NEW BUILDING INFORMATION

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - May 25, 2022

  • Cutting the Red Ribbon
  • new gym hosting the ceremony
  • setting up the gym for the ceremony
  • Mr.Bassell speaks
  • Mr. Bassell and honored guested photo together
  • progam page 1
  • program page 2

Time Capsule Installation - May 13, 2022

  • time capsule plaque in in the lobby of the new building
  • time capsule cover
  • Mr. Bassell and artist and designer of the time capsule
  • Mr. Bassell
  • Artist Daniel who created the project for the new building
  • items in the time capsule
  • speakers in the Library
  • artist explains the process
  • installing the time capsule in the new buidling
  • before it is closed for 50 years
  • Mr. Bassell photo
  • artist and Bassell
  • program page 1
  • program page 2

First Day of the New Building

First Day of the New Building

  • First day of the new building
  • entrance of new building on the first day
  • Principal Bassell on the first day of the new building

New Building Virtual Tour

Description of New Building

 flyer describing the new building project 

Ground Breaking Ceremony- December 3rd 2018

flyer announcing the ground breaking ceremony 

Ground Breaking Ceremony - December 3, 2018

  • poster showing the design of the New building

    New Building 

  • This is an image of Beginning of construction for new building
  • This is an image of Student's speech regarding new building
  • City Council Member and parents at the ground breaking ceremony
  • City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer
  • Beginning of construction for new building
  • Students at the ground breaking ceremony for the new building
  • View of construction
  • New Building image
  • Students in front of bulldozer
  • This is an image of Speeches
  • Principal Bassell speaks at the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the new building
  • This is an image of the audience
  • This is another image of the audience
  • Principal Bassell's speech
  • This is an image of the audience interacting
  • This is an image of our overall audience
  • This is more images of the audience
  • Queens Borough President Melinda Katz speaks at Ground Breaking Ceremony
  • This is an image of more speeches
  • guest speakers waiting to speak to the audience
  • This is guest speaker State Senator Michael Giannaris
  • This is an image of Student Government Speech
  • This is an image of Community Digging
  • This is an image of Community Digging along with students
  • Student Speech
  • Speech given by PTA President
  • Chancellor's office representative speaks at the ground breaking ceremony
  • Speech given by State Senator and AAS alumni Jessica Ramos
  • SCA President speaks to the audience
  • City Councilmember Jimmy VanBramer speaks to the crowd at the ceremony
  • Speech given by Cathy Nolan at Ground breaking ceremony
  • Queens Borough President Melinda Katz speaks at the ground breaking ceremony
  • Principal William Bassell speaks at new building ground breaking ceremony
  • New Building picture on easel

25 Years In The Making

 flyer for the new building 

New Building Update

Academy of American Studies will be moving into our new building on February 28th!

Our last day in our current buildings will be February 18th.

Over Mid-Winter Break, The Office of Space Planning will be moving our school into the new building.​

For the spring semester, students will follow the schedules that they received on Monday, January 31st until Friday, February 18th. On February 18th, students will receive schedules with updated room numbers for the new building. 

Until February 18th, Lunch B will eat lunch in our current space and the auditorium. Once in our new building, half of our students will eat lunch in our new cafeteria and half of our students will eat lunch in supervised classrooms. This is only for the spring semester and ensures that we will keep our schedule! Lunchroom schedules will be adjusted for the 2022-2023 academic school year. 

Students will be receiving lockers! Thank you for your patience and understanding as we finalize the details.

The Welcoming Committee is currently planning events to welcome us all into the new building! One of our first few events will be an Art Exhibition: New Beginnings and our multicultural Food Festival with cultural dances. Please stay tuned for more information!

IN THE MEDIA

queenstribune.com/new-school-breaks-ground-in-long-island-city/

Ceremony Marks Groundbreaking for New Academy of American Studies School Building

Construction begins on new building for Academy of American Studies in Dutch Kills area of Long Island City

Parking lot in Long Island City will be new site of Academy of American Studies high school, to open 2021

Local high school to move down the block into new 970-seat building, officials say

http://queenstribune.com/academy-of-american-studies-to-get-new-facility/

https://qns.com/story/2017/10/04/high-school-long-island-city-will-relocating-brand-new-building/

https://oana-ny.org/news/a-new-home-for-academy-of-american-studies/

City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/05/the-top-10-biggest-real-estate-projects-coming-to-nyc-6/