The Academy of American Studies is a selective public high school in Long Island City, Queens, New York, which was founded in 1996 by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History With roughly 700 students according to Insideschools.org, this is one of the smallest high schools in New York City. Located just east of Manhattan and at the very tip of Queens, this school normally attracts students from either of these two boroughs. This school is not to be confused with the High School of American Studies at Lehman College, a specialized high school in the Bronx. Though both are similar in curriculum, the selection processes vary greatly. The Academy of American Studies does not select teachers based on seniority, instead choosing to have teachers from the respective departments interview prospective teachers.
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