Our Community

City-As-School fosters passion and growth inside and outside of our West Village campus

Within our walls, students discover a love for library research, culinary arts, horticulture, music and design, filmmaking, sports, wellness, fitness and more with the careful guidance of our passionate staff.

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Group of City-As-School students posing outdoors with activist posters.

Group of City-As-School students posing outdoors with vegetables in school garden.

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Two City-As-School students posing in graduation caps and gowns in school hallway.

Two City-As-School students’ colorful sandals.

City-As-School students working with young children in park setting.

City-As-School students standing outdoors against beautiful blue sky.

Colorful City-As-School student-made poster.

Crane restoring SAMO graffiti on City-As-School exterior.

Contemplative City-As-School student sitting in front of school bus and school.

Colorful mural of trees, clouds, sun and more on City-As-School exterior walls.

Colorful mural of young person of color and flowering vine against starry night sky on City-As-School exterior.

Colorful mural of Jean-Michel Basquiat on City-As-School exterior.

Colorful abstract mural on City-As-School exterior.

Colorful City-As-School murals lining interior staircase.

Colorful mural of young person and volcanos against night sky at City-As-School .

Colorful mural of young person, flowers and rainbow against night sky at City-As-School.

Colorful mural of young person against night sky at City-As-School .

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International Network of Productive Learning (INEPS)

Learn more about City-As-School’s international ties.

Our Library

A wonderful place where students can participate in clubs and research.

Lunch@CAS

Lunch is a whole new world at CAS.

Afterschool Enrichment

Improving physical and nutrition literacy through sports, wellness and fitness with the help of Sports & Arts in Education by NYEdge

Garden & Hydroponic Lab

Exploring Agriculture, Culinary Arts, and Nutritional Literacy by growing and preparing our own foods using our rooftop and hydroponic gardens (and our kitchen).

MAD City-As NYC

MAD Academy (MAD City-As NYC) is the music and arts department in City-As-School.. Utilizing an entirely student-driven, experiential, project-based curriculum, our students develop a professional body of work under the guidance of NYC’s top creatives.

Educational Video Center (EVC)

Educational Video Center (EVC) is is a youth media organization is dedicated to teaching documentary video as a means to develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills of young people, while nurturing their idealism and commitment to social change.

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want to be?

Decide your future at City-As-School.

We are leaders activists workers dreamers disruptors LBGTQIA motivated empowered. We are CityAs.

We are an alternative and progressive public high school in NYC’s West Village, home to the city’s most interesting and radical students and educators.

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Our Community

City-As-School fosters passion and growth inside and outside of our West Village campus

Who do you

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“Consortium Schools like City-As-School boast graduation, college-going, and college retention rates that routinely top city, state, and national averages.”

— The village Voice