Dress-down day on Friday 4/11
Celebrate a successful Career Day and get ready for spring break with an all-school dress-down day!
Celebrate a successful Career Day and get ready for spring break with an all-school dress-down day!
Attention all parents/families: Your opinions matter to us, and we plan our goals for the year taking your feedback into account! If you haven’t done the survey yet, be sure to share your thoughts by completing it online (click on this LINK or log into your NYC Schools Account ) or use the hard copy sent home. To thank you for your participation, we will enter your name into a raffle once you complete the survey. Every week, we will randomly select two winners to receive a $10 gift card! But that’s not all: on Friday we will hold a grand prize drawing for a massage gun machine!
To parents/families: Thank you for participating in Parent Teacher Conferences! If you were not able to connect with all your child’s teachers, please complete the Part East PTC Call Request Form to have a teacher call you to discuss your child's academic progress. Please note that the quarter closes on Friday April 4. Also, we would appreciate some feedback on how PTC went. If you could please complete the brief Park East Parent Teacher Conference Feedback Form we would appreciate it!
Students, if you're looking for something to do this summer, check out the newly updated Student Opportunities page! It contains info on many programs, internships, and courses that could help you gain experience and build your resume.
Click here to read the letter from Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos.
For the safety of our students and our school communities, it’s important that New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) and school staff are able to contact a trusted guardian in the event there is an emergency at the school or concerning a student in attendance. Please be sure that Park East High School has the current address and contact information of a trusted adult who can come to school to retrieve your child in the event of an emergency. You can update your student's emergency contact and health information online through your New York City Schools Account (NYCSA). You may also provide this information via the blue emergency contact card which can be retrieved from the main office.
Please click here to learn about College Scholarships, from a list maintained by Department of Education's College + Career Office. For more information, visit the College Office under the Academics tab.
We've been awarded the AP Honor Roll Bronze Badge: 62% of last year's seniors took an AP exam at some point in their high school career, and 45% of last year's seniors earned college credit, scoring 3 or higher. Congrats to all of them and the teachers who helped them get there! Park East also received the AP Access Award for providing all students the chance to participate in AP, including students of underrepresented populations.
The mission of Park East High School is to equitably educate students of diverse cultural backgrounds and abilities to conduct research, solve complex problems, and clearly express ideas through discussion, writing, and presentation. Our vision is that graduates will actively engage as voters, jurors, and justice-minded participants in a democratic society.
Through intellectually challenging classes and our advisories, students develop agency, celebrate individual and social responsibility, and attain high personal and academic standards. Athletics, student-driven clubs, and school-wide traditions reflect our commitment to being an empathetic, inclusive, and fun-loving community, enabling students to pursue their aspirations for college and career.
Our community is guided by our core values, “Purpose, Preparation, and Pride,” which mirror and mold the mission of Park East High School.
Hello Park East!
Welcome to another exciting year of learning, personal growth, and civic engagement during a presidential election year.
As we kick off the new school year, I am particularly excited about our shared summer reading of They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, a powerful graphic novel about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. For the first time, all members of our community – from faculty and staff to Chef Raj to our school safety agents to our incoming 9th graders – had an opportunity to engage in a shared experience. Over the course of the year we will return to the book’s themes of belonging, the dangers of “othering,” and the importance of holding onto your moral compass during stressful and confusing times. The goal here is to use the book as a backdrop for our thinking about the complexities of the world we live in and to celebrate the joys of reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read and enjoy it yet, there’s still time! Pick it up today and join the conversation.
This year I am proud to welcome two new teachers, 104 incoming 9th graders, and a record high of 22 transfer 10th grade students to our school community. We have grown to over 400 students this year. While many schools are facing low enrollment, Park East is back to our pre-pandemic numbers and is becoming increasingly more popular.
Here is a sampling of the exciting things we have been planning for the 2024-2025 year:
I genuinely look forward to collaborating with our faculty, staff, students, and families to continue to make Park East the best school in NYC. I LOVE talking to you and hearing your ideas, so please email me, come by my office for a chat, or join my Principal’s Advisory Council. Let’s have a great year, Park East!
Ever Better with Purpose, Preparation and Pride,
Dr Ort
Attention all students and families: in case of absence from school, please send an email to: 04M495_Attendanceteam@groups.schools.nyc. Include the student's full name and grade level. There is no need to write to individual teachers or send messages on Jupiter.
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