AEL's Guiding Values:

  • Students as Leaders
    AEL students will become aware of the interrelationship between the environment and the community. Equipped with appropriate tools, students will develop their leadership skills.

  • Teachers as Facilitators
    AEL faculty members operate as facilitators rather than lecturers. Teachers engage students as partners in their education enriching the overall learning experience and yielding desired performance results.

  • Parents as Partners
    Parents and teachers often look at students' learning from different perspectives, but they share a common goal. This creates opportunities for innovative collaborations in support of the students.

  • Community as Resource
    AEL will work to establish, retain and strengthen its relationship with the environment and the community. Furthermore, we will work to establish a culture in which the connection to the community can never be dismissed or treated as secondary to exam results.

  • School Partnerships
    Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment and New Visions for Public Schools are AEL's partner organizations which will bring great assets to our school, including expertise that can support effective environmental leadership teaching, deep ties to the local community and additional resources on how to work effectively with you and your family.






    • ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP is a New Century High School
    ACADEMY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP (CODE # L23A) | 400 Irving Avenue | Brooklyn, NY 11237 | Phone: (718) 935-3339

    NYC Department
    of Education    		 BCUE
    Brooklyn Center
    for the
    Urban Environment