C48 Back to School | TheTablet.org | August 29, 2020FORDHAMPREPARATORYSCHOOLA GLOBALWORLDVIEWSTUDENTS CANSTUDY AND SERVEON SIX CONTINENTS60%GRADUATES WHO ATTENDCOLLEGES RATEDMOST SELECTIVE BYBARRON’SAPPLICATIONS FORTHE CLASS OF 2025OPEN SEPTEMBER 1Visit fordhamprep.org/admissions for detailsLocated on the historic Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx,less than 10 miles from both the Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges.fordhamprep.orgJESUIT EDUCATION20ADVANCEDPLACEMENTCLASSESOFFEREDFordham Preparatory SchoolBronxFordham Preparatory School is a Catholic Jesuitall-boys high school located on the historicRose Hill Campus in the Bronx. The school’smission is to form leaders in faith, scholarship,and service through a college preparatory education.The Fordham Prep experience includes afaith formation program which allows all students,regardless of religious background, tolearn more about themselves and their placein this world. It includes opportunities to celebratethe Mass daily, individual prayer and reflection,retreats, and religious studies classes.Each Fordham Prep student, by virtue of theiracceptance, is placed into the school’s “IndividualizedHonors Program”. This program allowsstudents to choose classes that are challengingand meet their individual needs. It includeshonors, advanced honors, and 20 AdvancedPlacement (AP) classes. Students also haveaccess to the school’s new iSTEAM program,a cross-curricular program that gives studentsthe opportunity to work with new technologiesincluding aviation, engineering, gaming,medical research, and robotics. The programincludes both academic classes and co-curricularclubs and activities.As a Catholic Jesuit institution, FordhamPrep is committed to forming “men for others”.All students must complete a four year servicerequirement in order to graduate. This includes ships sinc2 2010. In the past year, the schoolgroup projects in their freshman and sophomoreyears and individual projects as both country, soccer, and swimming and diving. Thehas won CHSAA titles in basketball, crossa junior and a senior. As part of their service Rams take advantage of their Rose Hill Campusproject, students may choose to participate in neighbors, Fordham University, by receiving accessto many of their NCAA Division I facilities.service immersion trips to New Jersey, Tennessee,and Ecuador.The Fordham Prep Class of 2020 was acceptedat over 220 unique colleges and uni-In 2015, the school launched their GlobalEducation Program to help expose students to versities including Air Force, Boston College,different worldviews before leaving Rose Hill. Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, Georgetown,Holy Cross, Manhattan, Middlebury, NotreThis includes dedicated school exchanges withother Jesuit schools in Australia, Ireland, and Dame, NYU, University of Pennsylvania, Universityof Virginia, Vanderbilt, and Villanova.Italy, cultural trips to China, medical missionsto Guatemala, and ecological trips to Costa Fordham Prep attracts students from overRica and Belize. Through the Global Education 110 unique zip codes in the tri-state area includingall boroughs of New York City, exceptand Service Programs, Fordham Prep studentsserve and study on six different continents. Staten Island and is located less than 10 milesFordham Prep offers over 70 different from both the Throggs Neck and Whitestoneco-curricular activities in a variety of disciplines Bridges.including art, astronomy, chess, cyber patriot, The school requires an online applicationdramatics, frisbee, marine biology, ping-pong, as well as a standardized admissions exam;and speech and debate. The school also has TACHS, CHSEE, HSPT, ISEE, or SSAT. Visit fordhamprep.org/admissionsfor more information.one of the most successful interscholastic athleticprograms in New York City with over 40city and state team and individual champion-Sponsored | fordhamprep.orgFP_TheTablet_SU20.indd 18/13/20 10:34 AM
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