Humanities • HUM II – United Charter Schools

Humanities • HUM II

South Bronx

Humanities II (HUM II) is a public charter school located on the Jane Addams campus in the Bronx. As a community of students, staff and families and students explore pathways for college and career readiness.

We want all students to be successful regardless of their previous academic history, by providing a high quality education connected to three core values: rigor, respect and responsibility.
Our school focuses on developing students to read, write, and think critically. We want our scholars to be good humans–knowing they have agency to change the world.

Where We Are

We are located in the South Bronx on the Jane Addams campus. We are located at 900 Tinton Avenue, Bronx, NY 10456.

Our Approach

All of our courses emphasize reading, writing, and thinking critically. Students have opportunities to seek answers to important questions and apply what they learn to real-life situations, reflecting our commitment to culturally responsive-sustaining pedagogy.

Our Philosophy and Values

We believe that all students have the ability to achieve with the right support. At HUM II, we have support in all classes for reading support and specialized classes for students with exceptional learning needs through coteaching and reading intervention.
We believe that critical thinking gives our students a workforce advantage.
We embrace multilingual members of our community with open arms and hope to develop language in all of our students.
The arts are an integral part of a scholar’s education at HUM II. We offer visual arts, performing arts and dance.
HUM II ensures that students graduate with the ability to have a choice to pursue a career. We support students to find a post secondary plan through coherent learning experiences.

Our Results

HUM II offers a variety of challenging courses and intervention programs to meet our scholars’ evolving needs. Your child will be supported and “encouraged academically”; “nurtured socially” and exposed to innovative technology, rich cultural experiences and leadership development. Our priority is to ensure that all Humanities II scholars have a college and career plan and will be able to use their acquired habits and skills to persevere in their postsecondary pathways. At HUM II our scholars are college bound and proud! Preparing Humanities II scholars academically for college means that we engage them in authentic learning tasks where they use their critical thinking skills to discover, analyze and help solve real-world issues. To this end, literacy development is a foundational feature of our academic program. Upon graduation HUM II scholars will be equipped with the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills they will need for college and their careers.

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How Do I Apply?

We are currently accepting applications for the waitlist. If you missed the April 3rd lottery deadline, you can still submit an application! We accept students on a rolling basis and many students from the waiting list do enroll.

What’s next after I apply?

You will receive an email or letter confirming that we’ve received your application. If a seat becomes available, you will be contacted to come in for registration. However, you can always call us to see where you are on the waitlist.

Annual Report

Leadership Team

David W. Neagley
Principal

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In the News

Assembly Member Chantel Jackson Visits HUM II Journalists

United Charter High School Humanities II (HUM II) welcomed New York State Assembly Member Chantel Jackson for a sit-down interview with reporters from the high school newspaper, The Knightly News.