New York Harbor School

2008-09 Partner Site Profile

Number of Pairs: 47

Length of Matches: 2 years

iMentor Partner Since: 2008

Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn

iMentor Program Coordinator: Meredith Maier

New York Harbor School Teachers: Katie Nekiunas, Sarah Caulfield, Shilpa Raman

About the iMentor Partnership

For our first year of partnership at New York Harbor School, iMentor works with three Advisory classes, matching 47 tenth-grade students with volunteer mentors from New York City. Part of a two-year match, these students work with iMentor to focus on college options and academic success, as well as building personal support. iMentor brings mentors from a variety of backgrounds to NYHS in effort to further enrich their already diverse and interesting curriculum, and to explore career options and future opportunities for the students. Because the students work with the College Summit program during the rest of the week, iMentor provides complementary support to New York Harbor School’s existing programming and classwork.

Travel Directions

Address: 400 Irving Avenue, 4th floor

                   Brooklyn, NY 11237

By subway: Take the L or M trains to the Myrtle Ave/Wycoff stop. Walk towards Rivington Street, make a left on to Irving Avenue. School will be visible ahead on the right. 

By bus: Take the B54 or B52 bus to Irving Ave/Palmetto Street. Walk down Palmetto towards Irving Avenue, make a left on to Irving Ave. School will be visible ahead on the right. 

For more detailed subway/bus directions, please click HERE.

For detailed driving directions, please click HERE.

About New York Harbor School

Opening in September of 2003, New York Harbor School is New York City’s first maritime high school. Students learn a curriculum of water-related studies and extracurricular activities like marine biology, water and environmental conservation, sailing, fishing, swimming and boatbuilding while satisfying state high school education requirements. They “envision recruiting students interested in water-related careers and teaching them the skills, content and certifications necessary to excel in the water-related field they choose and especially in their post-secondary education. Through this program that converges water-related experiences with a core academic curriculum, students will gain a deep understanding of the role water has played in their lives, and in the lives of all New Yorkers and people throughout the world.”

New York Harbor School partners with The South Street Seaport Museum and the Waterkeeper Alliance and in September of 2006, the school joined the Urban Assembly network of schools. Currently located in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York Harbor School looks forward to their move to Governors Island in the near future.

NYHS is the one of several Urban Assembly high schools that iMentor has partnered with since 2007. To learn more about Urban Assembly, a non-profit organization that creates and manages a community of New York City Public Schools dedicated to preparing students from under-resourced neighborhoods for success in four-year colleges, please visit: http://www.urbanassembly.org/

Mission:

New York Harbor School seeks to graduate young men and women who: 1) think critically and creatively; 2) demonstrate strong skills in mathematics, language, literature, history, science, technology, athletics and the arts; 3) communicate clearly, intelligently and persuasively; 4) believe in themselves, their abilities and their futures; 5) show a deep understanding and appreciation of New York Harbor and its relevance in their lives, 6) have developed good intellectual habits; 7) are far advanced along their chosen path towards post-secondary education in a water-related field; and 8) are committed to a lifetime of learning and involvement in their communities.

Learn More:

• For a more detailed profile of Urban Assembly New York Harbor School, visit Inside Schools: http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=990&str=new%20york%20harbor%20school&formtype=name
• For Urban Assembly New York Harbor School’s Official Website, visit: http://www.newyorkharborschool.org/

Fun Facts:

• New York Harbor School graduated its first class in June 2007!
• NYHS receives tons of media attention for it’s unique course of study and has appeared in the New York Times and on WCBS-TV
• NYHS has several opportunities for academic exchange to other maritime schools across the country, and is currently negotiating student exchange programs at schools in Holland and China!
• New York Harbor School has a swim team, a water polo team, and participated in building three kayaks with the East River Apprentice Shop and a 14 foot Whitehall gig rowboat with Rocking the Boat at the South Street Seaport Museum.

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iMentor's 2008-09 Partner Sites