The College Success division offers comprehensive programming for participants and community members, with a primary goal to support residents within Cypress Hills and East New York towards completion of a college credential within 6 years of high school graduation. Services offered within the CSP division include:
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High School Attendance Outreach + Dropout Prevention
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Mental Health Counseling
Student Success Centers (Franklin K. Lane + Thomas Jefferson Campuses)
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College Access Counseling + Programming
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College Matriculation Support
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College Persistence Advisement
Division Contact:
Benjamin Carey
Director of College Success Division
276 Chestnut St, Brooklyn, NY 11208
(929) 673-7179
Community Schools
A Community School is both a place and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources. Its integrated focus on academics, services, supports, and opportunities leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities.
At the Franklin K. Lane Campus, we have three Community Schools: Brooklyn Lab School, Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory High School, and Multicultural High School.
Contacts:
Falyne Fuller
Community Schools Director, Brooklyn Lab School
Franklin K. Lane Campus, 999 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11208
Email: falynef@cypresshills.org
Student Success Centers
The College Success division currently runs two Student Success Centers (SSCs), one each on the Franklin K. Lane and Thomas Jefferson campuses. Each SSC is a centralized postsecondary office of the campus, and provides early college awareness, college access counseling, financial aid advisement, and career exploration. A key component of each SSC are the Youth Leaders, current high school students trained to serve as peer counselors and educators around college access.
Contacts:
Franklin K. Lane Campus
Lauraly Laurent
Director, Student Success Center
999 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11208
Room 501
Email: lauralyl@cypresshills.org
Thomas Jefferson Campus
Beth Garcia
Director, Student Success Center
400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207
Email: bethg@cypresshills.org
College STEPS Program & Persistence
The College STEPS office is located at the Cypress Hills East New York Community Center and provides both college access and persistence support to students interested in pursuing a postsecondary degree. Our College Persistence Program provides year-round support services to help our students persist in college and graduate. College Persistence Counselors, along with College Coaches (who are current college students), provide support services to students including: on-campus office hours at colleges, summer programming to help students prepare for college, and group workshops on topics such as how to discuss concerns with navigating college campuses, accessing academic assistance, transfer advisement, financial literacy, resume writing and job readiness.
Contact:
Aderys (Addy) Adames
Director of College Persistence and College STEPS
276 Chestnut St, Brooklyn, NY 11208
Email: Aderysa@cypresshills.org
Phone: (917) 451-8569
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