About Administration Our Vision Central Park East High School is a small high school located in the heart of East Harlem, New York City. We are dedicated to providing a nurturing and inclusive learning environment for our students, with a focus on academic excellence and personal growth. Our committed team of educators ensures that every student receives the support and guidance they need to succeed. Mission Statement Staff Directory At Central Park East High School, we offer a wide range of courses and extracurricular activities to enrich the student experience. Our alumni have gone on to achieve great success in various fields, and we take pride in their accomplishments. Visit our website to learn more about our academic programs, student life, and the inspiring journeys of our alumni. Explore Our Programs

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Fall 2026 Open House Dates Central Park East High School 1573 Madison Avenue • New York, NY 10029 • Tel: 212∙860∙5929 • Fax: 212∙860∙2938 Learn about our School! Meet the Administrators & Guidance Counselor! Learn about our Programs! Fall 2026 Open House Dates To register for an In-Person Open House, use the link below and complete the Google Form Registration. In Person Open Houses: Register in advance for one of these events at: https://forms.gle/H44sYWwVDEzudFFw9 ● Thursday, 10/15: 9am-10:30am @ CPEHS Auditorium ● Tuesday, 10/27: 9am-10:30am @ CPEHS Auditorium ● Thursday, 11/5: 9am-10:30am @ CPEHS Auditorium ● Thursday, 11/12: 9am-10:30am @ CPEHS Auditorium ● Tuesday, 11/17: 6pm-8pm @ CPEHS Auditorium Please contact our Parent Coordinator for more info: Glenda Arvelo garvelo@schools.nyc.gov

Outdoor lunch is a privilege, not a right. Lunch is 50 minutes in length. Students must exit and return using the main lobby exit. Students’ can have their NuKase unlocked upon exiting the building, and must have their cellphone relocked in the NuKase upon re-entry to the school building. All students are allowed to go out for lunch and/or may go to the cafeteria for lunch. You are also allowed to stay in a classroom and work with a teacher while you eat lunch. Food and drink purchased outside of the school may be brought into the school for students to eat either in the cafeteria or in a teacher’s classroom. No food or drink, except bottled water, may be brought back to class after the lunch period has ended. No exceptions! If a student returns late from lunch, these are the disciplinary measures that will be taken by the school: First Offense: One day of lunch detention on the following school day Second Offense: One day of lunch detention on the following school day Third Offense: One day of lunch detention on the following school day and phone call to parent Fourth Offense: Loss of outside lunch privileges for the remainder of the marking period, but no less than two weeks. If students on lunch detention do not show up, it will result in additional days of lunch detention and may result in loss of outside lunch privileges for up to the entire 4 year high school experience and a Principal’s Suspension. Further violations of the lunch policy may result in a Principal’s or Superintendent’s Suspension and loss of outside lunch privileges for up to the entire 4 year high school experience. There are no exceptions to this policy under any circumstances! Lunch Detention for Lateness Any student who arrives late to school, will be required to serve lunch detention on that same day. You will not receive a detention slip during your 3rd period class. Your awareness that you are late serves as your notice that you have detention on that day. You are required to either report to the cafeteria or a staff members' classroom/office where you must remain for the entirety of the lunch period. It is also your responsibility to inform that staff member that you have lunch detention and need to be signed in. Also note that there is a 10 minute grace period for 1st period, but no grace period for students whose first class is 2nd period (10:00 am). Failure to comply with these rules and expectations will result in an additional day of detention for each day that you do not attend your lunch detention, and can result in suspension of outside lunch privileges for the remainder of the marking period, semester, or school year. Lastly, no student should go to see AP Ligator to discuss their detention when they are scheduled to be in a class. She will only discuss lunch detention with a student immediately after 4th period, or during a student's free period. Lunch Policy

For Fall 2026 admissions, screened programs will admit the top-performing applicants from across each middle school and citywide. Students will be admitted to screened programs in group order, starting with students in group one. Students fall into a screened admissions groups based on the average of their final seventh-grade core course grades (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies). This average must fall into the top percentage of students citywide or at a student’s school in order to fall within a certain admissions group. To learn what average grades are needed to fall into a group at your child’s NYC public school*, please contact your current school after the start of the application period. These are the average grades needed to fall into the different groups citywide for the Fall 2024 admission process (Fall 2025 Group grades will be available during the application period beginning Oct. 7th): *Students with an average lower than a 90 will not fall into Group 1, even if they are in the top 15% of their NYC Public School. This will be the case for students with an average lower than an 80 for group 2, lower than a 75 for group 3, and lower than 65 for group 4. If there are more applicants in group one than available seats at a program, students from group one will be randomly selected for seats using the random number linked to each applicant’s application. If all students in group one can be accommodated at a school, students in group two will be considered next; if there are more applicants in group two than remaining available seats, then students in group two will be randomly selected for available seats. This will continue with subsequent groups until all seats are filled. Applicants from charter schools are eligible for an admissions group based on the citywide averages and their school averages if their school provides the NYC Public Schools with grades for all students at that charter school. Applicants from non-NYC Public Schools or other charter schools are eligible for an admissions group only by meeting the citywide average. When the HS application opens, students will be able to see which screened admissions group they are in on their MySchools profile. On the dashboard, click on “Edit profile” just above your child’s name. Scroll down to see the screened admissions group. Ninth-grade applicants to tenth-grade seats will be grouped based on their final eighth-grade grades. Admission Criteria Diversity in Admissions: Offer Process Explained How are offers made to screened programs that are participating in Diversity in Admissions (DIA) and do not have an assessment? At screened programs that have a diversity in admissions (DIA) and do not have an assessment, students in group one who are eligible for DIA are considered first for DIA seats. If there are not enough applicants eligible for DIA in group one to fill DIA seats, students in group two who are eligible for DIA will be considered next. This will continue until all DIA seats are filled.

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World Languages Meet the dedicated staff members at Central Park East High School who are committed to providing a nurturing and enriching educational environment for all students. Melissa Fleming World Language Teacher/COSA mfleming3@schools.nyc.gov Marleny Reyes World Language Teacher MReyes48@schools.nyc.gov Kelly Morrison-Nasr World Language Teacher kmorrison2@schools.nyc.gov

At Central Park East High School, we value communication and are here to assist you! Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or inquiries. Guidance Counselors Meet the dedicated staff members at Central Park East High School who are committed to providing a nurturing and enriching educational environment for all students. Amy Giranda School Counselor agironda@schools.nyc.gov Elizabeth Schrittwieser School Counselor eschrittwieser@schools.nyc.gov Vilma Miranda Social Worker vmiranda@schools.nyc.gov Prairna Sethi School Counselor psethi@schools.nyc.gov

Mission Statement The Central Park East High School staff believes that each student has the potential for greatness. We also believe that our students' academic and overall success starts with their engagement and transformation in our classrooms. Here at CPEHS, we nurture their development through authentic collaboration between teachers, parents, and the community to inspire and to establish lifelong learning in all our students.

At Central Park East High School, we value communication and are here to assist you! Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or inquiries. Our Team Meet the dedicated staff members at Central Park East High School who are committed to providing a nurturing and enriching educational environment for all students. Ashley Alveranga Science Teacher aalveranga@schools.nyc.gov Glenda Arvelo Parent Coordinator garvelo@schools.nyc.gov Patrick Cox Math Teacher pcox4@schools.nyc.gov Patrick Drislane Special Education Teacher pdrislane@schools.nyc.gov Bill Folsom Math Teacher- Substitute wfolsom@schools.nyc.gov Melissa Fleming World Language Teacher/COSA mfleming3@schools.nyc.gov Amy Gironda School Counselor agironda@schools.nyc.gov Bruce Griffith Librarian bgriffith2@schools.nyc.gov Margo Gruenberg North Side Provider mgruenberg@northsidecenter.org Mathew Hayward Special Education Teacher mhayward@schools.nyc.gov Diane Kelly Science Teacher dkelly10@schools.nyc.gov Marcella Liebling Speech mliebling@schools.nyc.gov Laura Lynch English Teacher llynch14@schools.nyc.gov Vilma Miranda Social Worker vmiranda@schools.nyc.gov Kelly Morrison-Nasr World Language Teacher kmorrison2@schools.nyc.gov Michael Oeckel Math Teacher moeckel@schools.nyc.gov Viviane Puhalovic History Teacher vpuhalovic@schools.nyc.gov Emilio Ramos Math Teacher eramos34@schools.nyc.gov Marleny Reyes World Language Teacher aaa@schools.nyc.gov Gloria Rodriguez Special Education Teacher grodriguez49@schools.nyc.gov Michelle Rosenberg English Teacher mrosenberg13@schools.nyc.gov Elizabeth Schrittwieser School Counselor eschrittwieser@schools.nyc.gov Mayra Segura Principal mmessi@schools.nyc.gov Sherri Shaarbafan Math Teacher sshaarbafan@schools.nyc.gov Sheila St. Louis Para Professional sstlouis2@schools.nyc.gov Paolo Tartamella Para Professional ptartamella@schools.nyc.gov Amanda Torres English Teacher atorres50@schools.nyc.gov Valerie Wald History Teacher vwald@schools.nyc.gov Allison Zucker Special Education Teacher azucker2@schools.nyc.gov Richard Arazona Physical Education Teacher rarazosa@schools.nyc.gov Andre Cloud School Aide acloud@schools.nyc.gov Dirk Denker Special Education Teacher ddenker@schools.nyc.gov Evelyn Fernandez Girls Inc efernandez33@schools.nyc.gov Sean Flanagan English Teacher sflanagan6@schools.nyc.gov Emma Garcia Pupil Personnel Secretary egarcia63@schools.nyc.gov Mary Gorelick Math Teacher mgorelick2@schools.nyc.gov Carlos Grimes Director of College Counseling cgrimes4@schools.nyc.gov Elizabeth Haela Special Education Teacher ehaela@schools.nyc.gov Tamika Hurdle Psychologist thurdle@schools.nyc.gov Wendy Lehman English Teacher wlehman@schools.nyc.gov Candice Ligator Asst Principal, Administration cligator@schools.nyc.gov Quinn McFee Computer Science Teacher qmcfee@schools.nyc.gov Stephanie Moore Special Education Teacher sroyster@schools.nyc.gov Isabella Nordquist English Teacher - Substitute inordquist@schools.nyc.gov Chloe Pinkerton Special Education Teacher ccc@schools.nyc.gov Taylor Quattrocchi History Teacher tquattrocchi@schools.nyc.gov Dominick Repole Special Education Teacher drepole@schools.nyc.gov Megan Roberson Asst Principal, Supervision mroberson@schools.nyc.gov Daniel Rosenbaum Science Teacher drosenbaum@schools.nyc.gov Cristina Russo Science Teacher crusso27@schools.nyc.gov Anne Scotti History Teacher ascotti3@schools.nyc.gov Prairna Sethi School Counselor psethi@schools.nyc.gov Laura Smykla History Teacher lsmykla@schools.nyc.gov Jolene Sysak Science Teacher jsysak@schools.nyc.gov Gabriella Tajera Leroux Speech nsheehan2@schools.nyc.gov Cecelia Vayda Special Education Teacher cvayda@schools.nyc.gov Precious Wright Para Profesional pwright16@schools.nyc.gov