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Quick Facts
Principal Caty Laignel
Special features nonprofit, after-school care
Gender composition coed
Dress code No dress code

School Mission
  • The mission of the Blue Rock School is to prepare students to become responsible human beings through an education that balances the development of the mind, body and feelings. Teachers at Blue Rock encourage children’s natural curiosity and their innate love of learning through their experiencial learning model. They introduce the students to, and guide them through, the full spectrum of curricula – math, science, geography, history, English/Literature and Spanish; which is balanced and fully integrated with art, poetry, music and drama.

Curriculum
  • Foreign language(s) taught: Mandarin and Spanish.
  • This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
 
 
Activities and Sports
  • This school has the following art(s) programs: theater/drama, chorus, drawing/painting, Poetry and .
 
 
Technology and Facilities
  • This school was established between 1980-1989.
 
 
Admissions and Enrollment
  • Measures used to evaluate applicants: interview.
  • To evaluate applicants, this school also uses: Visit to classroom for 2-3 days and transcripts.
  • Tuition: $16,000-$16,999
  • 21-40% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
  • School provides some ethnic diversity scholarships.
  • Less than half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
 
 
Other Features and Highlights
  • Regular classroom hours: 9:00am to 3:00pm.
 
 
Donation requests

Description: Expansion of school

  • Contact name: Beverly Stycos
  • Contact phone: 845-627-0234
  • Contact email: bluerockschool@verizon.net

Source of Data
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 09/26/2008. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.  

 
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