STAR Early College High School @ Erasmus

The Science, Technology and Research High School (S.T.A.R.) at Erasmus Hall High School opened in September 2003. STAR, a collaborative effort of Brooklyn College and the New York City Department of Education, is a science-focused college preparatory high school funded in part by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Erasmus Hall High School was founded in 1787 with funds contributed by Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, John Jay, and others.

STAR, located in historic Erasmus Hall High School in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, opened its doors for the first time on September 8, 2003 with seventy ninth-grade students. The school prepares student scientists for college by providing a strong high school education with concurrent enrollment in credit-bearing courses at Brooklyn College.

Admission to the school is based on attendance records, interest in science, and a letter of recommendation from a junior high school teacher or guidance counselor. Over the next three years, the high school will add an additional 125 entering freshmen until reaching a maximum of 500 students.

Students in the S.T.A.R. High School give a "thumbs up" to the innovative, college-preparatory curriculum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers at the high school are working closely with Brooklyn College faculty to create an interdisciplinary curriculum that fully integrates the use of technology and interactive assignments.

  STAR@Erasmus is part of the Early College High School Initiative.

The National Science Foundation is funding some of the curricular development for this program through an NSF-CCLI grant.

Brooklyn College Faculty NSF-CCLI Participants

Spark Workshops

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