The Bronx Lab School is a small, public high school in New York City.  The mission of the school is to provide a rigorous academic program designed to prepare students for college and life.  Bronx Lab students engage in meaningful and contextual academic work, participate in a nurturing community, explore their passions, and learn to value effort as a means to success. 

A critical aspect of Bronx Lab’s mission is to provide constructive and challenging learning environments, and to expand students’ breadth of experience through various after-school and summer programs.  Bronx Lab programs include backpacking trips on the Appalachian Trail as part of the incoming student orientation process, programs in environmental studies, fine arts, community service opportunities, and overseas summer travel.  Past trips have included post-Katrina rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, cultural/environmental trips to Ecuador and Shanghai, China, and trail maintenance in partnership with the Appalachian Mountain Club of New York/New Jersey. 

Bronx Lab also currently offers over a dozen after school programs.  Classes include martial arts, healthy cooking, knitting, academic decathlon, an outdoor club, circus (in partnership with the Big Apple Circus of New York), urban dance, Latin dance, jazz band, and drama.  Bronx Lab has partnerships with the Hotchkiss School, the Lawrenceville School, the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Youth Opportunities Program and the Sierra Club’s Building Bridges campaign.