Excellence Girls Charter School Middle Academy

1600 Park Place, 4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11233

T: (347) 390-0555

Welcome to Excellence Girls

Excellence Girls Middle Academy is an all-girls school located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights. After completing 8th grade, students have the opportunity to attend an Uncommon high school for grades 9 to 12. Brothers of students at Excellence Girls also receive preference for enrollment at Excellence Boys Elementary and Middle Academies.

5+ Years

Excellence Girls Middle welcomed its first class in August 2013 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Grades 5-8

We are an all-girls school serving grades 5 to 8.

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Academics and Culture

Excellence in Learning

We provide all students with a rigorous curriculum that prepares them for college and beyond. We have a longer school day and school year to allow for more learning time, and provide after-school tutoring to ensure that all of our students meet our high academic expectations.

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Excellence in Character

To get our students through the long climb to college, Excellence Girls Middle Academy instills in our students the personal qualities they will need to succeed. Our students follow, and families are expected to support, the school’s Code of Conduct. Students wear uniforms and are expected to uphold the school’s Core Values.

Excellence in Teaching

Our staff are smart, committed, and experienced individuals who work tirelessly to achieve outstanding academic results in their classrooms. We are committed to providing our teachers with the necessary tools to succeed and grow professionally.

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A Typical School Day

Uncommon Schools NYC provides students with an education experience that combines joy, rigor, and hard work every day. Students are taught that hard work is a prerequisite for success. Excellence Girls ensures that all students receive a well-rounded education that will prepare them for success in middle and high school, as well as college and beyond.

Emphasis on College

Excellence Girls begins educating students about the importance of college from day one and continues doing so through college readiness activities found in middle and high school. The goal is for freshman year of college to become a natural extension of graduating from high school.

Longer School Day and Year

To ensure that every student masters each and every standard, we provide students with a longer school day and longer year. We also provide homework help and after-school tutoring, Saturday School for students who need extra support, and double periods of English and Math daily.

Structure and Order

Excellence Girls provides its students with a calm, safe, and orderly environment to maximize learning time. All students wear uniforms, and receive constant feedback for continuous academic and self-development.

Targeted Curriculum and Assessment

Excellence Girls develops its curriculum directly from the New York State Learning Standards that ensures students master a core set of basic academic skills before mastering higher-level material. We also use internally developed assessments to build a culture of continuous reflection and improvement.

Our Core Values

Sisterhood

Tenacity and Integrity

Excellence and Leadership

Partnering with Families

Active family involvement in school and learning is essential to meeting Excellence Girls Middle Academy’s mission of preparing students to succeed in high school and college. Our staff fosters family engagement in our students’ learning and success through abundant and on-going communication between the parents and school. We create a dynamic in which we are partners with families in promoting their children’s academic success. Specifically, we:

Hold a Back to School Night prior to the 1st day of school
Provide an Accountability Contract, which lets families know what they can count on from the school and clarifies the school’s expectations of students and families
Meet with families for at least three formal conferences each year to discuss their child’s progress
Send home weekly behavioral updates and academic progress reports
Celebrate success with parents
Create regular events in which families are invited into the school to celebrate student achievement