Harlem Academy is an independent school that offers merit-based, need-blind admissions. Working in partnership with families, its goal is to prepare each student to enter and thrive at a top secondary school, while setting a course for life-long learning and contribution to our world.
Vincent Dotoli founded Harlem Academy in 2004, aiming to build an urban school that would support high potential students and involve parents in their children’s education. After adding a grade for seven consecutive years, it has expanded from 12 grade one students to more than 100 students in grades one through seven. The inaugural grade eight class will matriculate to secondary schools in 2012.
Admission into Harlem Academy is selective and parent partnership is required; no qualified family is ever turned away for financial reasons. Most families come from northern Manhattan and the Bronx, areas with historically low performing public schools. Harlem Academy employs innovative features that set it apart from public, charter, and parochial schools, including curriculum developed in partnership with Columbia University’s Institute for Urban and Minority Education, five hours of rigorous instruction each day, and the extended-day program running from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Location: New York, NY
- Visit the website: harlemacademy.org