Shaping Far Rockaway's Future with Challenge Charter Schools
Here’s What’s Coming Up At Challenge
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6-8 Fall Book Fair
November 14-20
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K-12 Waste Climate Action Day
November 19
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Board Meeting
Wednesday, November 20
6:30P
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K-5 Career Day
November 21
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Harvest Feast
November 22
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Thanksgiving Break
School Closed - November 27-29
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Our Commitment to our Scholars
Rigorous and supported instruction in Next Generation Standards with a college and career readiness focus.
Extended school day for all scholars Monday through Thursday and half-day on Fridays.
One lead teacher and an assistant in every classroom.
SMART board and 1-to-1 devices in every classroom.
Enrichment activities, student clubs, after school sports, and extracurricular activities.
15 years
SERVING FAR ROCKAWAY
We are a community school that believes our collective future. We have seen the difference quality education can make in a child’s life.
1300
SCHOLARS CURRENTLY ENROLLED
We have 4 sites that serve our scholars with diverse backgrounds and cultures. As Far Rockaway grows, we are growing to serve our community.
92%
With strong family trust, we bear great responsibility for the children in our school. We work hard to engage families as partners in education.
PARENT TRUST
Our Mission
The mission of Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge) is to prepare students from the Greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the NYS and Next Generation Learning Standards and to achieve their career aspirations. Challenge cultivates and supports the intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional and ethical development of its students and prepares them to be responsible 21st century citizens. To accomplish its mission, Challenge offers a rigorous instructional program in a safe, supportive, technology-infused and data-enriched school environment.