Amazon Future Engineer: Program funding Computer Science courses in over 130 New York City High Schools
Amazon this week announced that more than 130 high schools in New York City will start providing computer science courses, supported by Amazon Future Engineer, an initiative aimed at making computer science available to children in underrepresented and under-served communities. The more than 130 schools are located throughout all five New York City boroughs, including more than 30 in Queens, where the company plans to open one of its new headquarters.
With Amazon Future Engineer’s funding, the selected New York City high schools will offer Intro to Computer Science and Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science classes through the New York-based curriculum provider, Edhesive. Amazon’s funding provides preparatory lessons, tutorials, and professional development for teachers, fully sequenced and paced digital curriculum for students, and live online support every day of the week for both teachers and students. These full-year courses are designed to inspire students and develop their understanding of technology and coding so that someday they might be interested in pursuing a professional career in the fast-growing field of computer science.
All students participating in this program will receive a free membership to AWS Educate which provides them with free access to computing power in the AWS Cloud for their coding projects and content to learn about cloud computing.
“The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens is ecstatic to collaborate with Amazon on this great opportunity,” said George Diaz, Assistant Principal at The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens. “Our young women will expand on their computer science knowledge and the skills that are so important and valuable in today’s economy. Amazon is helping fill a major gap in our curriculum that will help young people acquire the skills to build rewarding careers, while boosting prospects for our local community overall.”
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available and only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for those jobs. Computer science is the fastest growing profession within the Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) field, but only 8% of STEM graduates earn a computer science degree, with a tiny minority from underprivileged backgrounds. And, students from underprivileged backgrounds are 8 to 10 times more likely to pursue college degrees in computer science if they have taken AP computer science in high school.
“We want to help make sure more children across New York City gain the coding skills necessary to have successful careers in many fields,” said Jeff Wilke, CEO Worldwide Consumer, Amazon. “We are excited that Amazon Future Engineer will immediately impact more than 130 schools and thousands of students who do not currently have access to computer science education. We will continue to invest in bringing these classes to more schools in New York City and across the U.S.”
Amazon Future Engineer is a comprehensive childhood-to-career program intended to inspire, educate, and train children and young adults from under-served and low-income communities across the country to pursue careers in the fast-growing field of computer science. Amazon Future Engineer aims to inspire more than 10 million kids each year to explore computer science, help over 100,000 young people in 2,000 high schools in lower income communities take Introductory or Advanced Placement (AP) courses in computer science, and provide 100 students from underrepresented communities with four-year $10,000 scholarships as well as guaranteed internships to gain work experience.
The list of New York City high schools is indicated below:
| Abraham Lincoln High School |
| Academy for Careers In Television And Film |
| Academy for Conservation And The Environment |
| Academy for Software Engineering |
| Academy for Young Writers |
| Academy of Finance and Enterprise |
| Academy of Urban Planning |
| Al-Ihsan Academy |
| Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy |
| Archbishop Molloy High School |
| Baruch College Campus High School |
| Beacon High School |
| Bedford Academy High School |
| Beth Rivka High School |
| Bronx Academy for Software Engineering (Base) |
| Bronx Community High School |
| Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts |
| Bronx High School of Science |
| Bronx International High School |
| Brooklyn High School for Law And Technology |
| Brooklyn High School of the Arts |
| Brooklyn Lab School |
| Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School |
| Brooklyn Prospect Charter School |
| Bushwick School for Social Justice |
| Calhoun School |
| City College Academy of the Arts |
| Clara Barton High School |
| College of Staten Island High School for International Studies |
| Collegiate Institute for Math and Science |
| Columbia Secondary School |
| Curtis High School |
| Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School |
| Dominican Academy |
| Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School |
| Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem |
| East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School |
| East Williamsburg Scholars Academy |
| East-West School of International Studies |
| Edward R. Murrow High School |
| El Puente Academy for Peace And Justice |
| Energy Tech High School |
| Epic High School North |
| Evangel Christian School |
| Excelsior Preparatory High School |
| Francis Lewis High School |
| Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School |
| George Westinghouse High School |
| Gotham Collaborative High School |
| Grover Cleveland High School |
| High School for Law & Public Service |
| High School for Leadership & Public Service |
| High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow |
| High School of Arts and Technology |
| High School of Enterprise Business & Technology |
| Independence High School |
| Information Technology High School |
| International High School at Prospect Heights |
| International School for Liberal Arts |
| Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies |
| Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis High School |
| James Madison High School |
| John Bowne High School |
| Kappa International High School |
| Kingsbridge International High School |
| Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics |
| Manhattan High School for Girls |
| Martin Van Buren High School |
| Math Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School |
| Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School |
| Monsignor Scanlan High School |
| Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies |
| Mount St. Michael Academy |
| New Dorp High School |
| New Heights Academy Charter School |
| New Utrecht High School |
| New Visions Charter High School For Humanities II |
| New Visions Charter High School-Advanced Math/Science II |
| New Visions Charter High School-Advanced Math/Science III |
| New Visions Charter High School-Advanced Math/Science IV |
| Newtown High School |
| Northside Charter High School |
| NYC Charter High School – Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industries |
| NYC Museum School |
| Pan American International High School at Monroe |
| Preston High School |
| Queens High School for Information Research and Technology |
| Queens High School for the Sciences at York College |
| Queens Metropolitan High School |
| Queens School of Inquiry |
| Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School |
| Richard R. Green High School of Teaching |
| Richmond Hill High School |
| Robert F. Kennedy Community High School |
| Robert F. Wagner Secondary School for Arts and Technology |
| Saint Catharine Academy |
| Science Skills Center High School |
| St. Agnes Academic School |
| St. Barnabas High School |
| St. Demetrios School |
| St. Johns Preparatory School |
| St. Joseph High School |
| St. Joseph Hill Academy High School |
| St. Raymond High School for Boys |
| Summit Academy Charter School |
| Sunset Park High School |
| Susan E. Wagner High School |
| Teachers Preparatory High School |
| The Brooklyn Academy of Global Finance |
| The Cathedral School |
| The Clinton School |
| The Laboratory School of Finance and Technology |
| The Mary Louis Academy |
| The Renaissance Charter School |
| The Scholars’ Academy |
| The School for Human Rights |
| The Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters |
| The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria |
| The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens |
| Theatre Arts Production Company School |
| Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School |
| Townsend Harris High School |
| University Neighborhood High School |
| Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women |
| Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science |
| Veritas Academy |
| William Cullen Bryant High School |
| World Journalism Preparatory: A College Board School |
| Xaverian High School |
| Xavier |
| YABC at Stevenson |
| Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School |
Amazon Future Engineer is still accepting applications from schools for the high school piece of the program, in addition to the K-8, scholarship, and internship stages. Those interested in applying can do so at www.amazonfutureengineer.com.
(Source: Amazon)
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