College Now

Contact Us

Room : E-Building, E-115
Phone : (718) 482-5409
collegenow@lagcc.cuny.edu

 

Welcome

College Now is CUNY’s largest school-college partnership with the New York City DOE. College Now is a dual enrollment program embedded in 18 CUNY colleges and over 400 NYC high schools and enrolling over 20,000 students annually. The program offers NYC public high school students both transferable college credit courses which are aligned with first year study at CUNY, and pre-college courses and activities designed to increase academic readiness for college and promote knowledge and awareness of the college-going process.

LaGuardia’s College Now program seeks to facilitate the high school-college transition by preparing high school students to meet CUNY benchmarks and to be academically successful and socially integrated in college. Most of our classes are held at our partner high schools. We also offer college classes on campus through our Campus Cohort program. Students who earn a minimum of two B’s in College Now courses are permitted to take regular LaGuardia courses through our College Connection program.

Please complete the fillable PDF application form by Friday, May 24th and submit it to the College Now Coordinator at your high school.

Campus Events

Every semester, College Now students have the opportunity to spend a day at LaGuardia. The morning workshop focuses on various topics such as social justice, and majors and careers in different academic disciplines. After lunch, there is a college tour, a library session, presentation by special programs and a visit to the ID office.

The Arlene Kahn Scholarship

The Arlene Kahn Scholarship is open to students graduating high school who have completed at least one credit-bearing course through LaGuardia’s COLLEGE NOW or COLLEGE CONNECTION program, and who have chosen to begin attending LaGuardia Community College in the Fall.

The Arlene Kahn Scholarship was established in January 2006, in memory of College Now’s devoted director. Dr. Kahn advocated tirelessly for students and sought to infuse all their learning experiences with reading and writing instruction in order to prepare them for the demands of academic life.


Documents Needed:

  • Completed application
  • Official academic transcript
  • Letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor or advisor
  • Typed essay on your College Now experience and your decision to attend LaGuardia Community College

LaGuardia’s College Now Program is partnered with numerous high schools in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan.

You may contact the College Now Program at 718-482-5409 or collegenow@lagcc.cuny.edu for the most recent information on partnerships or if interested in becoming a partner school.

Partner High SchoolCollege Now Coordinator Contact
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN STUDIESJames Randle
(929) 487-1910
ACADEMY OF FINANCE & ENTERPRISEJessica Herrera
(718) 389-3623
AVIATIONElizabeth Kim
(718) 361-2032
BROOKLYN INTERNATIONALLilian Ghali
(718) 643-9315
BROOKLYN LAB SCHOOLDahlia Donaldson
(718) 235-3592
EAST-WEST SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIESKristina Golden
(718) 353-0009
FLUSHINGThomas Carlomusto
(718) 888-7500
FOREST HILLSCarrie Sanchez
(718) 268-3137
FRANK SINATRAJacqueline Pridgen
(718) 361-9920
GROVER CLEVELANDPatrizia Crino
(718) 381-9600
HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARTS AND BUSINESSEvelyn Acosta
(718) 271-8383
HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS & HUMAN SERVICESLaura (Isabella) Robertson
(212) 780-9175
HIGH SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATIONRosa Tavarez
(718) 389-3163
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYLaura Soriano
(718) 937-4270
JAMAICA GATEWAY TO THE SCIENCESLauren Rosen
(718) 480-2689
LEGACYAmanda Mak
(212) 223-5055
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOLGregory Levine
(718) 545-7095
MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT & DAYJi-Myung Nam
(212) 353-2010
MULTICULTURALMabel Martinez
(718) 827-2796
NEWCOMERSKevin Jackson
(718) 937-6005
NEWTOWNMadeline Gonzalez
(718) 595-8400
PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONALShirley Torres
(718) 271-3602
PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION, JAMAICACatherine Grechkosey
(718) 739-2100
QUEENS COLLEGIATEAvernell Mitchell
(718) 658-4016
QUEENS METROPOLITANAndrew Katzman
(718) 286-3600
QUEENS METROPOLITANKatherine Stalford
(718) 286-3600
QUEENS TECHNICALAnna Karabelas
(718) 937-3010
ROBERT F. WAGNERLiz Madans
(718) 472-5671
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOODMark Ossenheimer
(212) 962-4341
WILLIAM C. BRYANTJonathan Young
(718) 721-5404
YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, ASTORIAAlexandra Gialaboukis
(718) 267-2839
ACADEMY FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGSuzanne Zeitlin-Mellor
(212) 253-3291
BUSHWICK LEADERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCEGiselle Ramirez
(347) 378-0498
CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLJennifer Moreno
(212) 925-1080
CHELSEA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLAyana Dixon
THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGYYashica Bailey
(718) 387-2800
THE HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIESTafari Powis
(212) 255-1235
THE HIGH SCHOOL OF FASHION INDUSTRIESJessica Weiss
VIRTUAL INNOVATORS ACADEMYGayathri Iyer
Please refer to the Campus Services page for current hours.
Name/Title Phone Room
Tyleah Castillo, MBA
Director
(718) 482-6056 E115P
Leslie A. Bialecki, MSW
Coordinator
(718) 482-5366 E115N
Marisol Lisboa, B.S.
Recruiter
(718) 482-8718 E115L
Mario Pena, B.S.
Data Manager
(718) 482-5636 E115D
Jacqueline Liriano, A.A.S
Office Manager
(718) 482-5409 E115C
Elizabeth Frederickson
College Assistant
(718) 482-5409 E115
Roxana Contreras
College Assistant
(718) 482-5409 E115
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