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.

College Connection

College Connection is a spring-semester program offered through College Now that enables a small number of students to take regularly-scheduled courses on the LaGuardia campus.Students will have the opportunity to take classes with college students and interact with the faculty. While enrolled in a college course, students may use campus facilities such as the librarycomputer labstutoring center, & the gym.

This special opportunity enables students to choose from a wider selection of courses than is offered through College Now.

You are eligible for this program if you:

  • Have received a grade of B or better in at least two credit-bearing LaGuardia College Now courses
  • Meet the academic requirements for the course you choose to take

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 School Principal Name College Now Coordinator Contact
LEGACY Dr. Salvatore Ferrera Amanda Mak
212-223-5057
LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL Vivian Selenikas Gregory Levine
718-545-7095
MANHATTAN COMPREHENSIVE NIGHT & DAY Kris Erickson Ji-Myung Nam
212-353-2010
MULTICULTURAL Peter Ng-A-Fook Mabel Martinez
718-827-2796
NEWCOMERS Elizabeth Messmann Kevin Jackson
NEWTOWN John Ficalora Madeline Gonzalez
718-595-8400
PAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL Waleska Velez Shirley Torres
718-271-3602
PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION, JAMAICA Jeffrey Robbins Catherine Grechkosey
718-271-3602
QUEENS COLLEGIATE James Harrell Avernell Mitchell
718-658-4016
QUEENS METROPOLITAN Saida Rodriguez Tabone Katherine Stalford
718-286-3600
QUEENS TECHNICAL Louis Garcia Anna Karabelas
718-937-3010
ROBERT F. WAGNER Stephania Vu Liz Madans
718-472-5671
UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD Matthew Willie Angela Kowalsky
212-962-4341
WILLIAM C. BRYANT C. St. Aubain Jonathan Young
718-721-5404
YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, ASTORIA Allison Persaud Alexandra Gialaboukis
718-267-2839
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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