Bard College to open public early college high school in the Bronx

Bard College has partnered with Montefiore Einstein to open a new public early college high school this fall in the Bronx.

The new Bard Early College Bronx will introduce students to biomedical science and research as well as career pathway programs. Graduating students will receive both a New York State Regents Diploma and an Associate in Arts degree from Bard College.

The school opens in September in the Crotona neighborhood in the South Bronx under the leadership of Dr. Siska Brutsaert as principal.

“Over the last 20 years, Bard College has partnered with public school systems to open early colleges in New York, Newark, New Orleans, Cleveland, Baltimore, Hudson, and Washington, D.C.,” said Dr. Dumaine Williams, Bard College vice president for early colleges. “This new partnership with the New York City Department of Education and Montefiore Einstein is a tremendously exciting opportunity to expand access to rigorous and intellectually inspiring opportunities ”“ particularly those in the biomedical sciences ”“ to high school students in the Bronx.”