Millennium Art Academy
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| Millenium Art Academy |
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| Established | 2003 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Maxine Nodel |
| Students | 312 |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Location | 1980 Lafayette Ave Bronx, NY 10469 |
| District | 08 |
| Phone | 718-824-0978 |
| Website | www.bxmaa.org |
Millennium Art Academy (M.A.A) first opened its doors in September of 2003 in the Bronx. Originally located on the Herbert H. Lehman Educational Campus campus the Academy moved after its first year to the Adlai E. Stevenson Campus. It is one of six small schools located on the Stevenson campus and enjoys the highest daily attendance rate of all - 92%.
Its founder and current principal, a graduate of Cooper Union and former student of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, was named one of New York City's top principals when she was awarded a Cahn Fellowship Award for Distinguished Principals at Columbia Teacher's College in 2005. She and M.A.A have received awards for excellence in urban and intergenerational education. M.A.A has appeared in the New York Times, on CBS evening news, and in numerous publications. Millennium Art Academy is one of many small schools established to help create a better school system in which students receive a better education through smaller classes, a high-expectations learning environment, and an intensive student support.
Millennium Art Academy's first senior class will be graduating on June 25, 2007. Aside from being a small school, M.A.A is unique in many ways. The Academy has many unconventional programs such as The Millennium Pearl Intiative (M.P.I. Intergenerational Program), the Intergenerational Program (I.W.S.P), Art Portfolio, Advanced Placement World History, a college-level mythology course, mosaic Club, Salsa Club, Chess class, S.A.T. prep, Saturday and P.M. school for struggling learners, as well as art shows throughout the year (including Sotheby's) to showcase student artwork. Also, with the help of the Student Press Intiative (S.P.I) at Teacher's Collge, M.A.A students have been able to publish two books ("Back In The Day 1 and 2") in accordance with the M.P.I program and have public book readings at a Barnes and Noble bookstore.
