Shaping Far Rockaway's Future with Challenge Charter Schools

Here’s What’s Coming Up At Challenge

  • 6-8 Fall Book Fair

    November 14-20

  • K-12 Waste Climate Action Day

    November 19

  • Board Meeting

    Wednesday, November 20

    6:30P

  • K-5 Career Day

    K-5 Career Day

    November 21

  • Harvest Feast

    November 22

  • 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.