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Ascend Middle Schools


Deepening study across subjects at Ascend public charter middle schools in Brooklyn.

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Middle School Locations


Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School

123 East 98th Street

Grades 58

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Brownsville Ascend Charter Middle School

1501 Pitkin Avenue

Grades 58

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Bushwick Ascend Charter Middle School

2 Aberdeen Street

Grades 58

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Canarsie Ascend Charter Middle School

744 East 87th Street

Grades 58

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Central Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School

1886 Nostrand Avenue

Grades 58

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Cypress Hills Ascend Charter Middle Schools

2840 Atlantic Avenue

Grades 57

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Flatbush Ascend Charter Middle School

1833 Nostrand Avenue

Grades 56

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Building Agency in Our Brooklyn Middle Schools


Our junior high students have developed the social and emotional capacities to thrive in our public charter school environment where they enjoy increasing freedoms and responsibilities. We build a climate where our students’ desire for autonomy, competence, relationships, and fun are met; where students feel connected, heard, empowered, and safe; and where they are encouraged to begin developing independence of action and character.​

The central focus of Ascend’s middle school culture is the development of agency—students’ knowledge that they are in control of their own lives and can act in alignment in reaching their hopes and dreams. ​

A Wide Ranging Curriculum


By the time Ascend students enter middle school, they have acquired academic skills, critical capacities, mental stamina, and engagement in schooling to participate in an ambitious course of study.

Humanities in middle school builds upon the lower school literacy program. Its primary goals are cultural literacy, critical-thinking, writing, and close-reading. Our curriculum expands students' understanding of the world and their place in it. Students engage with texts that explore life beyond middle school in our Brooklyn borough, while also delving into literature that mirrors their known New York culture and community. 

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The Beauty of Algebra


Watch Brownsville Ascend sixth graders discover the beauty and power of algebra.

Science


Our science program combines experiments, project-based learning, and engaging texts. Students develop as lifelong scientific thinkers as they work to “figure out” versus “learn about” relevant and meaningful real-world concepts. Through this process, students are empowered as the knowers and doers of science equipped with skills that mirror those of professional scientists and engineers.​

Students explore big ideas in Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science. In addition, students in grade 8 can earn high school Regents credit through the Living Environment course. For this credit, students complete at least 1,200 minutes of hands-on lab experiences.

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