Some students opt for specialized high schools, including LaGuardia, and other popular schools, such as Beacon. More than half of the rising 8th-graders continue at Clinton for high school. Levin says it’s not so bad for those who stay in because the cafeteria food is “legitimately fantastic.” Starting in 7th grade, students may go out for lunch with parent permission. They take these smaller classes four times a week and explore creative writing, math challenges or arts, such as comic book art or pottery fired in a kiln. Students participate in "Triple E" classes, which stands for electives, extended learning and enrichment. Students publish The Clinton Post, a newspaper, and Clinton Soup, a literary magazine. The middle school produces big musicals, and the high school hosts a film festival that brings together student work in filmmaking, stop motion animation, and other classes and clubs. The school’s arts traditions are very much alive as well. Teachers share strategies for coping with moods, such as anger or depression, from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Children meet twice a week in small group advisories. One leads a group called Banana Splits, in which students with separated parents share experiences. The school grooms peer leaders and has three guidance counselors on staff. More demanding than a standard Regents prep curriculum, the IB program requires students to write a 15- to 20-page research essay on a topic of their choice, make an oral presentation and pass various subject exams.Įven as the school changes and grows, Clinton supports its students, says principal Jonathan Levin, “not just in its small size, but also in the way that we live day in and day out." Eighth-graders take high school math and science courses to complete two of the five Regent’s exams required for graduation, and they complete the rest of their Regent’s by the end of 10th grade. The academic load is intense, but students get lots of support.
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