2017-2018 HIGH

2017-2018

HIGH

SCHOOLS STUDENT

HANDBOOK

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

The Bronx High School of Science

The Brooklyn Latin School

Brooklyn Technical High School

High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York

High School of American Studies at Lehman College

Queens High School for the Sciences at York College

Staten Island Technical High School

Stuyvesant High School

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ABOUT THE COVER Student: Kiara Rosa|Teacher: Carl Landegger|Principal: Matthew Tossman Each year, the NYC Department of Education and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum partner on a cover design competition for public high school students. This directory's cover was designed by Kiara Rosa, a student at Manhattan Early College School for Advertising. For more information, including how to enter next year's competition, ask your art teacher or visit schools.CoverDesign.

It is the policy of the New York City Department of Education to provide equal educational opportunities without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, age, creed, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, disability, weight, gender (sex) or sexual orientation, and to maintain an environment free of harassment on the basis of any of these grounds, including sexual harassment or retaliation. Inquiries regarding compliance with appropriate laws may be directed to: Director, Office of Equal Opportunity, 65 Court Street, Room 1102, Brooklyn, New York 11201. Telephone 718-935-3320.

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CONTENTS

MESSAGE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS/GUARDIANS. . . . 4

SECTION 1: THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS

The Bronx High School of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Brooklyn Latin School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Brooklyn Technical High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at the City College of New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 High School of American Studies at Lehman College . . . . . . 7 Queens High School for the Sciences at York College . . . . . . 7 Staten Island Technical High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Stuyvesant High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SECTION 5: SHSAT DESCRIPTION & MATERIALS

Changes to SHSAT Test Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 English Language Arts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Mathematics Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Test Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 SHSAT Test Design for 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 SHSAT Testing Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Arriving at the Test Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Filling in the Answer Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Student Misconduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Claims of Testing Irregularities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 SHSAT Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Review Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Discovery Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SECTION 2: SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS

ADMISSIONS TEST (SHSAT) DATES AND LOCATIONS Test Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Alternate Test Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Test Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

SECTION 6: SHSAT USEFUL TIPS FOR TESTING

Before Test Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Day of the Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Specific Strategies: English Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Specific Strategies: Mathematics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

SECTION 3: FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL

OF MUSIC & ART AND PERFORMING ARTS AUDITIONS Audition Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Audition Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Auditions for Students New to New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Admissions Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Registering for LaGuardia High School Auditions . . . . . . . . . 13 Audition Information for Each Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SECTION 4: APPLYING TO THE SPECIALIZED

HIGH SCHOOLS Steps in the Application Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Testing Accommodations on the SHSAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SAMPLE SHSAT TESTS General Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sample Answer Sheet, Form A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sample Test, Form A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Explanations of Correct Answers for Sample Test, Form A . . 74 Sample Answer Sheet, Form B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Sample Test, Form B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Explanations of Correct Answers for Sample Test, Form B . 127 Sample Math Problems for Grade 9 Students . . . . . . . . . . 143 Explanations of Correct Answers for Sample Grade 9 Math Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Practice Grid-In Mathematics Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Testing Accommodations for LaGuardia High School Auditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Confirming Testing Accommodations for the SHSAT and LaGuardia High School Auditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Opting Out of Testing Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Students with Extended Time Who Finish the Test Before the End of the Extended Time Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Emergency Testing and/or Audition Accommodations . . . . . 18 Building Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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MESSAGE TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS/GUARDIANS ABOUT

SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS ADMISSIONS

This 2017-2018 Specialized High Schools Student Handbook contains useful information, including: Specialized High School admission procedures Registration for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (LaGuardia High School) auditions Confirming testing accommodations for SHSAT and LaGuardia High School auditions Calendar of important dates Sample SHSAT tests with test-taking tips

There are nine Specialized High Schools in New York City. They are:

ADMISSIONS DETERMINED BY AUDITION(S)

ADMISSIONS DETERMINED

BY SHSAT

FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA HIGH SCHOOL OF MUSIC & ART AND PERFORMING ARTS

Dance

Drama

Instrumental Music

Technical Theater

Fine Arts

Vocal Music

THE BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

THE BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL

BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK

HIGH SCHOOL OF AMERICAN STUDIES AT LEHMAN COLLEGE

QUEENS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE SCIENCES AT YORK COLLEGE STATEN ISLAND TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL

These schools were established under New York State Law 2590 ? Section G. Entrance into these schools is determined by the SHSAT, except for LaGuardia High School, which is based on a competitive audition and review of academic records. Students must be residents of New York City and current eighth grade or first-time ninth grade students in order to apply, register, sit for, and receive results for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and LaGuardia High School audition(s).

For updates concerning Specialized High School admissions, please visit: schools.shs

The Specialized High Schools Student Handbook is a project of the New York City Department of Education.

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THE SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS

11 SECTION

THE BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

75 West 205th Street, Bronx, New York 10468 Phone: (718) 817-7700 Website: bxscience.edu Email: golanc@bxscience.edu

Overview: The Bronx High School of Science educates an academically gifted community of learners through a rigorous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum. All academic disciplines are taught through the lens of inquiry to emphasize critical thinking and problem solving. The school cultivates a diverse community of lifelong learners who discover their passions through a collaborative and supportive network of students, educators, and alumni. Utilizing a balance of theoretical and applied learning, students explore complex problems and have access to a rich offering of resources to develop solutions. Drawing upon a long tradition of academic success, the Bronx High School of Science prepares students to flourish in the best colleges and universities. The school creates the leaders and visionaries of the future. Included among the school's alumni are eight Nobel Prize winners and six Pulitzer Prize winners.

Academic program: The Bronx High School of Science offers 30 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and many post-AP courses (second-year college courses). The school offers seven foreign languages, numerous electives in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, technology, the humanities, music and a three-year independent research course in STEM or social science. Students may also select sequences in computer science and engineering that emphasize hands-on applications of scientific principles. The school's website provides full course descriptions.

Extracurricular activities: Extracurricular activities include over 70 after-school clubs, 43 athletic teams, an internationally acclaimed speech and debate team, mock trial team, two robotics teams, two theatrical productions, S!NG, a newspaper and yearbook, and scholarly journals.

2017 Admissions: 19,198 students listed Bronx Science as a choice on the SHSAT, and 941 offers were made.

THE BROOKLYN LATIN SCHOOL

223 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206 Phone: (718) 366-0154 Website: Email: parents@

Overview: Modeled after the prestigious Boston Latin school and founded in 2006, The Brooklyn Latin School (TBLS) provides a liberal arts curriculum, with an emphasis on the Classics and Latin language instruction. Early instruction emphasizes the acquisition of core knowledge of the key

academic disciplines that students use as a foundation for deeper exploration in the upper grades. Widely regarded around the world as the most rigorous and comprehensive course of study at the high school level, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme is integral to the TBLS curriculum. In all classes, students experience a strong and consistent emphasis on structured writing and public speaking, as well as numerous opportunities for analytical thinking, which prepares them for the challenges of college work.

Academic program: All students are required to complete four years of study in Latin, history, mathematics, English, and science, at least two years of a world language, and one year of art history. Many of our classes feature public speaking exercises such as Declamation and Socratic Seminars, as well as oral presentations of scientific labs and mathematical problem sets. In addition, many of our classes feature writing exercises such as science lab reports, Spanish portfolios and essays, math modeling papers and Latin sight translations. The IB Programme's emphasis on student-led inquiry, global perspectives, international mindedness, and personal integrity conform perfectly with the ideals on which the school was founded. In addition to rigorous class work, IB emphasizes independent thinking and community engagement. In order to earn the IB Diploma, students are expected to complete an independent research project that culminates in a 4,000-word essay paper on a subject of choice, a task which correlates closely to college-level research writing. They are required to take a two year epistemology course called Theory of Knowledge (TOK) that challenges students to consider the ways knowledge is constructed, and which culminates in a final research paper and presentation. In addition, students are required to engage in activities involving creativity, service, and reflection over an 18-month period. Creativity, action, and service (CAS) may include volunteering or engaging meaningfully with the TBLS community and the larger community. These requirements of the IB Diploma help our students become well-rounded citizens of the world.

Extracurricular activities: To provide enrichment for students outside of the classroom, and to facilitate the completion of their CAS requirements, TBLS currently supports over 40 extracurricular activities, including athletic teams such as coed cross country, badminton and soccer, boys and girls basketball, boys wrestling, and girls volleyball clubs; fine and performing arts offerings like studio art, photography, literary magazine, dance, and a cappella; and various other groups such as the school newspaper, STOKED, Math Club, Science Olympiad, Model United Nations, Law Club, and many more.

2017 Admissions: 16,621 students listed The Brooklyn Latin School as a choice on the SHSAT, and 425 offers were made.

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