Public Prep
Public Prep is an organization that operates single-sex charter schools in New York City.
Grades offered
Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary- serves grades K-4
Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle- serves grades 5-8
Girls Prep Bronx Elementary- serves grades K-5
Girls Prep Bronx Middle- serves grades 6-7 for the 2015-16 school year and will grow a grade each year through 8th grade
Boys Prep Bronx Elementary- serves grades K-2 for the 2015-16 school year and will grow a grade each year through 8th grade
PrePrep: the Joan Ganz Cooney Early Learning Program- serves four-year-olds
Academics
The schools implement a curriculum aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
Public Prep is in the second year of a three year timeline for the Curriculum Development Initiative focused on establishing an interdisciplinary, knowledge-based curriculum in all content areas — including fitness and the arts.
Beginning in Kindergarten, students are taught science five days a week by a dedicated science teacher. In the 14-15 school year, more than 75 students engaged in science and/or engineering programming at Cornell University, West Point, the US Naval Academy, i3 STEM Camps, and the Liberty Science Center.