HCZ Promise Academy^® Middle Schools

Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) Promise Academy Middle Schools offer an enriched learning environment and a system of supports designed for the whole child.

Middle school is a critical time for our scholars, full of change and growth. Our approach ensures they will be prepared with the advanced skills needed to excel academically, socially, and emotionally in high school.

Keep scrolling to discover more about HCZ Promise Academy Middle Schools.

To help our scholars navigate their middle school years and prepare for the increased responsibilities of high school, they engage in rigorous academic instruction, as well as wraparound supports to stay on track academically, socially, and emotionally.

Scholars enjoy core training in math and language arts, along with deeper study in the humanities and sciences. They get early exposure to literary classics to help heighten and refine their reading and analytical skills. They discover the rigors and rewards of inquiry and experimentation in fully-equipped science labs.

Activities such as Model United Nations provide opportunities for scholars to apply their coursework in the “real world” and develop confidence and communication skills.

At HCZ Promise Academy Middle Schools, scholars continue to build their social-emotional learning skills. They engage in group discussions of issues such as peer pressure, insecurity, bullying, and conflict management. Additionally, scholars get individualized support from trained social workers and guidance counselors, who also provide parents and staff the expertise to provide consistent, coordinated support to scholars at home and school.

Scholars learn and grow in a safe, supportive environment, where they come to better understand the world around them and their place and boundless potential within it.

Scholars gain additional support and learning opportunities at HCZ Promise Academy After School.

They engage in a range of activities that are thematic and project based, incorporating positive youth development and social and emotional learning. Each enrichment builds toward mastery in STEM, arts, civics, and health & wellness programming.

Scholars also gain character education and leadership development that support social and emotional learning and positive relationships with adults and peers.

Ultimately, scholars enhance their soft skills and prepare for professional and civic responsibilities in high school, college, and beyond.

After School Enrichment Offerings:

• Leadership Offerings: Your Voice Matters, Youth Advisory Council
• STEM: Code Busters, Robotics
• Arts: Dance, Theater, Broadway Bound, Creative Writing, Media Arts, Culinary Arts, Chess
• Health & Wellness: Nutrition, Fitness

Participation in athletics helps our scholars grow, learn, and develop key cognitive and non-cognitive abilities.

Guided by our values, we design sports programs that foster teamwork, sportsmanship, and ethical and responsible behavior both on and off the field. Our coaches instill behaviors that will lead students to better and healthier lives.

Winning is not the be all end all. Rather, we encourage scholar-athletes to be their best, which prepares them for achievement throughout their lives.

Athletics at HCZ Promise Academy

• Boys Basketball
• Girls Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Co-ed Flag Football
• Soccer
• Strength and Conditioning
• Track and Field
• Volleyball
• Yoga

HCZ Promise Academy Charter Schools enrolls scholars in grades K-8, with preference given to those living in our 103-block – and growing — Zone. There is no cost to apply to or attend the schools.

At HCZ Promise Academy, we enroll scholars as young as 3 and all the way to age 11. Scholars aged 3 are encouraged to apply now so that they can be guaranteed a spot in kindergarten at HCZ Promise Academy.

Scholars ages 4-11 who apply are placed on a waitlist and, if accepted, will join HCZ Promise Academy in the fall.

For more information, visit our HCZ Promise Academy Enrollment FAQ page.