)
Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses (College of Arts & Architecture) Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses (College of Communications) Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses (School of Info. Sci. & Tech.) Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College Pratt Institute Pratt Institute (Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute) Princeton University Providence College Purchase College SUNY Purdue University Queens College of the CUNY Queens College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College) Quinnipiac University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rider University Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester Institute of Technology (College of Imaging Arts and Sciences)
St. John's University - Queens Campus (College of Pharmacy and Allied Health) Stanford University State University of New York - Plattsburgh State University of New York at Albany State University of New York at New Paltz Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (Honors College) Stony Brook University (Scholars for Medicine Program) Stony Brook University (Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)) Suffolk University SUNY Buffalo State College SUNY College at Cobleskill SUNY College at Cortland SUNY College at Geneseo SUNY College at Old Westbury SUNY College at Oneonta SUNY College at Potsdam SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse University (College of Visual & Performing Arts) Temple University The George Washington University The New School - All Divisions The University of Scranton The University of Texas, Austin The University of Texas, Austin (College of Communication) Trinity College Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University (Newcomb College of Liberal Arts & Sciences) University at Buffalo SUNY University at Buffalo SUNY (Architecture & Planning) University at Buffalo SUNY (Arts & Sciences) University at Buffalo SUNY (Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science) University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley (College of Letters & Science) University of California, Irvine
University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (College of Engineering) University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Boston University of Miami University of Michigan University of Michigan (Engineering) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (CFANS College of Food, Agricultu) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (CSE College of Science and Engin) University of New Hampshire at Durham University of New Haven University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh
University of Wisconsin, Madison Ursinus College Utica College Vassar College Virginia Tech (Pamplin College of Business) Washington and Lee University Washington College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wesleyan University West Virginia University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University York College of the CUNY
Thank you for coming.