Unique Features of Rockaway Park High School:
- Small classroom sizes
- Environmental & Social Sustainability theme integrated throughout the school.
- Increased focus on connecting classroom to real life experiences through project-based learning.
- Enhanced technology based Math & Science courses.
- Career & Technical Education courses emphasizing sustainability
- Student centered classrooms.
- Achievement Learning Plans (ALPs) and individualized attention
Why Rockaway Park High School
What do students learn at RPHS?
Students take standards based, college ready academics and learn 21st Century skills through hands-on projects and activities, cooperative learning, community volunteering and work-based learning that integrate real-life situations.
What type of High School is Rockaway Park?
RPHS is a public high school that prepares students for higher education through a rigorous academic curriculum. RPHS students have the option to take innovative CTE courses emphasizing sustainability.
What's unique and different about Rockaway Park High School?
At RPHS we have designed small learning environments to deliver content rich, academic programs integrated with real-life situations to enlighten, engage, enrich and motivate students.
Why is Sustainability important to know?
Students should know they each have the power to impact and change the world, and understand how the choices they make affect the living environment.
Our History
The Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability is founded on the principles that reflect our selfless, deep-seated commitment to create a rich environment and culture that develop constructive values and critical thinking, and allow for students to confidently pursue knowledge along a journey full of exploration, imagination and friendships.
Our Mission
Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability’s (RPHS) mission is to transform students by providing a rich, qualitative educational experience, preparing them for higher education and the working environment of the 21st century. We are dedicated to ensuring learners at RPHS develop a lifetime of constructive values and critical thinking, are patient, confident and goal oriented. We make a commitment to transform student’s lives by connecting academics to profession, to the world that sustains them.
Standards Based Academic Curriculum
School Uniforms are Required
Freshman Year
- Core - - Intro to Language & Literature / Integrated Algebra I /Living Environment/ Global History I
- Requirements - - Intro to Computer Apps, Sustainable Fitness & Nutrition, Career Counseling & Social Development
- Sustainability CTE Pathways (Optional) - - Intro to Artisan skills
Sophomore Year
- Core - - English/ Algebra II / Earth Science / Global History II
- Requirements - - Foreign Language
- Sustainability CTE Pathways (Optional) - - Green-Building (Carpentry), Green Power (Electrical)
Junior Year
- Core - - English/ Geometry/ Chemistry/ US History & Government
- Requirements - - Foreign Language II, Graphic Arts
- Sustainability CTE Pathways (Optional) - - Green-Building 2, Green Power 2
- Electives - - Computer Apps II, AP Courses
Senior Year
- Core - - English/ American History & Economics
- Requirements - - Work-Based Learning
- Sustainability CTE Pathways (Optional) - - Green Building 3, Green Power 3
- Electives - - Pre-Calculus, Physics, Computer Aided Design (CAD), AP Courses