Planning Ahead? Check out the 2019-2020 School Year Calendar
(27Q324) Rockaway Park High School For Environmental Sustainability
Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability
News and Information
Planning Ahead? Check out the 2019-2020 School Year Calendar here: school-calendar-2019-2020.pdf
Check out the AP courses we are offering ParentletterAPCOURSES.docx
View our Instructional Focus Parentletterinstructionalfocus.docx
Department of Education 2018-19 School Year Calendar: 2018-2019-school-year-calendar-english.pdf
Senior News - New!
Prom is at Vetro's in Howard Beach on Tuesday, June 11th from 7:00 pm to 11:00pm. Cost is $150 per person. Please see Ms. Dolce or Ms. Terry for more information or to hand in money.
Yearbook Signing Party will be June 24th at 11:00 am.
Graduation practice is as follows from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm.
Wednesday June 5th
Monday June 10th
Tuesday June 18th.
Graduation is June 26th at 11:00 am. Graduates will receive their caps and gowns at the yearbook party. Each graduate will receive five (5) tickets for graduation. If you need more tickets, please submit a letter to Ms. Dolce requesting additional tickets.
Parent Coordinator's Corner
Dear Parents,
Welcome! My name is Terry DaMelio and I am the Parent Coordinator at Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability. As Parent Coordinator, my primary goal is to encourage participation from parents, and support a meaningful collaboration between you and school personnel. Our shared goal is the success of all our students.
In my role as Parent Coordinator, I will conduct parent outreach, help organize events and activities, disseminate information to parents, and perform any number of tasks to help Rockaway Park High School to be an even better school than it already is.
Your participation in the school is critical, as you are the students’ first teachers and have a tremendous amount of love and dedication vested in their success. Rockaway Park High School has always been a community that works toward the happiness and overall well-being of our students. I hope to foster openness and communication between the adults that touch our students’ lives, as it is important to their success. If there is anything I can do to help you be active participants in the educational process, please do not hesitate to call or visit me. My door is always open and I always make the time to listen and help. I welcome your ideas and questions, and look forward to meeting each and every one of you. My desk is located in the Main Office. I can be reached by telephone at 718-734-3280 extension 2022. I can also be reached by email at TDamelio@schools.nyc.gov
Additionally, as the school year begins I would like to work with the community to plan relevant workshops for parents. Please complete the attached survey so we can have your input on workshops that will benefit you and your child.
Sincerely,
Terry D’Amelio
Parent Coordinator
Guidance Corner
To reach our Guidance Department:
Ms. Bonica 718-734-3280 Ext. 3173 - 11th and 12th Grades
Mr. Martin 718-734-3280 Ext. 2028 College and Financial Aid Advisor
Mr. Fernandez 718734-3280 Ext. 3170 - 9th and 10th Grades
Useful Links
Please contact Michele Shea Ext. 2020 if you need access to PupilPath
Principal's Corner
Jennifer Connolly founded Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability in August 2010. Prior to becoming the founding Principal of Rockaway Park High School, Ms. Connolly worked as a teacher, school counselor and an Assistant Principal. Most of Ms. Connolly’s career was spent working in District 79. District 79 is a unique city wide network of over 300 alternative schools and programs serving disengaged, over aged and under-credited youth whose schooling has been interrupted for a range of life circumstances—from pregnancy to incarceration to immigration to prior school failure. It was while working in District 79 that Ms. Connolly was able to see that students, despite any obstacle that they may face can be successful provided that they are given the proper support. Ms. Connolly built Rockaway Park High School on the notion that all students deserve to be in a school where the adults know them well, care about them as individuals, hold them to high expectations and prepare them to be successful in college.
Rockaway Park and its surrounding neighborhoods is a place that Ms. Connolly holds near and dear to her heart. Ms. Connolly was born in the Rockaways and her mother, Bari Randal graduated from Far Rockaway High School. Ms. Connolly’s maternal grandmother was a school crossing guard in the neighborhood and her grandfather was a local mechanic.
Ms. Connolly graduated with honors from Elon College in North Carolina. She learned at Elon that the key ingredients for success was to find the cross between what you are passionate about and good at. Ms. Connolly’s commitment and passion to ensure equity in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods is what drives her ambition to lead a school where students have the same access to great teachers, rigorous curriculum and first class resources.
Ms. Connolly is honored to be the Principal at Rockaway Park High School and is proud to serve the community.
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