EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL PARENT ASSOCIATION INC
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Mission Statement
The mission of the East Side Community High School Parent Association is to enhance the academic experience of all East Side Community High School students and to support the goals of the principal while promoting open communication, community spirit, and a lifelong love of learning.
About This Cause
East Side is a small 6-12th grade college preparatory school dedicated to the belief that all students can, must and will learn and succeed academically. We set high standards for each of our students and help them meet these standards by providing personal attention, a safe and respectful environment, a strong sense of community, and curricula that is both challenging and engaging. Students, staff, families and community members all see themselves as part of a team whose main goal is the success of every individual student. The goal of the school is to create a community of highly skilled students, lifetime learners and critical thinkers who, upon graduation, will be prepared to go to college and enter the work world. East Side has an average class size of 16-24 students, and our advisory system provides for frequent communication with families and student support, ensuring that no student is overlooked. East Side has a rigorous portfolio and graduation process. All high school students are required to take a comprehensive 4-year college-preparatory curriculum. We also provide a strong high-school and college-preparatory program for grades 6-8. All students must complete graduation portfolios in the core subjects. Students present and defend their work to committees twice a year through our portfolio roundtable presentations. Students also must complete performance-based assessment tasks, such as, a college-level history research paper and a student-designed science experiment. Our College Bound program provides personalized and intensive college counseling, awareness and preparation to each student in grades 6-12. Over 90% of our high school graduates attend college. We offer an extensive and free academic, arts, athletic, social and political after-school and Saturday program for all students and families. All of our students take a studio arts class every year and artwork is highlighted and celebrated in our art gallery and shows. Our independent reading and literacy program has been a model emulated across the city, state and country. We are a highly collaborative professional learning community. All teachers receive extensive professional development, support and common prep/planning time. We handpick and selectively screen all of our teachers in order to provide one of the strongest teaching staffs in New York City. We have received an “A” on our Middle School and High School Report Cards each year grades have been assigned. We are named one of the city’s best public schools in the books Public Middle Schools: New York City’s Best and New York City's Best Public High Schools: A Parent's Guide by Clara Hemphill. We have been highlighted as an exemplary school on the PBS special “Tools for Schools.”