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Stories and insights on excellent education.

Seeing School Through A Different Lens

January 4, 2023 Success Academy

Can photography help us become better people? Rasheed Williams, photography teacher at Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts—Manhattan, is passionate about the answer. That’s why he created Studio Squad, the school’s first-ever photography club, which encourages scholars to not only embrace their creative side but also their leadership skills. Created for all experience... Read more

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Congratulations to the 2023 Success Academy Excellence Award Winners!

February 28, 2023 Success Academy

We are excited to announce the 2023 Success Academy Excellence Award winners! The Excellence Awards honor School-based and Network office staff who go above and beyond in advancing our mission, achieving superior results, bringing our culture and values to life, and demonstrating a commitment to building a world where educational equity is a reality for... Read more

Success Academy’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan

January 23, 2023 Success Academy

A Statement from Founder and CEO, Eva Moskowitz At Success Academy, we have a powerful approach to anti-racism and DEI that most organizations do not have available to them. Most other organizations have to add in a DEI program because they exist either to make money or to combat some other issue from climate change... Read more

I Was Nervous About Middle School. Here’s Why I Didn’t Need to Be

January 12, 2023 Success Academy

On my first day of fifth grade at Success Academy Midtown West Middle School, I was nervous. Really nervous! I loved elementary school and, by the end of fourth grade, I knew what to expect each day and what was expected of me. I was worried about all the new things I’d have to deal... Read more

You’ve got the music in you

December 20, 2022 Success Academy

I have always believed that all kids are capable of making music. When I stepped into the role of program manager of music at Success Academy, this was the driving force behind my desire to launch the network’s first K-12 choir. Backed by our passionate and dedicated scholar talent team — who work every day... Read more

What Changed? One Scholar’s Turnaround

November 10, 2022 Success Academy

In August 2021, as my peers were beginning their first year of high school, I was out of the country with no way to come back and join them in time. I missed the first unit of all my freshman year classes, and I was pretty much convinced that I was not going to be... Read more

For Parents, By Parents: Adjusting Your Child To Middle School

November 7, 2022 Success Academy

Attention soon-to-be middle school scholars and families: we have a special message to you from one of our own SA Hudson Yards Middle School moms! Cynthia Vasquez, mom to a current 5th grader, wanted us to pass this along: Dear future middle school scholars, open your mind and heart to becoming a middle schooler! Always... Read more

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