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  East Harlem
Philadelphia
Queens
Astoria
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In the 2007-2008 school year, 90 single-gender public schools are in operation and roughly 350 other co-ed public schools offer single-gender classrooms for certain subjects.
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The following schools are part of the YWL Network's Girls' Schools: two graduates

  • The Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem
  • The Young Women’ Leadership School at Rhodes (Philadelphia)
  • The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens
  • The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria
  • The Young Women’s Leadership School of Brooklyn

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YWL Network Schools serve a diverse population of 1,746 economically disadvantaged girls between the ages of 12 and 18 at five schools in New York City and Philadelphia. In the 2009-2010 school year our student demographics are:

56% Black
29% Hispanic
9% Asian
5% Caucasian
1% Other (Multi-Racial, Native American)

85% are economically disadvantaged and therefore eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Affiliate Schools

Maryland: Balitimore Leadershio School for Young Women (http://blsyw.org

Illinois: The Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago (http://www.ywlcs.org)  

Texas Foundation for the Education of Young Women: (http://www.feyw.org/feyw)

The Irma Rangel Leadership School – Dallas
The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders – Austin
San Antonio Leadership Academy
Lubbock School for Young Women Leaders



A College Dream Realized:
TYWLS graduates for the class of 2008 and 2009 are enrolled
in the following colleges and universities, to name a few:
Albertus Magnus College
Alfred State University
Barnard College
Bates College
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Cabrini College
Central Pennsylvania College
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
City College (CUNY)
Columbia University
Community College of Philadelphia
Dartmouth College
Dickinson College
Dominican College of Blauvelt
Fairfield University
Farleigh Dickinson
Hampshire College
Hunter College (CUNY)
Ithaca College
Jonh Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)
La Salle University
Lackawanna College
Lehman College (CUNY)
Lynn University
Manhattanville College
Marymounth Manhattan College
Meredith College
Morrisville State College
Mount Saint Mary College
Pierce College
Purchase College
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Smith College
St. Bonaventure University
St. Lawrence University
State University of New York Albany
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Wesleyan University
Widener University
Williams College
York College (CUNY)

 











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