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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

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 aaa@schools.nyc.gov Kelly Morrison-Nasr World Language Teacher kmorrison2@schools.nyc.gov

Non-Negotiable Rules for our School Community Level One Rules: 1. Students may not leave classrooms and/or offices without permission and an official pass. 2. Bathroom use is not allowed the first and last 5 minutes of each period. 3. No hoods are to be worn in the school building anywhere at any time by either male or female students. Dress code violations are prohibited. 4. Cell phones and other electronics must be off and turned in at the beginning of every class and retrieved at the end of every class. Use of cell phones and other electronics are only permitted before students’ first class of the day, during lunch and after school. Students may NOT take photos or videos AT ANY TIME during the school day. 5. No food or drinks other than water are allowed in the classrooms during class time. 6. Cutting class is NOT ALLOWED. 7. Lateness to school and class is not a positive habit that supports learning. 8. Students may not engage in disruptive activities which hinder the learning process for others. 9. Lying to, giving false information to, and/or misleading school personnel is prohibited. 10. Access to lockers is permitted only before students’ first class of the day, during lunch, and after school. *Violation of Level One Rules will result in consequences as set forth in the “Ladder of Consequences.” Ladder of Consequences Step 1: Warning from the teacher (verbal or non-verbal) Step 2: Face to face conference with the teacher Step 3: Phone call to parent/guardian Step 4: Referral to the Assistant Principal and/or guidance and detention Step 5: Face to face parent/teacher conference Step 6: Removal from class, Principal Suspension and/or Superintendent Suspension Level Two Rules: 1. Use of obscene, threatening, or defamatory language towards other students or staff is not allowed and will not be accepted. 2. Vandalism-defacing, destroying or mutilating any school property is not allowed. 3. Students may not leave the building without permission. 4. Students may not engage in cheating, plagiarizing, or any other scholastic dishonesty. 5. Students may not in any way engage in unduly intimate or sexual behavior, or commit any form of sexual harassment. 6. Students may not fight or engage in roughhousing in the building or vicinity. 7. Students may not use or carry drugs or alcohol, nor use cigars or cigarettes on school property or at school events. 8. Students may not carry weapons of any kind. 9. Knowingly possessing property belonging to another without authorization is prohibited. 10. Students may not defy or disobey the lawful authority or directive of school personnel or school safety agents in a way that disrupts the educational process. 11. Students may not take photos or videos of one another during the school day without permission of a teacher or an administrator. 12. Students may not engage in harassing, intimidating, and/or bullying behavior, including using electronic communication to engage in such behavior. 13. Students may not in any way engage in threatening, dangerous, or physically aggressive or violent behavior. *Violation of Level Two Rules will be promptly and firmly dealt with and may likely result in: a) lunch detention; b) student removal from class; c) pre-suspension hearing with student and parents; d) principal’s suspension; e) superintendent’s suspension; f) arrest by police in the case of a serious offense.

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.

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.

College Now (BMCC & Baruch) College Now is a free program designed to prepare New York City's public high school students for the next big thing—college. CPEHS has teamed up with one of the City University of New York (CUNY) colleges to create a College Now partnership. The program offers eligible students a number of ways to improve their high school performance and get a jumpstart on college. College Now offers many activities and opportunities, such as, academic courses, campus-based tours and cultural events, such as theater or dance performances, and even exclusive scholarship offers. College Access: Research & Action (CARA) CARA is a nonprofit organization working to increase the college enrollment of low-income students. By bringing together all the community members who benefit from increased college enrollment─students, colleges, employers, and community leaders─CARA is working to ensure that every student who can make it in college makes it to college. Working closely with the high school principal, counselors, and teachers, the CARA program and classroom curriculum makes it possible for all students in grades 9-12 to plan for and make a successful transition to college or other post-secondary options. Futures & Options: Career Essentials Futures and Options empowers New York City's youth, particularly youth of color and students from historically underrepresented communities, to acquire transferable professional skills, pursue higher education, and successfully compete in a global 21st century economy. They collaborate with New York City employers to provide transformative career development opportunities to young people, enabling them to succeed in college and inspiring them to pursue meaningful careers. Students in the Futures and Options Career Essentials Program participate in 13 supervised workshops that focus on communication, presentation and workplace etiquette skills. Futures & Options: Internship Program The Futures & Options Internship Program provides paid, mentored internships and career readiness workshops to high school juniors and seniors. Students acquire hands-on experience, gain entry to small businesses, nonprofits, government agencies and multinational corporations and earn needed money. There are five integral components to the Futures and Options Internship Program, which ensure that the internship is rewarding for the intern as well as the partnering business. The five components are the student recruitment and application process, intern placement, career readiness workshops and monitoring, and collaboration with school staff and mentors/supervisors. Minds Matter Minds Matter's mission to bring bright and motivated high school students from low-income families together with dedicated mentors to achieve academic excellence and expand educational horizons is met through three separate programs: the Sophomore Program, the Junior Program, and the Senior Program. The Sophomore Program curriculum develops the students' skills in key academic and leadership areas. Each student is matched with two mentors with whom he/she meets weekly during the school year for 4-hour mentoring sessions. The unique curriculum focuses on writing and critical thinking, public speaking, debate and preparation for the PSAT exam. The yearlong experience provides a foundation for the final component of the Sophomore Program, the summer college preparation program. During the school year, students apply to academically intensive summer programs at colleges, universities and prep schools throughout the United States, which they attend as rising juniors. Students in the Junior Program continue to work with their mentors to refine their writing, oral presentation, and interviewing skills. Juniors also attend an intensive, 15-week SAT prep course, which ensures they are able to realize their dream of pursuing higher education. Juniors who successfully complete the program are given the opportunity to attend domestic summer college preparation programs as well as programs abroad, in countries including Costa Rica, Japan, and Spain. The Senior Program guides students through the college application process, including school selection, interviews and financial aid. In addition the program provides workshops on how to adapt to college life. At the end of the year, Minds Matter provides seniors with a performance-based stipend of up to $2,000 to pay for tuition, books, and/or computers. Minds Matter graduates have attended universities including University of Colorado, University of California, Yale, and dozens of other establishments across the country. SEO Scholars Program SEO Scholars help students seize every opportunity by providing a rigorous academic foundation as part of their comprehensive college access, persistence, and success program. In high school, SEO Scholars receive the equivalent of 2.5 years of additional English and 1.5 years of additional math instruction to close the academic and opportunity gap and graduate high school with the skills necessary to tackle college with confidence. Year after year, SEO Scholars exceed or match the average SAT scores of all college-bound seniors nationally. But it doesn’t end there. In their senior year, they assist the SEO Scholars with the college application and financial aid process, providing individualized support to help each student find their perfect fit. Once they are enrolled in college, they continue to provide academic advising, one-on-one psycho-social support, and personalized career development to help their Scholars meet their academic and professional goals and succeed in life. As a result, SEO Scholars graduate college ready to enter the working world or pursue higher education. The Opportunity Network Program The Opportunity Network is a unique, six-year career development program for motivated, high-performing high school students looking to: Get exposure to over twenty-five career tracks Make personal connections with influential executives and professionals Apply to competitive colleges Build their resumes through paid internships or special enrichment opportunities Develop a lifelong network leading to high-level positions and rewarding careers Heckscher Scholars Program Heckscher Scholars is a multi-dimensional college access program for students from under-resourced public high schools housed at the Heckscher Foundation for Children headquarters in New York City. It provides individualized academic guidance, college and financial aid counseling, and a multitude of opportunities and support to students from disadvantaged communities. Heckscher Scholars guides its students towards the greatest path out of poverty, a college education, opening doors to competitive four-year private colleges and a higher education that will have a catalytic impact on their future. Heckscher Scholars provides a deeply personalized experience for each student through its academic and college access support. Heckscher Scholars’ staff develop strong and long-lasting relationships with the students, which helps them achieve academic success. Heckscher Scholars does not provide scholarships but does provide financial and emotional support to students and their families as individual needs arise. Heckscher Scholars helps all of its scholars find internships or college classes the summer before their senior year, and most experience overseas travel through our partnership with Global Glimpse. Mt. Sinai Medical Center MedDOCS (Medical Discovery of Careers) Program The Students for Equal Opportunity in Medicine (SEOM) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai present MedDOCs, a nine-week program held twice each year in the fall and spring. Beginning in 2015, there will be 3 separate curricula: the fall session will focus on the cardiovascular system (heart), the spring session will focus on the pulmonary system (lungs), and the summer sessions will focus on the brain (neurology). Accordingly, students will be able to participate in all three (3) sessions. Through lectures, small group activities, and lab-like experiences, students will learn the anatomy and physiology of the heart/lungs, participate in discussions about diseases of the heart/lungs, cardiovascular/pulmonary system, and the central nervous system; and see and touch real human hearts/lungs/brains. They also have the opportunity to use a human simulator and learn some emergency medical techniques. The Bridge Golf Foundation Program The Bridge Golf Foundation (BGF) operates an intensive, year-round, multi-year golf and education program for young men of color. Our mission is to help our young men close gaps in achievement, learning and opportunity; to improve their college readiness; and to help them graduate from college and move into the workforce. During the school year, students from 9th through 12th grade attend three-hour sessions after every school day at our Learning Center, which contains state-of-the-art golf equipment and technology, classrooms, and one-on-one tutoring spaces. In addition to a dedicated tutoring and character education staff that works in small groups and one-on-one as necessary, our Foundation provides intensive standardized test prep in partnership with a proven outside tutoring organization. BGF will also advise our students and families on college and post-secondary selection, help organize the application process, and assist in preparing the complex financial component of college applications, college essays, and other elements of the common application. Our staff consists of five academic tutors and four golf professionals, resulting in extraordinary individualized attention. We collaborate with our young men’s teachers to maximize the effectiveness of our tutoring. Our intensive six-week summer program consists of all-day excursions to area golf courses, where practice is supplemented by daily academic tutoring. Additionally, juniors and select sophomores will spend two weeks at The Bridge in Eastern Long Island for a paid internship/residency that involves hands-on training in the golf industry and exposure to the area’s rich cultural opportunities. The Bridge is one of the nation’s premier private golf clubs, built and operated for the last 20 years by the founders and co-executive directors of BGF. Every young man in our program is also assigned a mentor. Our volunteer mentors work in a variety of fields. They share a love of golf and a strong desire to help our young men succeed. These mentor-mentee relationships complement the work of our tutors and golf instructors. After our young men enter college, we continue to mentor and support them. Girls Incorporated of New York City Girls, Inc. is a program for girls that offers classes in Economic Literacy, Media Literacy, Operation SMART, Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy and Project BOLD. The motto of this organization is that all girls are strong, smart, and bold. The Brotherhood/Sister Sol of New York City The Brotherhood/Sister Sol’s Rites of Passage (ROP) Program’s goal is to empower youth through discovery and discussion of history, culture, social problems, and the political forces surrounding them. They establish partnerships with public secondary schools to develop gender-specific (Brotherhood or Sister Sol) chapters, each consisting of 10 to 18 youth members and two adult Chapter Leaders. The Chapter Leaders facilitate weekly sessions and serve as mentors, supporters, confidantes, counselors, teachers, and more. They build trusting relationships and offer guidance to the chapter members as they face the challenges of young adulthood. During the intensive four year ROP process, members learn critical thinking and global awareness skills through leadership development, drug awareness, conflict resolution, political education, community service, and other activities. Achievement Mentoring The Achievement Mentoring Program [also known as Behavioral Monitoring & Reinforcement Program (BMRP)] is a school-based prevention and intervention program for grades 4 through 11 that has been proven to reduce problem behaviors, improve academics, and reduce drug and alcohol use. Achievement Mentoring contributes to a school environment that allows students to realize that their actions can bring about desired consequences and reinforces this belief by eliciting participation from teachers, parents, and other significant adults in the student’s life. Teachers who serve as mentors meet with students weekly, for 20-minute individual sessions. The program intervention lasts for two years and mentors are caring, supportive, and consistent staff. Musical Empowerment By sharing the gift of music and by using positive reinforcement, college students become role models who nurture pride and instill self-confidence in their mentees. This relationship is mutually beneficial for both teachers and children enrolled in the program. Kids learn how to play an instrument, read music, and perform, through which they learn the value of becoming a contributing member of their local community and develop discipline, responsibility, patience and confidence. Musical Empowerment provides free 1-on-1 music lessons, pairing college volunteers and underserved children together to nurture meaningful relationships. Musical Empowerment loans free instruments for every student in need. After three years in the program, the student owns the instrument. After School Sports, Clubs, & Activities PSAL Boys Basketball PSAL Girls Basketball PSAL Boys Volleyball PSAL Girls Volleyball PSAL Boys Baseball PSAL Girls Softball PSAL Boys JV & Varsity Football PSAL Girls Flag Football PSAL Girls Golf PSAL Boys/Girls Wrestling PSAL Boys Soccer PSAL Girls Soccer PSAL CO-ED Track & Field PSAL CO-ED Bowling Anime Club Art Club Badminton Club Basketball Club Black Student Union Chess Club Class of Consciousness Club Computer Coding Debate Club Digital Media & Film Environmental Green Team Frisbee Club Glamour Girls Community Service Korean Culture Club Prism Club Model UN Music Club Muslim Student Association National Honor Society OCKY University (Bodybuilding) Club Peer-Tutoring Program Photography School Newspaper (Madison Times) Soccer Club Student Government Association Science Lab Technician Club Travel Club Volleyball Club Please note that all PSAL after-school activities are subject to PSAL academic requirements. Extra-curricular Activities/Academic Enrichment

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

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 Alvaranga Science Teacher aalvaranga@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 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 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 Molly McKeown Director of College Counseling MMckeown4@schools.nyc.gov Stephanie Moore Special Education Teacher sroyster@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 Laura Smykla History Teacher lsmykla@schools.nyc.gov Jolene Sysak Science Teacher jsysak@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 Arizona 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 Melissa Fleming World Language Teacher/COSA mfleming3@schools.nyc.gov Amy Giranda School Counselor agironda@schools.nyc.gov Bruce Griffith Librarian bgriffith2@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 Vilma Miranda Social Worker vmiranda@schools.nyc.gov Kelly Morrison-Nasr World Language Teacher kmorrison2@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 Niamh Sheehan Speech nsheehan2@schools.nyc.gov Sheila St. Louis Para Professional sstlouis2@schools.nyc.gov Paolo Tartamella Para Professional ptartamella@schools.nyc.gov Cecelia Vayda Special Education Teacher cvayda@schools.nyc.gov Precious Wright Para Profesional pwright16@schools.nyc.gov

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