South Bronx Community Charter High School is a new high school borne out of the Young Men’s Initiative in New York City, committed to dramatically increasing the educational opportunities and outcomes for young men and women in the South Bronx. South Bronx Community fosters deeper learning and promotes social justice in a culturally responsive and competency-based learning environment. This school is the newest addition to the EPIC network of schools, and is EPIC’s first charter high school. What We Are About: Some notable elements of our school model include the following principles and practices: We are competency-based: SBC organizes teaching and learning around a critical set of skills that students need for academic, career and life success. Teaching involves making learning targets explicit, providing students with the time and support required to reach their goals, and a process of continuous feedback. We use a mastery-based approach to grading so that students have a clear understanding of what they know and are able to do. On progress reports, students see the skills they are working on and their proficiency levels, rather than course titles and letter grades. We are culturally responsive: At SBC, strong relationships between staff and students are at the core of our learning model. We implement an advisory and rites of passage program that helps to strengthen relationships and throughout all aspects of the school including our pedagogical approaches, routines and practices. Group mentoring takes place for an extended block of time every week. We are human-centered and adaptive: At SBC, we encourage the development of all members of the school community and provide opportunities for sharing strengths and talents to enhance individual and collective performance. Significant time is built in to all staff schedules for collaborative planning and tuning of curriculum, supported by improvement science methodology and protocols. We are holistic in terms of integrating academic, social and emotional and professional skills: SBC integrates social and emotional learning into our competency framework. We strive to make all learning experiences interdisciplinary and inclusive of these skills so that students are prepared for college, careers and community. Being able to manage your relationships and demonstrate leadership can be just as important to success in life as many academic and technical skills.
South Bronx Community Charter High School的外部链接
890 Washington Ave
US，New York，Bronx
Local educators, join us on December 7th for a unique, open-space session where we’ll dive deep into the recent elections, the political climate’s impact on education, and the role of our voices in shaping the future. This isn’t just about dialogue—it’s about creating space for intentional reflection, expression, and connection. Afterward, we’ll turn ideas into art with a hands-on screen-printing activity, letting creativity amplify our messages.
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We are incredibly honored at South Bronx Community Charter High School to be named as a finalist in partnership with Schools That Can for the USDOE Career Z Challenge. As a small school serving 400 students?in the South Bronx, this is an incredible achievement. It is exciting to be recognized as a leader in a growing national movement to make work-based learning experiences an integral part of the high school experience for young people everywhere. When we founded SBC, this is an element of what we set out to do together - to ensure our students in the South Bronx are at the vanguard of the best educational opportunities possible. Thank you to our Board for your support and trust in our leadership. Natalie Ferrell Asia Cruz Alvarez Symonette Kunjan Mehta Mayling Blanco Rema Davis Michael Busch REMAINE RALLS Paul I. Ortiz Yero Malik Hodges Jane Kehoe-Higgins John Duval Steven Chin, CFA
Join us in congratulating our Career Z Challenge Finalists! These 10 finalists of the challenge – a federal competition to expand access to work-based learning – will be eligible to receive an award of $150,000. See all the finalists and their states at CareerZChallenge.com.