Who We Are
Since its founding in 2010, Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens. We currently serve over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites. Our school’s mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the NY State 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 and social-emotional learning sequence, authentic field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework. It is understood that we are one organization with multiple sites, and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars.
Understanding the Role
The school counselor will work with all constituencies of the school community to create an environment of social-emotional support for every student. The school counselor will oversee the mandated counseling schedule, program students individually to ensure they are on the appropriate path of academic and social emotional success. It is understood that we are one organization with multiple sites and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars. This role reports directly to the Principal and is supported by the Director of Pupil and Personnel Services.