High School Placement Program | International School of Brooklyn

Advocates for Our Students' Future

ISB recognizes the critical role of high school placement support and provides a variety of resources to help its Middle School students and families navigate this complex process.

8th Grade families work closely with ISB’s High School Placement Coordinator and the Director of Middle School during the high school application and placement process. Our multi-year program allows the Director of Middle School and the High School Placement Coordinator to help families find the best match between our students and high schools.

ISB students apply to a broad range of high schools, including independent day schools, schools with religious affiliations, public schools, specialized public schools, and boarding schools.

Because of their strong academic backgrounds, critical thinking skills, creativity, and compassion, ISB graduates are highly sought after by high schools.

Students from our last four graduating classes ('19, '20, '21, '22) currently attend the following high schools in New York City:
Avenues: The World School
Academy of American Studies
Academy of Finance and Enterprise
Bard High School Early College Queens
Bay Ridge Prep
The Beacon School
The Berkeley Carroll School
Benjamin Banneker Academy
The Boerum Hill School for International Studies
Brooklyn College Academy
Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn Latin School
Brooklyn Technical High School
The Clinton School
Columbia Secondary School
The Dalton School
Edward R. Murrow High School
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
Friends Seminary
Grace Church School
The Harvey School
The Hewitt School
High School of Art and Design
The High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School
The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences
LREI - Elisabeth Irwin High School
Midwood High School
Notre Dame School of Manhattan
NYC iSchool
Packer Collegiate Institute
Poly Prep Country Day School
Rudolf Steiner School
Saint Ann’s School
Stuyvesant High School
Townsend Harris High School
The United Nations International School

Extra, Extra – Read All About It!

NEWS UPDATE December 21, 2021

Students approached Middle School English Language and Literature Teacher Katie Rogers with an idea to create a new addition to the Middle School club's roster – the Newspaper Club! The club has been gaining momentum throughout the fall, with students and staff eager to read each new issue of ISB’s first completely student-run newspaper, the ISB Times. With a team spirit and a collaborative mindset, students have been reporting, interviewing, and researching on a wide range of topics for each issue published. “We are here to educate, spread the word on different topics, and have fun,” shares Club Co-leader Valentina. “We take suggestions and ideas because we are a community that's here to help and have fun. We add different columns, and let people write about a vast amount of different topics they want to write about, while still keeping journalistic integrity.”

What to Read Aloud to Your Middle Schooler

NEWS UPDATE December 10, 2021

One of my favorite activities in the winter months is curling up under a blanket and reading with my kids. But the past couple years, I found myself reading less with my oldest child who is now in 6th Grade. At first, I celebrated this independence; I was proud, seeing the familiar pull of literature’s tug take hold. Soon he was devouring an entire series, and now he’s in the thrall of The Keeper of Lost Cities—another epic tale currently running nine volumes. Sometimes he asks me to read to him, but it’s hard to truly enjoy these books when I’m joining him seven volumes in and unfamiliar with the characters and the plot twists. I miss the excitement of reading something new and really good together.

Dr. Debbie Reese Discusses Misrepresentation of Native Americans in Literature with the 8th Graders

NEWS UPDATE January 29, 2021

Throughout the year in their Individuals and Societies class, 8th Graders are examining the history of the United States from the "discovery" of America by Christopher Colombus through the Civil Rights Movement. Individuals and Societies Teacher Guillaume Roper-Sirvent and Librarians Maria Falgoust and Eli Hetko invited Dr. Debbie Reese, a scholar, and educator from the Nambé Owingeh nation, to come and speak with the entire 8th Grade to deepen students’ awareness of how Native Americans are way too often not taken into consideration in most historical, as well as fictional, books.

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