New Directions Secondary School (09X350)

240 East 172 Street, Bronx, NY 10457, Bronx
Phone: 718-410-4343
Hours: 8:10am - 2:30pm
NYCDOE Website: https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/high-school/09X350/
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School Leader: James Waslawski (jwaslaw@schools.nyc.gov)
Parent Coordinator: Carisma Martin (cmartin177@schools.nyc.gov)
Respect for All Liaison: Evelyn Rodriguez (erodriguez100@schools.nyc.gov)
Sexual Harassment Prevention Liaison: Jolyon Davis (jdavis104@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Maria Erickson (mericks@schools.nyc.gov)
504 Coordinator: Natalie Harvey Williams (nharveywilliams@schools.nyc.gov)
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About

New Directions Secondary School is a transfer High School which accepts first time ninth graders, students who are new to the country and students who have fallen behind. We offer small class sizes (9 to 20), individualized academic counseling support. and acceleration to high school graduation. Accelerate to Graduate is through our school's flexible program, opportunities and summer course credit options. We participate in campus-wide student activities such as PSAL teams and we provide paid internships through our LTW program. We also fully support students who wish to attend college, with college readiness seminars, college orientation planning, and application or FAFSA assistance.

Reports: School Budget | Room Utilization

Academic Highlights: Introduction to Computational Media, Sustainability, Coding in your classroom - Python, Geometry

Other Features: 10th Grade Seats Available, College Trips, Community School, Computer Science Coursework, Extended Day, Health Center, Internships Available, LYFE (Living For The Young Family Through Education), Online Grading System, Orientation, Paid Internships, Saturday Programs, Student Parent Orientation, Summer Internships, Summer Session, Weekend Programs

School Features:

  • Offers 10th Grade Seats
  • Transfer School, which serve students aged 16 to 21 who have fallen behind in credits or left school for an extended period of time
  • School whose primary location is co-located with another school
  • Guidance Counselors, Social Workers

AP Courses, Languages, Sports, Art
AP Courses
AP Spanish Language and Culture
Languages Offered
Spanish
Boys PSAL Sports
Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling
Girls PSAL Sports
Basketball, Cross Country, Flag Football, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Softball, Volleyball, Wrestling
PSAL Team
Taft Educational Campus
This school is part of a PSAL team comprised of the following schools:
Bronx Collegiate Academy (09X227)
Bronx High School for Medical Science (09X413)
Bronx High School of Business (09X412)
Dreamyard Preparatory School (09X329)
New Directions Secondary School (09X350)
Art
The school arts programming at New Directions is targeted to help students develop their creative talents and to further their works and studies in specific media in which they have shown interest. Each arts class or opportunity is scalable for students: designed for the first-timer to explore and for the accomplished artist to flourish and branch out with their creative expression. We provide MANY forms of media through which students can develop talent. In music we partnered with Community Word Project for students to learn music production, lyric writing, and related art making; culminating in a multi-dimensional art learning and expression project. Students in music classes were immersed in learning music theory and applying that knowledge to learning recorder and keyboard from foundational practice to playing music with fluency. In a similar format we provide visiting artists to support student development with videography. Podcasting is an aspect of arts creativity that has become embedded into our English curriculum and is supported by outside arts vendor, Community Word Project. For visual arts we offer painting, drawing, sketching, pottery and pop-media arts classes across the school year. This year we participated in our first campuswide gallery showing. Various works of creativity and art were displayed in a wide variety of media in our campus auditorium, and was open to the public three afternoons a week.
Programs
New Directions Secondary School(X13A)
Humanities & Interdisciplinary

New Directions has a rolling admissions policy and operates as a transfer high school.

10th Grade seats available

Method:
Requirement:
Transfer high schools are designed to serve students who, based on their grade or age, are off-track to accumulate enough academic credits to meet high school graduation requirements. Only applicants ranked by the school will receive an offer.
Priority:
  • (Group 1) Bronx students or residents
  • (Group 2) New York City residents

Applicant Analysis
2023-242022-23
GE applicants/seats:4 / 20 (0.20)9 / 20 (0.45)
SWD applicants/seats:5 / 5 (1.00)1 / 5 (0.20)
Rank Avg: 5.94
OffersOffers - Waitlist
School Student & Admissions Statistics
School Year
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
Total Students Across All Grades
135
145
145
    Grade 12 Students
28
36
26
    Grade 11 Students
40
39
39
    Grade 10 Students
43
38
40
    Grade 9 Students
24
32
40
Avg. Class Size
18.1
19.9
22.0
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
7.1
9.9
10.3
Safety Comp. / Susp. / NYPD
<5 / 0 / 0
<5 / 10 / 2
<5 / 26 / 2
Attendance %
Graduation %
44%
College %
Total Applicants / Seats
Total Offers
72 (9) / 25
0
69 (10) / 25
0

This data was gathered from various NYC DOE reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview

Survey Summary & Data (2024-25)
Student Responses 99% responded
Academic Rigor 
  69.17%
Academic Engagement 
  66.82%
Safety 
  78.63%
Bully Prevention 
  75.25%
Inclusivity 
  79.36%
Mental Support 
  80.00%
Environment 
  68.14%
Post-School Support 
  78.50%
Teacher Responses 76% responded
Academic Rigor 
  80.00%
School Satisfaction 
  90.25%
Student Behavior 
  58.22%
Student Support 
  91.27%
School Leadership 
  87.67%
Instructional Clarity 
  84.60%
Instructional Development 
  91.00%
Post-School Support 
  94.33%
Family Responses 94% responded
Education 
  96.75%
Teacher Support 
  95.67%
Safety 
  96.67%
School Community 
  95.67%
School Leadership 
  96.00%
Post-School Support 
  97.50%
IEP Support 
  98.67%

Note: Yellow bars indicate city-wide averages for the associated category

View Full NYC DOE Survey Results:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly school surveys: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/nyc-school-survey

Academic Summary & Data (-1-0)
Academic Proficiency
4-Year Grad. %
  0.00%
College Aptitude
Postsecondary
Unknown 100.00%

View Full Academic Data:

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources

School Demographics (2024-25)
Student Population:
Male 51.10%
Female 48.90%
English Language Learners:
  39.30%
Students with Disabilities:
  24.40%
Economic Need Index: 
  0.00%
Student Ethnicity:
Black 28.90%
Hispanic 66.70%
White 3.70%
Other 0.70%
Teacher Ethnicity:
Other 100.00%

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's demographic snapshots: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/information-and-data-overview

IEP Statistics (-1-)
IEP Services
IEP Student Performance
IEP Support 
  98.67%

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's yearly quality reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/students-and-schools/school-quality/school-quality-reports-and-resources

Special Education Programs & Services (2024-25)
ProgramFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Integrated Co-Teaching Services16 (73%)<=5 (?)<=5 (?)
Special Class0 (0%)<=5 (100%)0 (0%)
ServiceFully ReceivingPartially ReceivingNot Receiving
Counseling Services8 (57%)N/A (N/A)6 (43%)
Speech-Language Therapy9 (100%)N/A (N/A)0 (0%)
TransportationNumber Receiving
Curb to School0 (0%)
Stop to School0 (0%)
Unassigned<=5 (100%)

This data was gathered from the NYC DOE's Special Education Reports: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/government-reports/special-education-reports

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