The Police Officer Rocco Laurie Intermediate School

THE POLICE OFFICER ROCCO LAURIE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 72
Address
33 Ferndale Avenue
Staten Island, New York
United States
Coordinates 40.592424, -74.158622
Information
Type Public Type 1 school
Motto Bulldogs lead, never follow
Established 1975
Principal Jessica Jackson
Grades 6–8
Number of students 1617
Color(s) blue      and orange     
Mascot The Bulldog
Nickname Rocco Laurie's Bulldogs

The Rocco Laurie Intermediate School refers to New York City Intermediate School 72 in Staten Island, New York. It is a Title I school. It is located at 33 Ferndale Avenue in Heartland Village, Staten Island. Heartland Village is part of New Springville, Staten Island. The school was named after P.O. Rocco Laurie.

New York State Board of Elections

After the start of the 21st century, I.S. 72 was designated as a New York Board of Elections polling site for all local, state, and national elections.[1] The move was from the previous location of P.S. 69 which is across the street (Merrymount Street). It has also just recently been renamed Police Officer Rocco Laurie School on March 20, 2009. After three years of discussion, the current principal, Peter Maccelarri, held an assembly welcoming the board of education chancellors, the police officer commissioners, sister and brother-in-law of Rocco Laurie, students, and other invited audience.

History

The school opened in 1975 and has served approximately 2000 students annually. It is named after NYPD Police Officer Rocco Laurie who was killed in the line-of-duty in Manhattan, along with his partner Greg Foster.[2] Both Laurie and Foster served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

Stanley Katzman was the school's first principal. There are 4 assistant principals or AP's (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 each floor is divided by the foreign language the student takes (typically students are grouped in classes by the foreign language elective they choose).

The school effectively began it's ARISTA Junior-Honor/Honor Services within 1995.

Now, effective as of 2017, the first floor services 6th grade, the second services 7th grade, the third services students of special education, and the fourth floor services the socially dominant 8th grade. Each floor has its own set of AP's, Deans and guidance counselors.[3]

It originally started with equal separation, that the grades be divided somewhat equally, among each of the floors.

The front of school

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ NYC Board of Elections - Poll Site Locator Archived 2008-07-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Police Officer Rocco W. Laurie, New York City Police Department, New York". Odmp.org. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  3. ↑ IS 72 Rocco Laurie in Staten Island, NY | Education.com
  4. ↑ TV.com

Coordinates: 40°35′33.05″N 74°9′31.17″W / 40.5925139°N 74.1586583°W / 40.5925139; -74.1586583

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