The Rocco Laurie Intermediate School refers to New York City Intermediate School 72 in
Staten Island, New York
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. It is a Title I school. It is located at 33 Ferndale Avenue in
Heartland Village, Staten Island
Heartland Village is a residential development located close to the geographic center of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. The name is also often used to denote the immediately surrounding area.
Heartland Village is ...
. Heartland Village is part of
New Springville, Staten Island
New Springville is a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA.
History
Located near the island's geographical center, the neighborhood was founded in 1680 in Karle's Neck,
so it was later named Karle's Neck Vi ...
. The school was named after P.O. Rocco Laurie.
History
The school opened in 1975 and has served approximately 2000 students annually. It is named after
NYPD
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Police Officer Rocco Laurie who was killed in line-of-duty in Manhattan, along with his partner Greg Foster. Both Laurie and Foster served in the
United States Marine Corps
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during the
Vietnam War
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.
Stanley Katzman was the school's first principal. After his retirement, Peter Maccelarri, a Vietnam War veteran, would administer the school for more than 10 years. There are 4 assistant principals (one from each floor), and the Principal's Office is on the first floor. After more than 20 years, the school was structured in a way where as each floor is divided by the foreign language the student chooses via a formal letter (typically, students are grouped in classes by the foreign language elective they choose).
The school effectively began its ARISTA Junior High School honor services in 2003. Around the same time at the beginning of ARISTA, the famed Bulldog Statue would be built under the administration of Peter Maccelarri.
Now, effective of 2019, the first-floor services all grades, the second services the 6th grade, the third services students of 7th grade, and the fourth floor services the 8th grade. Each floor has its own set of AP's, Deans and guidance counselors.
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/ref> It originally started with equal separation, as in the grades were divided somewhat equally, among each of the floors.
The school would then honor Police Officer Rafael Ramos, as he had worked in the school as security before his shift to being an active police officer. He, and his partner Wenjian Liu were killed on December 20, 2014, in Brooklyn through fatal blows through the head and upper body from a shooter. He will be always remembered.
As of 2018, Jessica Jackson, former principal and teacher of P.S. 69 over Merrymount Street, now holds administration of the school, changing it from the times of Maccelarri's administration.
ARISTA Information
ARISTA, a program developed and administrated by Spanish teacher K. Majersky and Social Studies teacher M. Breslauer, is intended to honor those who are hard-working and academically prosperous through access to more trips than the common 8th grade student and through an initiation ceremony held normally in May or Early June.
Requirements
It is required that you maintain an 90 or above average in all subjected classes, including electives such as Band, Spanish, Chorus, etc. in order to maintain probability to enter such a prosperous and well-known program. Suspension, at least once, will severely limit your chances in entrance of the program, same to bad behavior.
You will also require signatures from teachers and proper, administrative staff, and actions that are deemed helpful to your society and your neighborhood, along with proof of said action through signature.
Trivia
*In 1982, Principal Stanley Katzman appeared on Late Night with David Letterman
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.TV.com
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*Emma Stone
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visited the school on June 25, 2012 for the school's involvement in Penny Harvest.
References
External links
Department of Education page
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Educational institutions established in 1975
Public middle schools in Staten Island