What documents do I need?
You will need the following documents:
High School Transcript (Student Permanent Record from ATS)
Most Recent Report Card
Immunization Records
You will need to either submit print outs or email digital versions.
How do I begin the transfer process?
Before visiting the school during an Open House, students must fill in our Online Transfer Form.
Must students attend an open house?
Yes. Students must visit our school during a one hour Open House and are encouraged to bring parents, guardians, guidance counselors, social workers or case workers.
What is required to graduate?
Our students create rigorous academic portfolios which are assessed by teachers in order to graduate. Learn more >
How many days a week do students attend internships?
All students participate in internships two to three days each week.
Paired with an experienced mentor, students learn by experience in the workplace.
Are students assigned an academic advisor?
Yes, students have a single advisory throughout their time at City-As-School to explore the credits they need to graduate. This is achieved by both taking small seminars and participating in internships.
Is City-As-School a consortium school?
Yes, City As School is one of twenty-seven schools in the New York State Performance Standards Consortium promoting performance-based academic assessment over high stakes testing.
How many credits do I need in order to transfer?
We are a transfer school admitting students entering their Junior and Senior years who have a minimum of 16 credits from their previous school.
Is City-As-School focused on testing? Are NYS Regents required?
As a Consortium School, we don’t make Regents tests a requirement for our students. Instead, you will be working on Portfolios. Portfolio are collections of personalized projects you produce and present to a board of teachers, who grade them. Portfolios act as an alternative to test taking and are in the Science, Math, Social Studies, and English categories.
Do you have people I can talk to about issues outside of school?
City As School prides itself in handling the wellbeing of its students. We offer aid in the form of substance abuse counseling (sapis) college and career counseling, (caco) and general guidance counseling.
What colleges & universities accept City-As -School Students?
Among other schools, our students have been accepted to:
McCauley Honors
Boston University
Will I get into the classes I need/prefer?
At City-As-School, students build their own schedules. With help from faculty, you’ll see how many credits you need to graduate, and what classes and internships you can take to help you earn them. Ultimately though, you have the final say of any decisions.
What is the length of an average school day?
Students attend Monday through Friday. Usually from 9-3 (on Fridays, 10-3). Students attend internships for up to 12 hours a week either Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Tuesday, Thursday.
Where are internships located?
Our internship sites are located all throughout New York City, so you have the best chance of finding a site that best suits you, but is also convenient to travel to.
Does CAS offer internship mentors support?
Yes! We have 22 full time educators who support mentors via phone and email and making two internship site visits each cycle.
How much supervision and mentoring do interns need?
Interns are Junior and Senior high school students who receive direct supervision and extensive mentoring at their internships. A rubric for success that doubles as a ‘pledge’ is signed by both student interns and mentors at the beginning of the internship to ensure the objective of the internship is clear.
How many days a week do interns work?
Internships are eight weeks per cycle. Interns attend three times a week for a total of 12 hours on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or twice a week for a total of eight hours on Tuesday and Thursday.
How many student interns are hosted at each internship site?
Depending on the the number of mentors available at your internship site, you may have one or more interns.
We work with small companies that prefer a one-on-one mentor-student relationship as well as large organizations with multiple mentors capable of hosting half a dozen students at a time.

