About Us

Mission Statement

To prepare for college and life, Bronx Lab School students engage in meaningful and contextual academic work, participate in a nurturing community, explore their passions, and learn to value effort as a means to success.

To achieve this mission, the school provides a rigorous, liberal arts, college preparatory experience. Students at Bronx Lab are taught by dedicated educators whose work ethic and philosophy represent the core values of the school community: an unwavering commitment to rigor and high academic standards; experiential and varied instruction; working to improve the community; democratic values; intense, project-based academic work; inquiry-based learning, differentiated lesson planning; and daily small-group advisories.

  • Four students standing at the steps of a building
  • Student sitting with a member of the administration in the library
  • Students sitting around an animal poaching exhibit

Bronx Lab 5

The BLS5 help students, families and staff build a successful community. We use these 5 simple ideas to guide our words and our actions. By using them we create a common language of respect, accountability, preparedness, risk taking and support.

  1. Be Prepared
  2. Be Respectful
  3. Be Accountable
  4. Challenge Yourself
  5. Support your Community

Our Community

  • Students wearing colorful Bronx Lab t-shirts stand on the lawn
  • Students play tug-of-war with their teachers
  • Students holding skateboards speak on stage
  • Student triumphantly holds up his skateboard on stage
  • Three students pose on the ice skating rink
  • Two students watch out for each other as they skate side by side

A Word from one of our Assistant Principals