KIPP Infinity
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Overview
Opened: Summer 2005
Grades: 5-8
Number of Students: 282
Student Demographics:
99% African American or Hispanic
85% Qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch
In July 2005, a team of six teachers founded KIPP Infinity Charter School with 88 fifth graders from Washington Heights, West Harlem, and the South Bronx. In 2008-09, KIPP Infinity grew to full size (grades 5-8) with 285 students and was the number one public school in New York City, as determined by the NYC Department of Education Annual Progress Reports.
KIPP Infinity students continue to have great academic success. On the 2008-09 New York State exams, 100% of 8th graders scored proficient in math and 97% scored proficient in ELA. In addition, KIPP Infinity offers a wide arrange of enrichment activities including dance, band, journalism, chorus, flag football, basketball, volleyball, and cross country, providing an opportunity for students to develop new skills and interests and to build character strengths that benefit them in their core academic classes and their lives outside the classroom.
Ten students from KIPP Infinity participated in the Graham Windam Beacon summer camp 2010 to help create the Our Green Harlem map.
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