High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
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The High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College (often abbreviated to HSMSE) is one of the eight specialized high schools
in New York City
. The school was founded in 2002 with an emphasis on engineering
.
Created in 2002 along with Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, and High School of American Studies at Lehman College
, HSMSE was designed to be a small school with only about four hundred students. The relatively small population of the school allows students and teachers to have a stronger relationship. Being a specialized high school not only draws students in, but also allows for a diverse student body.
campus, stretching from buildings located from West 133rd Street to West 141st Street along Convent Avenue Manhattan
, and uses college facilities for its classrooms. The school is housed in CCNY's Baskerville Hall. The school occupies the basement and cellar of Baskerville Hall, which were renovated for HSMSE by the Department of Education in the summer of 2006. The first and second floors were renovated in 2010 and are now used by the school as well. These floors are now open only to high school students.
Most of the classes are college level, and a few offer CCNY college credit. Currently CCNY accepts nine classes given by HSMSE for college credit, down from a previous number of 24. The school offers an intensive courseload that is intended to prepare students for college. Classes in HSMSE are 85 minutes long, and the school day lasts from 8:00 in the morning until 3:35 in the afternoon. Most seniors are dismissed earlier, at 2:05. Students take two 85-minute classes each morning, and two each afternoon, with lunch and an enrichment class in the middle. The enrichment classes at HSMSE are smaller, "lighter" classes that the students choose according to their interests. Enrichments have included Astronomy
, Gastronomy
, Math Team, Drama
, Art
, Poetry
Writing, Web Design!!, Engineering
101 and Photography
, Band
, Chorus
, Ballroom Dance
, MOUS, Science Fiction
, Psychology, Philosophy, Public Speaking, Band, Cancer in Society, Science Research, Spanish Culture, and Italian
.
HSMSE operates under a "block" schedule. This means that the each student has two different schedules, one for "A day" and one for "B day." The two days alternate for every day the school is open. Half-days are called "C day" where students often gather in the gymnasium for a presentation or sports event. Students are placed in four core classes for each schedule day, lunch, and an enrichment class that takes place every day. Each class is 85 minutes long except for elective and lunch which are each 45 minutes long. Available foreign language courses in HSMSE are German and Spanish, the latter of which requires some degree of previous education.
HSMSE participates in the FIRST Robotics competition and the annual NCSSSMST conference.
HSMSE was created in 2002 by Randy Asher, former assistant principal of the Mathematics department at Brooklyn Technical High School
. It was intended to be a much smaller school than Brooklyn Tech, with relatively small class size, and an emphasis on math, science
, and engineering
.
When the school was created, the college provided no building, leaving the school to inhabit a series of red aluminum trailers
(modular buildings) located on the southern corner of campus. By its third year, the school had outgrown the trailers and started holding some of its classes in the college buildings. In addition, CCNY started tearing down some of the trailers to build residence halls, forcing HSMSE to completely move out of the trailers by 2006. The school is now entirely housed in CCNY's Baskerville Hall, with the exception of the Marshak Gymnasium for Physical Education courses.
Originally, the school day ended at 4:00, but starting in the 2006-2007 school year, a pilot program was introduced to shorten the day to 3:35PM by cutting 15 minutes from lunch and enrichment.
On March 1, 2006, HSMSE's founding principal, Randy Asher, left the school to become the principal of Brooklyn Tech. Mr. Asher was replaced by William Dugan, previously HSMSE's Assistant Principal of Science.
On June 27, 2006, only a few months after Mr. Asher left, HSMSE saw its first ever class of seniors graduate.
In January 2007, the HSMSE class of 2007 saw its first Senior Trip.
In November 2011, William Dugan left his position as principal of HSMSE. He was then replaced by former Brooklyn Tech Assistant Principal, Crystal Bonds.
To date, there have existed many extracurricular activities such as Anime Club, Photography Club, Philosophy Club, Rock 'n' Roll Club, a Junior State of America (JSA) chapter, Model UN, Key Club, Mock Trial, Fish Club, Film Club, Chess Club, Ping Pong Club, NYCunveiled Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Animal Rights Club, Robotics, EatNYC Club, Bowling Club, Cross Country and Glee Club.
There is also a Student Government with two representatives from each grade, along with a Secretary and Treasurer.
Specialized High Schools of New York City
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in New York City
New York City
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. The school was founded in 2002 with an emphasis on engineering
Engineering
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.
Created in 2002 along with Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, and High School of American Studies at Lehman College
High School of American Studies at Lehman College
Ranked 19th best in country by .The school is administered by the New York City Department of Education. It receives supplementary funding from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History....
, HSMSE was designed to be a small school with only about four hundred students. The relatively small population of the school allows students and teachers to have a stronger relationship. Being a specialized high school not only draws students in, but also allows for a diverse student body.
Classes
HSMSE has a partnership with The City College of New York, an agreement that has been downgraded by CCNY. It is located on the City CollegeCity College of New York
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campus, stretching from buildings located from West 133rd Street to West 141st Street along Convent Avenue Manhattan
Manhattan
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, and uses college facilities for its classrooms. The school is housed in CCNY's Baskerville Hall. The school occupies the basement and cellar of Baskerville Hall, which were renovated for HSMSE by the Department of Education in the summer of 2006. The first and second floors were renovated in 2010 and are now used by the school as well. These floors are now open only to high school students.
Most of the classes are college level, and a few offer CCNY college credit. Currently CCNY accepts nine classes given by HSMSE for college credit, down from a previous number of 24. The school offers an intensive courseload that is intended to prepare students for college. Classes in HSMSE are 85 minutes long, and the school day lasts from 8:00 in the morning until 3:35 in the afternoon. Most seniors are dismissed earlier, at 2:05. Students take two 85-minute classes each morning, and two each afternoon, with lunch and an enrichment class in the middle. The enrichment classes at HSMSE are smaller, "lighter" classes that the students choose according to their interests. Enrichments have included Astronomy
Astronomy
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, Gastronomy
Gastronomy
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, Math Team, Drama
Drama
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, Art
Art
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, Poetry
Poetry
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Writing, Web Design!!, Engineering
Engineering
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101 and Photography
Photography
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, Band
Concert band
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, Chorus
Choir
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, Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dance
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, MOUS, Science Fiction
Science fiction
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, Psychology, Philosophy, Public Speaking, Band, Cancer in Society, Science Research, Spanish Culture, and Italian
Italian language
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.
HSMSE operates under a "block" schedule. This means that the each student has two different schedules, one for "A day" and one for "B day." The two days alternate for every day the school is open. Half-days are called "C day" where students often gather in the gymnasium for a presentation or sports event. Students are placed in four core classes for each schedule day, lunch, and an enrichment class that takes place every day. Each class is 85 minutes long except for elective and lunch which are each 45 minutes long. Available foreign language courses in HSMSE are German and Spanish, the latter of which requires some degree of previous education.
HSMSE participates in the FIRST Robotics competition and the annual NCSSSMST conference.
History
Brooklyn Technical High School
Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech or just Tech, and also administratively as High School 430, is a New York City public high school that specializes in engineering, math and science and is the largest specialized high school for science, technology, engineering, and...
. It was intended to be a much smaller school than Brooklyn Tech, with relatively small class size, and an emphasis on math, science
Science
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, and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
.
When the school was created, the college provided no building, leaving the school to inhabit a series of red aluminum trailers
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(modular buildings) located on the southern corner of campus. By its third year, the school had outgrown the trailers and started holding some of its classes in the college buildings. In addition, CCNY started tearing down some of the trailers to build residence halls, forcing HSMSE to completely move out of the trailers by 2006. The school is now entirely housed in CCNY's Baskerville Hall, with the exception of the Marshak Gymnasium for Physical Education courses.
Originally, the school day ended at 4:00, but starting in the 2006-2007 school year, a pilot program was introduced to shorten the day to 3:35PM by cutting 15 minutes from lunch and enrichment.
On March 1, 2006, HSMSE's founding principal, Randy Asher, left the school to become the principal of Brooklyn Tech. Mr. Asher was replaced by William Dugan, previously HSMSE's Assistant Principal of Science.
On June 27, 2006, only a few months after Mr. Asher left, HSMSE saw its first ever class of seniors graduate.
In January 2007, the HSMSE class of 2007 saw its first Senior Trip.
In November 2011, William Dugan left his position as principal of HSMSE. He was then replaced by former Brooklyn Tech Assistant Principal, Crystal Bonds.
To date, there have existed many extracurricular activities such as Anime Club, Photography Club, Philosophy Club, Rock 'n' Roll Club, a Junior State of America (JSA) chapter, Model UN, Key Club, Mock Trial, Fish Club, Film Club, Chess Club, Ping Pong Club, NYCunveiled Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Animal Rights Club, Robotics, EatNYC Club, Bowling Club, Cross Country and Glee Club.
There is also a Student Government with two representatives from each grade, along with a Secretary and Treasurer.