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Our Story
New Design High School (NDHS) is a small academic high school with a focus on design, located in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the Seward Park Campus. We are a college preparatory school that uses the concept of design to assist in meeting the holistic needs of adolescents, including the academic, intellectual, social, emotional and artistic sides of students.

NDHS integrates the idea, concept and process of design into a progressive, academic, high school curriculum, thereby offering a model of innovative and comprehensive education. The school community believes that design and the design process allow students to experience a more experiential form of inquiry-based education that is focused on understanding real world contexts, self-expression and problem solving. We believe that when students are engaged in the process of designing, they are learning to observe, seek problems, identify needs, frame problems, work collaboratively, explore and appreciate solutions, weigh alternatives, and communicate their ideas verbally, graphically and physically.

The design process also includes periods for self-assessment, critiques of works in progress, revisions and opportunities for reflection on the entire process. NDHS integrates all of its classes with the idea of design and the design process, as well as offer classes in design. NDHS currently has over 400 students in grades 9-12.

Learn more about New Design High School
· Read // [|Our Mission Statement] // · Download our // [|Developmental Overview (PDF)] // · Download our // [|Quality Review Report for 2006-2007 (PDF)] // · Download our // [|Quality Review Report for 2007-2008 (PDF)] // · Download our // [|Progress Report (2006-2007)] //

** Our Team **
Scott Conti Laurie Kardos Corey J. Willis Sarah Baltazar || // Principal // // Assistant Principal // // Director of Design // // Director of Culture // || ** Office Staff ** Morietta  Goggins Rosa Bourdon Sasha Silverman || // Parent Coordinator // // Secretary // // Attendance // || Danilo Martinez Jesse Pais Rachel Posner Tisha Tara || // Wellness Center // // Dean // // Director of PD // // College Guidance // || ** Counselors ** Clifford Cohen Katrina Whitman || // Mandated Counselor // // Mandated Counselor // || Michael Richman Philip Dituri Tad Dozono Dan Black Michelle Heller Maria Clausen || // Design // // English // // Math // // Social Studies // // Science // // Spanish // // Support // || Eric Lui Charles Keung || // Office Aid // // Classroom Aid // || Michael Richman Sara Primo Rachel Posner Jessica Westerman Avi Kline John Istel |||||| // 10th Grade / 12th Grade Journalism // // 9th Grade English / 11th Grade Latino Literature // // 9th Grade / 11th Grade // // 10th Grade / 12th Grade // // 9th Grade / 11th Grade // || Elvis Vasquez Robert Costelllo Jesse Johnson Cristina Amintat Thiam |||||| // 9th Grade Algebra / 11th Grade Geometry & Optimization // // 9th Grade Algebra I / 10th Grade Algebra II // // 10th Grade Algebra II / 12th Pre-Calculus // // 9th Grade Algebra / 10th Grade Algebra II // // 9th Grade Algebra / 11th Grade Geometry & Optimization // || Marc Sole Meghan Iguchi Theresa Stanley Ben Niles |||||| // 9th Grade Fundamentals of Science // // 10th Grade Living Environment/9th Grade Fundamentals of Science // // 10th Grade Living Environment/ //// 11th Grade Chemistry // // 11th Grade Chemistry/9th Grade Fundamentals of Science // // 12th Grade Psychology // || Jessica Stewart Jeremiah Rosenfals Michelle Walker Laura Rubin |||||| // 9th Grade History and Civilization / 12th Grade History // // 10th Grade Global Studies / 11th US History // // 9th Grade History / 10th Grade Global Studies // // 9th Grade History and Civilization / 11th US History // // 9th Grade History / 10th Grade Global Studies // || David Vranich Ben Rojas Julie Zenobi Brian Lentini |||||| // 12th Grade Design // // 9th Grade Design / 11th Grade Design // // 9th Grade Design // // 10th Grade Design // // 9th Grade Design / 11th Grade Design // || Michele Heller |||||| // Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish for Native Speakers // // Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III // || Erin Mack Maria Clausen Darren Chase |||||| // Collaborative Team Teacher // // Collaborative Team Teacher // // Collaborative Team Teacher, SETSS // // ESL Teacher // || Kate Artibe Professor Lampreia Palmer Taylor |||||| // Fitness and Health // // Stretching & Breathing // // Capoeira // // Aquatics // ||
 * ** Administration **
 * ** Support Staff **
 * ** Support Staff **
 * ** Department Facilitators ** || ** School Aides ** ||  ||
 * Corey Willis
 * Corey Willis
 * **__ Teaching Staff __** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ** English Department ** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Brett Burns
 * ** Mathematics ** ||||||  ||
 * Phil Dituri
 * Phil Dituri
 * ** Science ** ||||||  ||
 * David Rothauser
 * David Rothauser
 * ** Social Studies ** ||||||  ||
 * Tad Dozono
 * Tad Dozono
 * ** Design ** ||||||  ||
 * Corey Willis
 * Corey Willis
 * ** Spanish Department ** ||||||  ||
 * Kerry Lacerda
 * Kerry Lacerda
 * ** Student Support ** ||||||  ||
 * Andrew Thompson
 * Andrew Thompson
 * ** Physical Education/ Health ** ||
 * Ari Dolegowski
 * Ari Dolegowski

Alice Proujansky Norah Wolley Sam Sellers Mtume Grant Alejandro Duran Adia Whitaker |||||| // Program Director // // Photo Integration // // Stomp Theater // // Poetry // // Spoken Word / Music Production // // Video Production // // Dance Revolution // || Julia Grob |||||| // Executive Director / Boys Leadership Group // // Girls Leadership // ||
 * **__ Community Based Organizations Staff __** ||  ||
 * ** Working Playground ** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Natacha  Popovici
 * ** Community of Unity ** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Eric Komeroff
 * Eric Komeroff

**Our Partners**
|| // [|www.workingplayground.org] // || Open Road New York Make a Better Place || // www.communityofunity.org // // [|www.cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/physio/318/openrd.html] // // www.makeabetterplace.org // ||
 * **Lead Cultural Partner** ||  ||
 * Working Playground
 * **Community Based Partners** ||  ||
 * Community of Unity
 * **Corporate Friends** ||  ||
 * Gensler || // www.gensler.com // ||