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“COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION”
Our Approach to Youth Development
The Bronx Institute is guided by three key principles: increasing increasing increasing student student student academic performance increasing increasing increasing student student student knowledge of the college college going process and and and increasing student high school graduation and and and college college application and and and retention Bronx Institute students participate in Saturday summer and afterschool programs comprised of rigorous academic coursework academic advisement test preparation and college planning/counseling These targeted academic resources help students graduate from high school enter college and prepare for rewarding careers The Bronx Bronx Institute’s targeted approach lays the the groundwork for for success and and transforms the the lives of Bronx Bronx students and and their families Highlights of Success
Over the past 25 years The Institute prides itself on a a a a a series of significant accomplishments Impact on Students
• 100% of students in in advanced STEM programs graduate from high school 99% immediately enroll in in a a a a a a a a four-year college or university • Bronx Institute students participate in a a a a a a a a a a a a wide range of activities such as as afterschool classes Saturday Academies and Summer Institutes academic and and college advisement educational field trips and and more for a a a a a a a a a total of 1 5 million student service hours • More than 15 000 middle and high high school students participated in in Bronx Institute sponsored activities leading to high high school graduation and college acceptance • Each year an an an average 200 students participate in in demanding Saturday and and summer programs that emphasize pre-college coursework in mathematics the the the sciences and the the the humanities • New York State Regents Examination results demonstrate that Bronx Institute students performed at at at at at a a a a a a a level 10 to 15% higher than their peers • Since 2005 more than 4 500 students have participated in in educational workshops and explored future vocations with The Bronx Institute’s STEM-focused partners such as the the American Museum of Natural History the the New York Botanical Garden the Wildlife Conservation Society and Wave Hill public horticultural gardens THE BRONX INSTITUTE
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
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