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. Federal law forbids gender discrimination. However, the U.S. Department of Education