Academic Excellence
Rooted in Catholic Moral Values
As one of the leading Catholic high schools in New York City, La Salle Academy has some amazing students with equally impressive success stories.
Wilfredo Cueto, Class of 2016 Student Council president – who will soon be starting classes at New York University is an amazing young man with an extremely bright future ahead of him, and he is living proof of the impact and effectiveness of the La Salle Academy experience.
Wilfredo’s proud mother, Digna, wants the absolute best for her sons: a Catholic education focused on academic excellence and rooted in moral values. She found that and much more at La Salle. Following in Wilfredo’s footsteps is his brother Christian, now entering his junior year at La Salle.
Accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, La Salle Academy is one of the oldest Catholic high schools in New York City, serving young men for 168 years.
Rich in tradition, service to the community and dedicated to a higher ideal, La Salle offers a host of innovative programs, all with the goal of providing the kind of rigorous academic curriculum and focus needed to advance our students to the upper echelon of America’s finest colleges and universities:
• LA SALLE WORKS, our internship program, thrusts upperclassmen into real world work environments.
• LA SALLE IN THE CITY, an action-based learning program, uses sites around New York City and beyond as the classroom.
• LA SALLE READS, an intense summer reading program, encourages students to keep their skills sharp and expand their minds to earn handsome rewards.
• LA SALLE @2:30, features 35 different afterschool programs, all designed to provide mentoring and guidance in the critical areas of math, science and the language skills.
• LA SALLE Digital Learning advances the school’s integrated technology curriculum with an online distance learning program that increases our academic offerings, SMART Boards in every classroom and a tablet in the hands of every incoming freshmen thanks to a partnership with Microsoft Corp.
• LA SALLE Athletics has a rich history of storied sports teams that have won a host of city championships. Sports at La Salle include baseball, basketball, bowling, handball, soccer and track and field.
• LA SALLE Serves includes our Campus Ministry Office, which encourages spiritual growth and participation in the sacramental life of the Catholic Church through liturgy, community service and education.
• LA SALLE’S University Partnerships include multi-pronged STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) initiatives with one of the top universities in the city, The Cooper Union.
• LA SALLE’S Scholarships and Financial Aid. The high school strives to welcome all prospective students regardless of their families’ financial situation. La Salle has many tuition assistance options, and of the leading Catholic high schools in New York City, its among the most affordable.
La Salle Academy has a 98-percent graduation rate, a 98-percent college acceptance rate and 95 percent of graduates are college bound. Graduates average approximately $50,000 in scholarships and grants.
In 2016, La Salle welcomed its biggest freshmen class in years with a waiting list for the first time in nearly three decades!
The annual Open House for parents and potential students is scheduled on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. See first-hand why La Salle sets the standard for hope, promise, access and opportunity.
For more details on the open house, visit the website at lasalleacademy.org or call Anthony Chin, director of admissions at 212-475-8940, extension 240.
