Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders
District 5 · Manhattan · Grades 6 to 8 · 05M286
At a glance
- Address
- 509 WEST 129 STREET, MANHATTAN, NY 10027
- Subway
- 1 to 125th St; B, C to 135th St
- Admissions
- Open
- Links
- School websiteMySchools page
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Tours and open houses
No dates are posted yet. Many schools post them in October and November.
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Admissions
For fall 2027 entry · from MySchools, checked October 15
Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders (I.S. 286) (M286L), M286L
Open — Students are randomly selected
Clubs, arts and sports
- Visual & performing arts
- Dance, Traditional and Studio Art
- STEM
- Coding, Computer Science, STEM, Technology, Technology, Urban Advantage, Web Design
- Sports & fitness
- Basketball, Dance, Fitness, Fitness, Physical Education, Volleyball, Yoga, Yoga
- Academics
- Advisory, Algebra I, Health, Homework Help, Math, Middle School Algebra ACC, Middle School Biology ACC, Middle School ELA ACC, Saturday Academy, Saturday Academy, Specialized High School Test Preparation, Tutoring
- Clubs & leadership
- Book Club, Book Club, Chess, Chess, Debate, Debate, Leadership, Peer Mediation, Restorative Circles, Spelling Bee, Student Council, Student Council, Virtual Enterprise, Yearbook
- Programs
- Community School, Field Trips, Free After School Program, Saturday Programs, Uniform
About the school
Our mission at Urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders (AFL) is to welcome learners who have broad intellectual interests. We encourage our scholars to develop their wide spectrum of knowledge. Rather than limiting students' adolescent curiosity by having them specialize in one academic area, AFL supports our scholars' intense desire to know and understand. At AFL, we foster an environment that promotes adolescent development and demands academic excellence. Though we are a very small school, we offer our students an abundance of professional opportunities and experiences. Our students travel and get real-life experience to support what they are learning in class. Students at AFL can take advantage of our top-ranked athletic program; science, technology and arts-based elective courses; and advisory program. We challenge, support, and expose our students to the ways in which highly successful people think, so that throughout their three years at AFL they may hone their skills and leave our doors ready to lead the world.
From MySchools.