Inwood Academy Middle School

Serving students in grades 5 through 8. We offer rigorous instruction differentiated for each child, focusing on a college-going culture that is supported by extracurricular programming, community-focused leadership, and character development.

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Preparing for Their Future with Straight A's

We are committed to ensuring students are academically prepared for college and well-rounded emotionally and socially. A strong academic program is designed to foster deep thinking and collaboration and our thriving arts, athletics, and afterschool enrichment programs are helping to ensure we meet this commitment to our scholars.

English Language Learner Program

Each year, we reserve 50% of our seats in our enrollment lottery for English Language Learners (ELLs), exceeding the ELL representation in most of our public district schools. ELL students receive English instruction through push-in and pull-out services. Students receive Just Words or Wilson intervention courses along with sheltered instruction as needed.

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Individualized Instruction

Focused on the needs of every child, our teachers provide dedicated instruction and multiple forms of classroom assessment to truly personalize the learning experience.

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Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School achieves Level 1 certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School achieves Level 1 certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools   New York, NY, [December 5, 2024] – Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School is pleased to announce the achievement of Level 1 certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools. Level 1 certification means Inwood Academy for […]

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‘Dominicana’ author Angie Cruz talks about being inspired by her mother to Inwood Academy students

At IAL, we pride ourselves on creating a sense of community, both in and out of school. Creating a compassionate community where we all feel a sense of belonging, so that we are able to grow and learn as individuals as well as a collective, takes time to form. However, after one hour of listening […]

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All in One House – New High School Building Now Open

“There are a lot of equity issues in our community when it comes to school buildings. You can walk into a school in Lower Manhattan and be blown away by how beautiful it is, and then you walk into a school in Upper Manhattan and things are falling down, there are holes in the walls. […]

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Theater Inside and Out of Our Doors

“This isn’t about Broadway or the movies; this is life. This is us exploring ourselves, finding our voices, discussing relevant issues. This is cool.” -Rachel Bingman, High School Drama teacher Photo from IAL’s production of 12 Angry Jurors   Student Ginelly Rodriguez accepted into competitive playwright program   This month, Ginelly participated in the TDF […]

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Celebrating our Wrestlers

Our summer programming began this week, and we want to pause and highlight a couple of student athletes who have holistically embodied our core values this past year. Star wrestlers, excellent students, and faithful friends, it’s our honor to introduce Rudy Janga and Sujeydy Matos. Eighth grader Sujeydy Matos has been wrestling since she started […]

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Inwood Academy Family

We often talk about how Inwood Academy is not simply a place where we work or students go to school. We are a family, a community of members who care for and support our students beyond the doors of our classrooms. Since we are family, we had to ask ourselves what happens when our students […]

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What it Means to Care

Ashley Segura is a senior at Inwood Academy. She is passionate about writing, art, and music. We asked her if she would give a welcoming address to all students and faculty at Student Leadership Day on October 4th. The following is her address to our student body about what it means to care, show care, […]

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Student Leadership Day – Caring

Sometimes school doesn’t make sense to me. Illogical I know, being a High School Principal, but I struggle with the idea of schooling. Curriculum and instruction often focus too heavily on tests and it’s hard for me to always justify education in terms of those high stakes and percentages and scores. It’s not that those […]

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Senior Decision Day

Our first graduating class holds a special place in the hearts of the Inwood Academy community. Our middle school and high school students and faculty joined together to celebrate the Class of 2018 on their Senior Decision Day and it was priceless. We started the day at our middle school. It was so moving to […]

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Black History, Black Culture

Aminata Gueye, founder and president of Inwood Academy’s Black Student Union, shares her thoughts on our country’s black history and black culture. Aminata is senior at Inwood Academy and has been president of our Black Student Union since 2016. Currently, there are 13 members in the group. Interview by Cindy Burgos Can you tell me […]

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Charter Advocacy Day

On Tuesday, February 6th, Inwood Academy for Leadership joined hundreds of families in Albany to advocate for our school and celebrate 20 years of positive changes in public education. The New York City Charter School Center and the Northeast Charter Schools Network co-sponsors this annual event and  Inwood Academy has participated for 3 consecutive years. […]

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After-school at Inwood Academy

Inwood Academy for Leadership views after-school enrichment as an opportunity for experiential learning, character building and overall academic improvement. Thanks to community partners such as Play Study Win, the school can offer a breadth of recreational activities.

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Our Values

Inwood Academy believes fostering five main character traits contributes to well-rounded individuals who care, give back, and lead.

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