Welcome to York Prep
At York Prep, we guide students to discover their unique path to academic, social, and personal success. Our holistic approach encourages students to explore what they love, develop a growth mindset, and build a strong foundation of academic skills and strategies that serve them for life.
Students are supported by a world-class team of educators, including teachers, learning specialists, counselors, coaches, and deans. With this team, students learn to navigate conflict with empathy, develop resilience, and adapt with confidence to an ever-changing environment.
Located in the heart of the Upper West Side, York Prep offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, with exceptional arts, robust athletics programs, and a faculty deeply committed to student growth. Here, students are empowered to look within to understand who they are, and to seek out opportunities to be thoughtful leaders, collaborative peers, and lifelong learners.
York Prep at a glance
728 ft.
To Central Park
350
Students
100%
College Matriculation
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Learning Specialists
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York asked, and you answered. As a Cognita school, York Prep conducts an annual survey, “Voice of the Student,” to analyze key results and trends in our student body. Our faculty evaluates that data annually to get a 360 view of trends, successes and any areas for improvement.
At our building-wide meeting, York Prep administrators & faculty teamed up to dive into the data. Together, we listen to our students so we can keep providing them York Prep’s world-class, life changing education.
Mr. Ward is the 9th Grade Dean, Chess Club Advisor, and creator of York Prep’s 9th grade advisory curriculum. We thank him for his commitment to our students and school community.🐾
Michelle Francisco (YP ’14) is a Lockheed Martin vulnerability engineer and a life-long learner. Her role is to calculate the likelihood of helicopters surviving threats and/or hostile environments.
She credits York Prep with her decision to become an engineer. Recalling a 9th grade field to the Intrepid Museum, Michelle says, “Once I laid eyes on the Lockheed A-12...it was over. Or rather the start of my academic and professional trajectory.” After graduating from York, Michelle went on to obtain a mechanical engineering technology degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2019.
Michelle offered some encouraging advice to any York student considering engineering: “It cracks me up when people think you need to be a math genius to become an engineer. While yes, you need to pass and understand the working principals of mathematics, it should not deter you from making the leap.”
We wish Michelle all the best in her tremendous endeavors. Go Panthers!🐾
