Bronx Kingsbridge school sees
soaring graduation rates
BY JASON COHEN
As the NYC graduation rate
has increased to 78.8 percent
in 2020 and 84.8 percent statewide,
one Bronx school is leaving
those numbers in the dust.
World View High School,
100 West Mosholu Parkway
South, a public college prep
high school, has a graduation
rate of 94.4% in 2020 and 93 %
from 2019.
While the Kingsbridge
school has only existed for
eight years, Assistant Principal
Courtney Cramer feels
the warm welcoming environment
and rigorous curriculum
helps the students succeed and
want to be there.
“We’ve really done a good
job as a school community,”
Cramer said. “We don’t make
the numbers part of the process,
but we do make the students
aware of their accomplishments.”
According to Cramer, it’s
not just about making sure
kids do well academically but
helping them become better
men and women and supporting
their emotional well-being.
Cramer told the Bronx
Times the staff has high expectations
for the kids and it
is their goal to prepare them
for college and beyond. She
noted the school has a high
attendance rate, which attributes
to success in the classroom.
World View has a Montefi
ore clinic on-site, offers tutoring
services, goes on fi eld
trips, has college advisors, a
partnership with Rockefeller
University, a hydroponic farm
on campus, heavily involved
parents, a 1:1 laptop initiative,
college and career readiness
classes and a peer mentoring
program that helps kids transition
to high school.
Junior Paola Mirla refl
ected on why she feels the
graduation rate is high and
World View students Photos courtesy of World View
what impact the school has
had on her. The teen stressed
that unlike many schools, she
was surprised that very few
kids cut class and seem to genuinely
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want to be there.
She explained that the
clubs and sports have made
school more fun, but it’s the
staff and faculty that should
be acknowledged.
“Personally I feel very welcome
at the school,” she commented.
“It makes you feel
you’re in a big family.”
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