East Harlem Tutorial Program, Scholars Academy High School
The design of the new Scholars Academy High School embodies the East Harlem Tutorial Program’s (EHTP) vision, fostering a strong institutional and community identity that inspires students on their paths to higher education.
EHTP is dedicated to serving the community by hosting cultural and neighborhood events. To create a genuine community hub, the design includes spaces that feel inclusive and welcoming to students, faculty, and community members. Elements like the building's transparent design and lobby mural by local artist Manny Vega reinforce its connection to the surrounding neighborhood and invite engagement from all.
Ennead aims to create an environment that reflects the spirit of the community and uplifts East Harlem Tutorial Program’s mission of providing a distinct, higher-education atmosphere for its students. By engaging with families, students, and community members, we ensured that their voices were heard, resulting in a school that allows students to dream big, feel confident, and continue their educational journey. As the first new public high school opening in this community in over 60 years, we hope this serves as a model for future public schools throughout the city for years to come.
EHTP offers a state-of-the-art facility designed to immerse students in a collegiate environment, easing their transition into higher education. The architecture features diverse break-out and small-group study areas, fostering collaborative learning. At the heart of the building is the Post-Secondary Access center, a welcoming suite where students can explore educational opportunities and receive college counseling. This new building equips the high school with versatile spaces that support a dynamic academic schedule, ensuring students are well-prepared for their future academic pursuits.
We are honored to partner with East Harlem Tutorial Program to expand their successful educational model to a newly designed location that will propel the future generation to success. Ennead’s design approach to K-12 institutions focuses on creating dynamic spaces that engender collaborative learning, support a range of teaching modalities, and facilitate intellectual curiosity and flexibility that improve the student outcomes, making it easy to integrate our expertise with EHTP’s similar mission.
The Scholars Academy High School features specialized classrooms for art and music, as well as fully equipped biology, chemistry, and physics labs. The lower levels of the building house shared spaces, including a gymnasium, a black box theater, and a cafeteria with a landscaped terrace. These adaptable spaces support EHTP’s diverse after-school programs, and the EHTP College Scholars Program, and serve as venues for community events, providing flexibility to accommodate various schedules and activities.
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Location
- New York, NY
- Size
- 70,000 sqf
- Program
- Entry plaza, entrance lobby, regulation-grade basketball gym, black box theater, classrooms, art, music, and science rooms, college access lounge, faculty and admin meeting rooms, cafeteria, kitchen, breakout spaces, nurse station, landscaped terrace
Team
- Design Partner
- Stephen PD Chu
- Management Partner
- Molly McGowan
Team
- Ennead Design Team
- Minh Tran, Alfonso Gorini, Darla Elsbernd, David Monnar, Eunsuk Bae, Gary Anderson, Janice Leong, Jae Ryong Oh, Jenn Sandoval, Luccas Dias, Laura Edwards Christovich, Motomu Sakakibara, Marcus Miller, Megan Miller, Patrick O'Neill, Ryan Carlisle, Sang Hyun Lee, Yong Roh
- Photography/Videography
- Aislinn Weidele