| Looking for a high school for your child that | | | | exam is given in December of the school year prior to |
| concentrates on preparing for higher academics? The | | | | attending. The special exam concentrates on |
| New York City schools have five such high schools.If | | | | mathematics and reading comprehension. Exam |
| you have a child now in elementary or middle school, | | | | results are received the following February. If you wish |
| live or plan to live in New York City, and you would like | | | | your child to take the rigorous New York City schools |
| to see your child excel in high school and college, begin | | | | exam for one of these specialized schools, begin |
| planning now for his or her enrollment in one of five | | | | preparing him or her in the early grades, ensuring that |
| specialized New York City schools.Three of these | | | | math, reading and science are learning priorities. Then, |
| New York City schools have been around for the | | | | the child should take a test prep course, such as the |
| better part of the last century. They are Peter | | | | Kaplan, before taking the exam, as well as checking |
| Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, | | | | out test review books from the New York City |
| and Brooklyn Technical. They also are the most | | | | schools. Thousands of students take the exam each |
| sought-after schools within the New York City schools | | | | year, but there are only a few spots open at each of |
| system.To enroll your child, a New York City schools | | | | the schools. |