Summer 2026 Discovery Program Information
The NYC Department of Education will hold Discovery Programs at the eight testing Specialized High Schools in summer 2026. Summer Discovery programs are approximately three to five weeks long and provide opportunities for certain disadvantaged students who scored within a certain range on the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) during the 2025-2026 school year to attend a testing Specialized High School starting Fall 20256. Any student who scored a 495 or above is not eligible for the Discovery program.
Participation is through invitation only. Eligible students will only be considered for Discovery programs at the Specialized High School(s) they listed on their SHSAT registration. Only the students who received Discovery information in their offer letter in March 2026 can apply to a summer 2026 Discovery program. If your child has Discovery information in their SHSAT results section of their offer letter, then please follow the instructions in that letter to submit your child’s Discovery application to your child’s current school counselor. The deadline for families to submit to school staff is April 2, 2026.
If your child did not receive Discovery information in their offer letter in March 2026, then your child cannot apply to or participate in any summer 2026 Discovery program.
For students who submit a Discovery application and are confirmed to be eligible to participate, program information listed is below. Each student who submits a Discovery application, and is determined to be eligible, can only participate in the Discovery program listed on their Discovery application; students cannot switch to a different Discovery program.
| Discovery Program | Date(s) and Weekly Schedule | Class Information | Site Location | Program Completion Requirements | Program Contact |
| Brooklyn Technical High School (13K430) | 07/06 - 08/06 Monday - Thursday | English and Mathematics | George Westinghouse High School | 90% attendance, proficiency achieved in all courses, and recommendation by summer Discovery teachers | Cristina Santiago Campbell |
| The Bronx High School of Science (10X445) | 07/01 - 07/31 Monday - Friday | English, Math, and Student Leadership Skills | The Bronx High School of Science | 90% attendance rate and 90% successful completion of assignments | Colin Morrell |
| The Brooklyn Latin School (14K449) | 07/13 - 08/13 Monday - Thursday 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. | Humanities, Math and Latin | The Brooklyn Latin School, 223 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11206 | 90% attendance, active participation in classroom activities, pass with an 80% in all classes and recommended by summer Discovery teachers and staff. | Wenceslao Yee |
| High School of American Studies at Lehman College (10X696) | 07/06 - 07/29 Monday - Thursday 8:00 A.M- 11:15 P.M. | Classes in History, English, Math, Science, and Spanish | High School of American Studies at Lehman College | 90% attendance rate and 90% successful completion of assignments | Anna Paula Trebo Fiore |
| High School for Math, Science, and Engineering at City College (HSMSE) (05M692) | 07/01 - 08/06 Monday - Friday 7:30 A.M. breakfast 8:00 A.M. -1:30 P.M. | English and Mathematics | A. Philip Randolph Campus High School: 443 W 135th St, New York, NY 10031 | 90% attendance rate and 90% successful completion of assignments | Ryan Barley or Sean Dolcy |
| Queens High School for the Sciences at York College (28Q687) | 06/29 - 07/23 Monday - Friday
| | Queens High School for the Sciences | Classwork, participation and assessments demonstrate proficiency in ELA and math homework completed daily | Debbie Miketta |
| Staten Island Technical High School (31R605) | 07/01 - 07/30 Monday - Thursday 08:30 A.M.-12:00 P.M. | Algebra and Geometry, ELA, Russian Intro, Study Skills, SEL Workshops | Staten Island Tech High School | 90% attendance rate and 90% completion of assignments | John Davis or Alexis Kirschbaum |
| Stuyvesant High School (02M475) | 07/07 - 08/07 Monday - Thursday 9:00 A.M.-1:30 P.M. | Classes in Math, Humanities, and Science | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) High School | 90% Attendance Rate
90% Completion of Assignments | Jennifer Suri |
Discovery Program Eligibility
To be eligible for Discovery:
- Students must attend a high-poverty public school or live in a high-poverty area if the student attends a non-public school or is homeschooled:
- Public school students (including district schools and charter schools) must attend a school whose Economic Need Index (ENI) is 60% or higher. Read more about the ENI on page 4 of Diversity in New York City Public Schools. To see each public school’s ENI percentage, visit School Performance Dashboard (includes district schools and charter schools).
- Students who currently attend a non-public school (private or parochial school) or are currently homeschooled must live in a high-poverty area. A high-poverty area is one where, per the US Census’s most recent American Community Survey, at least 60% of families in the student’s home census tract live below the poverty line. For further information, please visit, data.census.gov.
- Students must be certified as disadvantaged, which means that they must attend a high-poverty public school (see details above) or live in a high-poverty area (see details above) and meet at least one of the following requirements:
- The family receives assistance from the Human Resources Administration (welfare or SNAP benefits).
- The child is in foster care, is a ward of the state, or is a Student in Temporary Housing as defined by McKinney-Vento.
- The child is an English Language Learner or a former English Language Learner within the previous two (2) school years and enrolled in a DOE school for the first time within the last four years.
- The family earns less than or equal to the reduced-price lunch income threshold (based on household size) in the USDA Food and Nutrition Service Income Eligibility Guidelines.