The High School of American Studies (HSAS) is a specialized public school that emphasizes the study of American history and offers students an academic program that is both well-rounded and challenging. Through our collaboration with Lehman College, students have access to its campus library and athletic facilities, and take actual college classes and seminars in their junior and senior years. Supported by the Gilder - Lehrman Institute, students gain first-hand knowledge of the key events in American history through trips to sites and cities of historic importance and through participation in special seminars with guest speakers. With a small student body of under 400 pupils, it is possible to get the kind of individualized attention often not found in a typical large New York Ctiy school. Despite the smallness of the school, the course offerings remain diverse: the school offers advanced coursework in mathematics, science, literature, foreign languages, and the arts. In all of our endeavors, we seek to encourage in our students a love for learning and an inquisitive spirit.

Announcements/Events

School Information

Regents Exams will begin on Tuesday, January 24: View schedule.

A workshop for 9th graders and parents will take place on Tuesday, February 7 at 6:00 PM in Room 106. View flyer.

Parents: The PTA will be sponsoring a 10th Anniversary Kickoff PTA Benefit and Auction at the Pop Gallery in Soho on March 18. View our Save the Date flyer to learn about his event. Also make sure to visit the PTA page on this site to find out more on contributing to this Auction.

Juniors: Your completed junior college planning documents are due to the counselors no later than February 6, 2012. Please follow all directions carefully. Download this document.

Guidance and Parent Coordinator Workshops: The calendar for the entire school year is now posted on this site.

Environmental Club: Congratulations to the 10th grade class for contributing 97 pounds of compost over two weeks. All members of the class were invited to snack on home baked cookies on Monday, January 22. Altogether, HSAS was able to collect 250 pounds of compost!

Daily Announcement
(no announcements posted until Jan. 30)

School Address
High School of American Studies at Lehman College
2925 Goulden Avenue
Bronx, NY 10468

Phone: (718) 329-2144
Fax: (718) 329-0792
Alessandro Weiss, Principal

Code for SATS and ACTs:
HSAS CEEB Code 330603

View the Club and Tutoring Schedule

View the HSAS course catalogue for 2011-12

View college acceptances for 2011

Procedures for requesting high school transcripts and letters of recommendation for Internships, academic enrichment programs, and non-college purposes and related forms Download these request forms

Snapshot of the HSAS college application procedure

View the Fall, 2011 Testing Schedule

View the January, 2012 Regents Schedule

View the boys and girls basketball game schedule

View the calendar for upcoming Guidance and Parent Coordinator Workshops

Just released! The official HSAS informational video can now be viewed on this site! This much anticipated and critically acclaimed film was created by HSAS Senior Corey Sherman. View film! (QuickTime format)

Senior Movie, Class of 2011

View the Senior Movie, directed and edited by Landon Goldfarb and Nathan Kahn. Other movies made in Documentary Film class can be viewed through this link.

 

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Special thanks to student Sean Neill, class of 2011, for designing the school masthead for the website.


School News

(posted 1/23/12)

Another banner year for X Country
This has been another strong season for both the boys and girls X Country Teams. Our teams have been posting 2nd and 3rd place finishes in recent championship meets. For the girls, one of our rising stars is Grace Adams (below), the fastest 10th grader in the Bronx!

 

A Visit from State Senator Gustavo Rivera


Gustavo Rivera is the new state Senator for our district. He paid a visit to Government classes in September and answered student questions on issues curently of concern in our Senate district. Mr. Rivera also spoke of his decision to get involved in politics and the importance of civic engagement.
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Conversation with Dr. Lander:
HSAS students held a lively discussion with Eric Lander, founding director at the Genome Biology Program. This meeting, which was held at New York University was part of a larger videoconference with toher high schools around the nation. Learn more about this event

#19!!!!! US News and World Report has released its annual ranking of American public high schools. This year, HSAS has been ranked #19, an increase of ten slots over last year. We out-ranked all of the other specialized high schools in New York City. Congratulations to all of our students, parents, and teachers!

HSAS is now a member of the ACE (Alliance for Climate Education) network. On Novermber 5, an ACE representative spoke to the entire student body on climate chanage and what our school community can do to effectively address the challenge.