Bronx Preparatory Charter School (BPCS) Bronx Preparatory Charter School joined the Democracy Prep Public Schools (DPPS) network in September 2014. Since it’s founding in 2000, the mission of BPCS has been “to prepare underserved students for higher education, community involvement and lifelong success through a structured, caring environment of high academic expectations.” In addition to a college prep curriculum, BPCS offers specialized instruction in performing arts including drama and theater; vocal and instrumental music; and speech and debate. As a new member of the DPPS Network, BPCS begins a new chapter in its history and will continue to serve families in the South Bronx and encourage scholars to Work Hard. Go to College. Change the World! The BPCS Community BPCS is located in New York City’s school district 9 in the South Bronx. One of the city’s most economically depressed yet culturally significant and diverse communities, it is the birthplace of hip hop music, home of the New York Yankees and notable public figures such as General Colin Powell and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. 200,000 people reside in the South Bronx, 9% of Bronx residents have a college degree and 31% live below the poverty line.
3872 Third Avenue Bronx, NY 10457 718.294.0841
BPCS Demographics 2014 - 2015 SCHOOL YEAR
LOURDES FLORES Principal lourdes.flores@democracyprep.org
RALPH JOHNSON NATIKI MONTANO Sr. Director of College Success College Counselor 917.471.4544 646.832.0081
THOMAS ROBERTS College Counselor 646.832.0083
JESSICA POWELL College Counselor 646.832.0079
rjohnson@democracyprep.org
thomas.roberts@democracyprep.org
jessica.powell@democracyprep.org
natiki.montano@democracyprep.org
Enrollment: 300 scholars 47% African-American 50% Hispanic 1% White 1% Asian 85% are low income 69% are first generation college bound.
THE DPPS NETWORK Founded in 2006 Democracy Prep Public Schools is a growing network of open-enrollment, high performing, public charter schools operating in New York City (Harlem and the South Bronx), Camden, New Jersey and Washington, DC. We will open a school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2015. Built upon the principles of the “no excuses” Charter School Movement, employed by high performing charter schools nationwide, DPPS believes that a student’s zip code should not determine his or her destiny; that even the most disadvantaged students can achieve academic success up to and including college. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars for success in the college of their choice and a life of active citizenship. A simple philosophy guides Democracy Prep staff, students, and alumni alike: Work Hard. Go to College. Change the World! DPPS employs the five tenets of “no excuses” charter schools. Our students have more time to learn during an 8-hour plus workday, Saturday classes and access to additional summer enrichment. DPPS provides its scholars with a comprehensive and rigorous college preparatory curriculum. We hire just three percent of applicants to field our exceptional teaching staff. Our teachers use data to drive effective instruction. We provide a supportive and joyous culture so that scholars are excited to learn. DPPS adds three additional principles to this model. We accepts all scholars regardless of past academic or behavioral standing. We run our schools on public funds. We educate our scholars to be active citizens ready to change the world.
DEMOCRACY PREP AT BRONX PREP Democracy Prep Public Schools is one of the only charter networks in the country that seeks opportunities to turn around failing charter schools. DPPS’s first turnaround was Harlem Day Charter School in 2011. Harlem Day, now Harlem Prep, went from one of the lowest performing elementary schools in New York City to one of the highest in just one year. Democracy Prep is in the midst of working to turn around Bronx Prep Charter School in a similar way. It is the first high school turnaround that DPPS has attempted. We will be implementing our rigorous curriculum and graduation requirements over time, including New York State Regents Diploma with advanced distinction, Korean language classes and research/service projects known as the Senior Change the World Project.
Grade Distribution | CLASS of 2015
BRONX PREP HIGH SCHOOL
2007-2014 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE
Agnes Scott College
CUNY John Jay
La Moyne College
SUNY Albany
SUNY University at Albany
Albright College
CUNY Kingsborough CC
Liberty University
SUNY Binghamton University
SUNY University at Buffalo
Alfred University
CUNY LaGuardia CC
Lincoln University
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Westchester CC
Anna Maria College
CUNY Lehman College
Long Island University
SUNY Broome CC
Susquehanna University
Avila University
CUNY Medgar Evers
Mandl School College of Allied Health
SUNY Buffalo State College
Swarthmore College
Baldwin Wallace College
CUNY New York City Tech
Manhattanville College
SUNY Canton
Syracuse University
Barnard College
CUNY Queens College
Marymount Manhattan College
SUNY Cobleskill
The College of Saint Rose
Berklee College of Music
CUNY Queensborough CC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SUNY Corning Community College
The New School
Canisius College
CUNY York College
Mercer University
SUNY Cortland
Trinity College
Carnegie Mellon
Daeman College
Mercy College
SUNY Delhi College of Technology
Tufts University
Cazenovia College
Delaware County CC
Metropolitan Community College
SUNY Dutchess Community College
University of Bridgeport
Cedar Crest College
Dickinson College
Monroe College
SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology
University of Delaware
Central Connecticut University
Dominican College
New York Institute of Technology
SUNY Finger Lakes CC
University of Hartford
Clark-Atlanta University
Emmanuel College
New York University
SUNY Fulton Montgomery CC
University of Maine
Clarkson University
Emory University
North Carolina Central University
SUNY Geneseo
University of New Haven
College of Mt. Saint Vincent
Fairleigh Dickinson
NYU Poly Tech
SUNY Herkimer County CC
University of Rochester
College of New Rochelle
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Pace University
SUNY Monroe CC
University of Virginia
College of St. Rose
Fordham University
Penn State
SUNY Morrisville State College
Utica College
College of the Holy Cross
Georgetown University
Quinnipiac University
SUNY Old Westbury
Villanova University
Cooper Union
Goucher College
Rhode Island University
SUNY Oneonta
Wellesley College
Cornell University
Hampton University
Rochester Institute of Technology
SUNY Onondaga CC
Wesleyan College
CUNY Baruch College
Hobart & William Smith
School of Visual Arts
SUNY Oswego
Westchester CC
CUNY Borough of Manhattan CC
Howard University
Seton Hall University
SUNY Plattsburgh
Western Kentucky University
CUNY Bronx CC
Institute of Audio Research
Siena College
SUNY Potsdam
University of Kentucky
CUNY City College
Iona College
Skidmore College
SUNY Purchase
Wiley College
CUNY College of Staten Island
Ithaca College
St. Bonaventure University
SUNY Stony Brook
William Patterson University
CUNY Hostos CC
Johnson and Wales University
St. Johns University
SUNY Suffolk County CC
CUNY Hunter College
Kean University
Stanford University
SUNY Sullivan County CC