Welcome Students and Families to our

Upper Grades Open House!

March 15, 2018

Agenda

1. Welcome & Brief Presentation by Principal Berkowitz

2. Panel Q&A with Upper Grade Students and Teachers

Our Mission

• At NEST+M, intellectualism, inclusivity, collaboration and exploration within and beyond our school community enable our students to lead lives filled with learning, discovery and purpose.

• NEST+m students feel valued and cared for. They develop the academic mindsets and metacognitive skills necessary for long-term learning.

• NEST+m students blossom into practitioners—scientists, mathematicians, technologists, writers, historians, musicians, painters, linguists and artists– who learn from and with each other.

NEST+m’s Upper Grade Accolades

• 2016 – 17— NEST+m HS #10 in NY State (US news & World Report)— NEST+m HS #9 in NYC (NY Daily News)

• 2015 – 16 — NEST+m HS #3 in NYC (The New York Post)

• We are also consistently ranked as one of the top high schools in the nation by US News and World Report & The Washington Post

Core Math and Science Course Sequences

Grade Math Science

9 Algebra or GeometryRegents Living Environment or Regents Physics

10 Geometry or Algebra 2 / TrigRegents Chemistry, AP Physics 1, or AP Biology

11Pre-Calculus, AP Statistics, or Calculus AB

Living Environment, AP Biology, AP Physics 1 / AP Physics C or AP Chemistry

12AP Statistics, Calculus AB or BC

Living Environment, AP Biology, or AP Chemistry

Core English And Social Studies Course Sequences

Grade English Social Studies

9 English 9 Global History 9

10 English 10 AP World History

11English 11 or AP English Language and Composition

Regents US History or AP US History

12English 12 or AP English Literature and Composition

Economics / Participation in Government

Special Offerings in Math and Science

• AP Classes including AP Physics 1, AP Physics C, AP Psychology, Calculus AB / BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Statistics and AP Biology

• Computer Science Partnership with Harvard University and Microsoft (CS50 Curriculum)

• STEM Journal, “The Explorers”

• Electives including Experimental Chemistry, 3D Modeling, Microbiology and Environmental Biology

• Bridge Building Competition

• Advanced Computer Science Club

Special Offerings in The Humanities

• AP classes in World History, US History, Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, Spanish Language

• School Newspaper – “The Scoop”

• Award Winning Literary Magazine – “Epoch”

• Bi-Annual Creative Writing Competitions

• 9th Grade Theater / Literacy Class

• Elective Classes: Advanced Creative Writing, New York History; Drawing, Painting and Printmaking Class

• Student Art Shows / Theater Performances

• Upper Grades Music Performances

• K-12 Shared Text for Summer Reading

Athletics at NEST+m: PSAL Varsity Sports

• Basketball – Girls

• Basketball – Boys

• Fencing – Girls

• Fencing – Boys

• Track and Field

• Softball – Girls

• Volleyball – Girls

• Soccer – Girls

• Soccer – Boys

Athletic Director, Chad Cinquegrana

Athletics at NEST+m• Co-ed Track and Field

Athletics at NEST+m• Boys Basketball

Athletics at NEST+m• Girls Basketball

Athletics at NEST+m• Girls Softball

Athletics at NEST+m• Girls Volleyball

Athletics at NEST+m• Girls and Boys Fencing

Clubs at NEST+m

• Student Government

• Red Cross Club

• Peer Leaders

• APSA (Debate Club)

• Foreign Language Clubs

• Model U.N.

• LGBTQ+ Club

• Black Student Union

• Muslim Student Union

• Hispanic Culture

• Girls Who Code

• Key Club

• Safe Space

• Chess

• Creative Writing

• Jazz Combo

• Film Photography

• Fashion

• Ad Club

• Comedy Improv

• Athletic Clubs

• …And Many More!

Student Activities

Halloween & Spirit Week Respect for ALL!

Club Fair

Student Activities

Black History Month Lunar Year Celebration

Food Drive for Puerto Rico

Winter Dance

Black Student Union AssemblyPlay Rehearsal and Theater Crew

Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Neon Dance

Multicultural Day

Language Lab

Denim Day

Between the World and Me Assembly

NEST+m Peer Leaders

CS 50 Hackathon at NEST+m

NEST+m Comedy Troupe

NEST+m Math Team

NEST+m Model United Nations Club

Peer Leaders – School Spirit Days

NEST+M CLASS OF 2017

COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES

Adelphi UniversityAdelphi University (School of Business)Agnes Scott CollegeAlbany College of PharmacyAllegheny CollegeArcadia UniversityBabson CollegeBard CollegeBaruch College of the CUNYBaruch College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)Bates CollegeBentley UniversityBerklee College of MusicBinghamton UniversityBinghamton University (Harpur College of Arts & Sciences)Binghamton University (Honors College)Binghamton University (School of Management)Binghamton University (Watson School of Engineering & Applied Science)Boston CollegeBoston College (College of Arts & Sciences)Boston UniversityBoston University (College of Arts and Sciences)Boston University (College of Communication)Boston University (College of Engineering)Boston University (Kilachand Honors College)Bowdoin CollegeBrandeis University

Bronx Community College of the CUNYBrooklyn College of the CUNYBrooklyn College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)Brown UniversityBryant UniversityBryn Mawr CollegeBucknell UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarnegie Mellon University (Carnegie

Institute of Technology)Case Western Reserve UniversityChapman UniversityCity College of New York CUNYCity College of New York CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)

City College of New York CUNY (Scholars Program)Clark Atlanta UniversityClark UniversityColby CollegeColgate UniversityCollege of Charleston (Honors Program)College of Staten Island - CUNYCollege of Staten Island - CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)Colorado School of MinesColumbia College ChicagoColumbia College Chicago (School of Media Arts)Columbia UniversityConnecticut College

Cornell UniversityCornell University (College of Art, Arch., & Plan.)Cornell University (College of Arts & Sciences)Cornell University (College of Engineering)CUNY-Macaulay Honors CollegeCUNY-Macaulay Honors College (Brooklyn College)CUNY-Macaulay Honors College (Hunter College)Dickinson CollegeDrew UniversityDrexel UniversityEmerson CollegeEmory UniversityFairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan CampusFarmingdale State CollegeFiorello H. LaGuardia Community College of the CUNYFordham UniversityFordham University (Fordham College at Lincoln Center)Fordham University (Fordham College at Rose Hill)Georgetown University (Georgetown College)Georgia Institute of TechnologyGoucher CollegeGuilford CollegeHamilton College - NYHampshire CollegeHampton UniversityHobart and William Smith CollegesHofstra University

Howard UniversityHunter College of the CUNYHunter College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)Hunter College of the CUNY (Scholars Program)Indiana University at BloomingtonIona CollegeIthaca CollegeIthaca College (School of Communications)Ithaca College (School of Humanities & Sciences)John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the CUNYJohns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University (School of Engineering)Kean UniversityLafayette CollegeLehigh UniversityLehman College of the CUNYLehman College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)Long Island University, BrooklynLong Island University, PostLoyola University New OrleansMacalester CollegeManhattan CollegeManhattanville CollegeMarist CollegeMassachusetts College of Art and Design

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMcGill UniversityMcGill University (Desautels Faculty of Management )Medgar Evers College of the CUNYMercy CollegeMonroe Community CollegeMuhlenberg CollegeNazareth CollegeNew College of FloridaNew Jersey City UniversityNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNew York City College of TechnologyNew York Institute of TechnologyNew York Institute of Technology (New York Institute of Technology - Manhattan)New York Institute of Technology New York UniversityNew York University (College of Arts and Science)New York University (Tisch School of the Arts)Northeastern UniversityNortheastern University (College of Engineering)Northeastern University (Program for Undeclared Students)Oberlin College of Arts and SciencesOccidental CollegePace University, New York CityPace University, New York City (Lubin School of Business)Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses

Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses (College of Arts & Architecture)Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses (College of Communications)Pennsylvania State University - All Campuses (School of Info. Sci. & Tech.)Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors CollegePratt InstitutePratt Institute (Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute)Princeton UniversityProvidence CollegePurchase College SUNYPurdue UniversityQueens College of the CUNYQueens College of the CUNY (Macaulay Honors College)Quinnipiac UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island School of DesignRider UniversityRochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of Technology (College of Imaging Arts and Sciences)Rutgers University-New BrunswickSeton Hall UniversitySmith CollegeSpelman CollegeSt. John's University - Manhattan CampusSt. John's University - Queens Campus

St. John's University - Queens Campus (College of Pharmacy and Allied Health)Stanford UniversityState University of New York - PlattsburghState University of New York at AlbanyState University of New York at New PaltzStony Brook UniversityStony Brook University (Honors College)Stony Brook University (Scholars for Medicine Program)Stony Brook University (Women in Science and Engineering (WISE))Suffolk UniversitySUNY Buffalo State CollegeSUNY College at CobleskillSUNY College at CortlandSUNY College at GeneseoSUNY College at Old WestburySUNY College at OneontaSUNY College at PotsdamSUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySUNY DelhiSUNY FredoniaSUNY OswegoSUNY Polytechnic InstituteSwarthmore CollegeSyracuse UniversitySyracuse University (College of Arts & Sciences)Syracuse University (College of Engineering & Comp. Science)

Syracuse University (College of Visual & Performing Arts)Temple UniversityThe George Washington UniversityThe New School - All DivisionsThe University of ScrantonThe University of Texas, AustinThe University of Texas, Austin (College of Communication)Trinity CollegeTrinity UniversityTufts UniversityTulane University (Newcomb College of Liberal Arts & Sciences)University at Buffalo SUNYUniversity at Buffalo SUNY (Architecture & Planning)University at Buffalo SUNY (Arts & Sciences)University at Buffalo SUNY (Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Science)University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley (College of Letters & Science)University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los Angeles (College of Letters & Science)University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa CruzUniversity of Colorado at BoulderUniversity of Colorado at Boulder (College of Arts & Sciences)

University of ConnecticutUniversity of DelawareUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (College of Engineering)University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Massachusetts, AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts, BostonUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Michigan (Engineering)University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities (CFANS College of Food, Agricultu)University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (CSE College of Science and Engin)University of New Hampshire at DurhamUniversity of New HavenUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of Pittsburgh at GreensburgUniversity of RichmondUniversity of RochesterUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California (School of Dramatic Arts)University of Toronto Undergraduate OnlyUniversity of VermontUniversity of Virginia

University of Wisconsin, MadisonUrsinus CollegeUtica CollegeVassar CollegeVirginia Tech (Pamplin College of Business)Washington and Lee UniversityWashington CollegeWentworth Institute of TechnologyWesleyan UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWilliams CollegeWorcester Polytechnic InstituteYale UniversityYork College of the CUNY

Thank you for coming.