The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers, located on the Upper West Side, is New York City’s premier sustainability-themed technical science high school. Our mission is to prepare our students to be leaders in environmental stewardship and the 21st Century Green Economy. We achieve this mission by supporting our students to develop and refine the critical thinking, communication, scientific-reasoning and collaborative problem-solving skills necessary to succeed in college and the workforce.
We are a Learning Cultures school rooted in the philosophic principles of John Dewey. Therefore, we believe every student can reach high learning standards, that students are most successful when they are held responsible for their own learning, and that authentic learning is a social process requiring students to engage in cooperative inquiry and reasoning, free exchange of ideas and questions, and the pursuit of their own intentions within each content area.
To support this belief across every classroom, students’ learning experiences are framed by common instructional formats. Our students are given direct access to the standards, the curriculum, and a wide variety of resources. They are taught how to navigate the resources of their classroom, and to communicate and collaborate effectively, so that they can master content, responsibly achieve their own learning intentions, and promote the learning of their peers.
In addition to their academic course load, all of our students are required to complete a four-year pathway in one of our two technical sciences: Building Science, the study of applied physics, thermodynamics and engineering, or Horticulture. Our students’ experiences and learning in both pathways is supported by internships throughout the school year, or over the summer, through our partnerships with such organizations as The Nature Conservancy, The New York Horticultural Society, The Central Park Conservancy, Wave Hill Gardens, The Association for Energy Affordability, and Steven Winter Associates.
Graduates from our program are eligible to earn 1 – 3 nationally recognized professional certifications through The US Green Buildings Council, The Building Performance Institute and The National Occupational Testing Institute.
If you want to learn how to think freely, collaborate effectively to solve complex and novel challenges, read and write with passion, and develop the skills and knowledge to become a leader in confronting our planet’s sustainability dilemmas and environmental injustice, then apply to The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers!
We are hosting weekly open houses every Thursday morning from 8:30a – 10:00a. Please RSVP to Assistant Principal, Luke Janka at openhouse@uagreencareers.org or 212-787-1189, ext. 4074. Learn more at www.uagreencareers.org and www.learningcultures.net.
