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SUCCESS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN SENDS 100% OF GRADUATES TO COLLEGE

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SUCCESS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN SENDS 100% OF GRADUATES TO COLLEGE

Seniors Make an Extraordinary Impact — in Academics, Co-Curriculars, and Giving Back — Despite Half of their High School Experience Taking Place during a Pandemic  

New York, NY, June 9, 2022 — Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts graduated 117 seniors yesterday — 100% of them accepted to a four-year college and with 96% receiving at least one acceptance offer that would meet their full financial need. Since its first senior class graduated in 2018, this is the fifth class to attain 100% college acceptance.

Sixty-nine percent were accepted to selective colleges and universities, including Yale, Emory, University of Pennsylvania, Rice, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Southern California, Swarthmore, and Haverford. This class includes SA’s first graduates at Brown, Smith, Trinity, the University of Virginia, and SUNY Geneseo. Over half of the class will be first-generation college graduates.

Success Academy has given you the tools to transform yourselves into leaders, and the world needs you,” said Congressman Ritchie Torres, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. “Today belongs to your family as much as to you — they fought to make sure you had a great education.” 

“Graduates, you have gone from sitting on the dot rug to 100% college acceptance,” said speaker Nick Simmons, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education. “You truly have the ‘secret sauce’ — initiative, perseverance, compassion, and the ability to pursue your passions. As you go out into the world, our hope is that you’ll see yourselves as we see you.”

Among the class’s many accomplishments:

  • Two-thirds conquered the advanced curriculum of SA’s Honors STEM or Honors Humanities academies;
  • Nineteen were named Rales Scholars for their outstanding achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service throughout high school;
  • During their senior year, six took college courses at Columbia University, including general chemistry, introduction to statistical reasoning, neural plasticity, and calculus II; and
  • During their junior year, eight took college courses at NYU, on data science, evolution, statistics, and physics. 

Students in the class also founded some of the most popular and impactful student groups in SA-HSLA’s history, including ones focused on tutoring, social issues, mental health challenges, and peer mentoring, while participating in dance and musical performances and art shows; winning state and national competitions in dance, chess, debate, and track; and starting successful businesses in fashion, beauty, art, and music. 

“This class tackled challenging academics, participated fully in co-curriculars, started businesses, and founded clubs focused on social-emotional learning and gave back to their community,” said Eva Moskowitz, Founder and CEO of Success Academy. “We couldn’t be prouder of what they have accomplished — and can’t wait to see what they do next!” 

A full recording of the commencement ceremony can be found here.

The Class of 2026 College Acceptances:

  • ​​Adelphi University
  • Alfred University
  • Allegheny College
  • Amda College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles Campus
  • Barnard College
  • Binghamton University
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University
  • Bryant University
  • Caldwell University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Clarkson University
  • Clemson University
  • Cleveland State University
  • Colgate University
  • College of Mount Saint Vincent
  • College of Staten Island CUNY
  • Columbia University In the City of New York
  • CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
  • CUNY Brooklyn College
  • CUNY City College
  • CUNY Hunter College
  • CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • CUNY Lehman College
  • CUNY Medgar Evers College
  • CUNY New York City College of Technology
  • CUNY Queens College
  • CUNY York College
  • Daemen College
  • Dickinson College
  • Dominican College of Blauvelt
  • Drexel University
  • Emory University
  • Fisk University
  • Florida Memorial University
  • Fordham University
  • Georgia State University
  • Gettysburg College
  • Hampton University
  • Hartwick College
  • Haverford College
  • Hobart William Smith Colleges
  • Howard University
  • Iona College
  • Ithaca College
  • Juniata College
  • Le Moyne College
  • Lehigh University
  • Lincoln University
  • Loyola University Maryland
  • Manhattan College
  • Marist College
  • Maryland Institute College of Art
  • Mcdaniel College
  • Mercy College
  • Middlebury College
  • Misericordia University
  • Molloy College
  • Montclair State University
  • Morgan State University
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • Mount Saint Mary College
  • Norfolk State University
  • Northeastern University
  • Ohio University-Main Campus
  • Pace University
  • Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
  • Quinnipiac University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Rice University
  • Rider University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rutgers University-New Brunswick
  • Salisbury University
  • Seton Hall University
  • Skidmore College
  • Smith College
  • Spelman College
  • St John’s University-New York
  • Stony Brook University
  • SUNY At Albany
  • SUNY At Fredonia
  • SUNY At Purchase College
  • SUNY Buffalo State
  • SUNY College At Brockport
  • SUNY College At Geneseo
  • SUNY College At Old Westbury
  • SUNY College At Oswego
  • SUNY College At Plattsburgh
  • SUNY College At Potsdam
  • SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology At Cobleskill
  • SUNY College of Technology At Alfred
  • SUNY Cortland
  • SUNY Morrisville
  • SUNY Oneonta
  • SUNY Polytechnic Institute
  • Susquehanna University
  • Swarthmore College
  • Syracuse University
  • Temple University
  • Trinity College
  • Union College
  • University At Buffalo
  • University of Bridgeport
  • University of Houston
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Massachusetts-Boston
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Richmond
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Virginia-Main Campus
  • Utica College
  • Wake Forest University
  • Washington University In St Louis
  • Wells College
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology
  • Yale University

About Success Academy 

Since its founding in 2006, Success Academy has created the highest-performing public school district in New York state, and a national model of access to excellence for children across all demographics. We currently enroll over 20,000 children in our 47 elementary, middle, and high schools. The majority of Success Academy scholars are children of color from low-income households in disadvantaged neighborhoods, admitted through a random public lottery. Our distinctive K-12 approach, designed as a holistic thirteen-year educational trajectory, leads to student outcomes that outpace even those in affluent suburban schools. To date, 100% of SA’s graduates have been accepted to college, many to highly selective institutions. Most are the first in their families to have the opportunity for higher education. We regularly share our groundbreaking curriculum and methods with educators and school leaders across the country. By scaling excellence and reigniting the civic mission of education, Success Academy is leading a movement to reinvent public education. All children can thrive and achieve in school, in college, and in life — Success Academy students and teachers prove it every day.

For more information about Success Academy, go to successacademies.org.

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