High School of Telecommunication Arts & Technology

Fostering Growth Mindset and Lifelong Learning Together

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Incoming Students 2025

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Course Offerings & Curriculum

AT HSTAT, our goal is not just to support students on their path to graduation but also to prepare them for the journey they will take after graduating. As a result, all of our students must meet the minimum New York State requirements for graduation. Once they have met those requirements, we encourage our students to take the most rigorous classes available to them. We offer many accelerated courses through our Advanced Placement and College Now programs, as well as many interesting elective courses in all disciplines.

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Our Core Values

We offer a continuum of services to meet the needs of all of our students and cultivate a culture of understanding and acceptance. Those services include but are not limited to, ICT, SETSS, special class, counseling, speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and hearing. We are also home to a Nest program that serves our students with ASD. Through the Nest program, our students with ASD have access to all school services and activities in our safe and nurturing environment. Students are provided with a rigorous curriculum that pushes them to be more independent and to advocate for themselves. Staff members collaborate to set attainable goals for individual students. They also strive to model this behavior so that our ASD students collaborate with their peers. We provide a flexible program so that individual needs are met. We strive to integrate the students into the school community in as many areas as possible. We encourage all to participate in extracurricular activities. Our hope is that our ASD students will soon be able to leave their “nest” and become successful members of the community.

Vision

At the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology we adhere to a few core values: students are encouraged to continually challenge themselves; all members of our community work collaboratively to model a growth mindset and to be accountable for fostering genuine respect, confidence, and the ongoing pursuit of knowledge; we are lifelong learners who build communities and encourage each other to be our personal best; our work is to prepare students to be curious, independent learners and critical thinkers who question and investigate so that they are equipped to address both local and global challenges; and to always be kind, be kind, be kind.

Mission

These principles guide us to work together to create a school that will help our diverse community grow into adults who care about their world. The HSTAT magic lies in our regular reflection and commitment to adjusting what we do to meet the needs of our young people by searching for new ways to become a better school. Our commitment to equity, and a culture of self-reflection has led us to strengthen and further develop our programs, curriculum, and systems for support. Our 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade Small Learning Communities (Initiatives) promote academic and social growth through global-minded coursework and high expectations. Early community building programs for our incoming 9th grade ensure that each of our students starts high school surefooted. Through the work of extraordinary staff and peer-to-peer support, we differentiate for our diverse population by meeting our students’ individual needs and focusing on college and career access for all. We support students on the road to college and beyond by addressing the needs of the whole child: an unbeatable teaching, guidance, and administrative team; dedicated support staff; committed families; three College Advisors; staff assigned to grade-level Academic Advisement; exciting academic programs; an array of extracurricular activities; senior mentors; and a community-minded ethic ensure that our many initiatives thrive. At HSTAT, we all do our part to enrich our students’ lives by prioritizing student voice, student choice, and student collaboration..

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