Administrators from John F. Kennedy High School and Dewitt Clinton High School can grant permissionto their own students to study advanced subjects at Lehman. If you do not attend one of these two high schools, you will have to contact the appropriate academic department at Lehman for clearance. You can also email the staff. CUNY's John Jay College operates a special program, called Ascent, for promising high school students. S-PREP, offered by Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, is designed for minority and economically disadvantaged high school students who are residents of New York and interested in a career in medicine or allied health.
Students enroll in enrichment science classses, attend workshops, and receive career counseling.
The program runs every Saturday from October to May. Applications for the next academic year are available in April. Applications are due in the spring of the junior year. The River Project offers opportunities for student interns to become directly involved in the protection of urban wildlife and habitat. With the help of partnering agencies, interns will gather data, and then compile and disseminate knowledge through schools and community boards.