Student Life





Student Essentials

Take up to 20 classes per school year towards your diploma and explore the following

Career Exploration

Work Readiness

PM School

Theater Club

AP Classes

College Readiness


Tournament Card Playing Club

Paid Internships 

Blended learning model

Basketball tournaments

Monthly incentive trips

and much more!

Student Voice 

The IDP Podcast Network on Spotify

Deep conversations between students and students, and students and IDP adults about life, and the path to success at IDP and beyond. 

IP-PureCreativeArts Music Vide Collaboration 

Cake - a music video, starring IDP students and our own poetry  inspired by IDP student poetry. 

Personal Competencies - Poster Project

Personal Competencies Meme Project

We are bringing our Personal Competency Rubric to life through a student-generated poster-making project. Our first activity was for students to analyze, give feedback, or create new posters.  The results are posted above, and have been printed and posted in the halls and classrooms of IDP!


Featured Work: I'M AFRAID, I'M NEXT: Gun Control in America 

Students in Ms. Cherry and Ms. Patryzkont's Participation in Government class researched gun laws, the uniquely troubling history of gun violence in the U.S. through analysis of articles and documentary videos. 

They developed their positions on the subject through writing and reflection and, with collaboration from The Media Spot, adapted their writing into a series of productions using online media editing programs to mash-up images, text, music, video, and person-on-the-street interviews.  Those pieces, including original "bop poems" workshopped with Truthworker Theater Co.  and behind-the-scenes footage of their project-based learning process resulted in this thought-provoking film that showcases the range of perspectives that an IDP class can bring to the table. 

Graduation June 2021

Featured Work: Enforced Out

A student produced documentary about the impact of policing practices related to gentrification on the communities in which our students live. Produced in collaboration with our students, ELA teachers, The Educational Video Center, and The Media Spot - with an emphasis on using digital media and technology and media literacy education to activate student voice through authentic, project-based learning.  Also see it's sister work Is Justice an Anomly on our Vimeo channel.

Enforced Out was broadcast by the Manhattan Neighborhood Network in August of 2017.