Scholars' Academy

320 Bch 104th Street | also 320 Beach Channel Drive | Rockaway Park | built 1958

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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2004
Scholars' Academy opens a middle school for gifted students in Rockaway Park
Growing out of a pilot program, Scholars' Academy set up a middle school for gifted and talented children in 2004 and added a ninth grade in 2007, eventually covering grades 6 through 12. The uniformed school draws 51 percent of its students from the Rockaway Peninsula, and by 2014 its graduation rate was close to 100 percent.
“Scholars' Academy grew out of a pilot program and established a middle school in 2004 and added a 9th grade in 2007.”
Source: Wikipedia
2012
Superstorm Sandy floods Scholars' Academy and sends its students to Brownsville
Sandy hit Scholars' Academy as hard as almost any school in the city, and its students, most of them displaced from their own homes, were moved to two schools in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Once seawater and sewage were cleared, several feet of sand still filled the building. Students came back after three and a half months, but repairs went on through 2017.
Source: Wikipedia
2020
Founding principal Brian O'Connell leaves Scholars' Academy
Brian O'Connell, who had led Scholars' Academy since its founding, left the school in 2020; a Queens Chronicle headline reported him heading to Woodmere. Michele Smyth is listed as the school's principal.
“The school's founding principal, Brian O'Connell, left the school in 2020.”
Source: Wikipedia

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