History
The Community Church began offering Pre-School classes in 1974. Summer School classes were added in 1985 and aimed at parents who wanted their children to have extra academic preparation during summer vacations. An After School program was started in 1998 with the goal of helping children with homework and providing low-cost tutoring. The organization also opened private Kindergarten classes in the same year.
In 2002, with the opening of a New York City public school on the same street, 82nd Street Academics discontinued the private Kindergarten classes and became a community-based Universal Pre-Kindergarten provider under a contract with the Department of Education.
A year later, the school was incorporated separately from the church as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and the various programs were united under the guiding mission of helping students take "early steps to college" through early academic foundations.
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