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Epic High School - South
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South Ozone Park NY

Our Insights
What’s Special
Collaborative learning; strong student voice
The Downside
Poor attendance
EPIC High School-South, opened in 2014, is one of four city schools founded with grants from the Open Society Foundations to help improve college and career-readiness rates for black and Latino students.
Like other schools in the group, Epic South stresses culturally responsive education, providing students with social and emotional supports including mentors, and tailoring instruction to the individual student. Many classes are interdisciplinary. Epic uses a restorative justice approach to discipline, which emphasizes supportive measures such as counseling and peer mediation over suspensions.
The small school serves a mix of Asian, Hispanic and black students and gives students a voice. For example, student activism led the school to change grading policy that the students said relied too heavily on test scores. Advisories have student leaders as well as teachers.
A downside: attendance is poor.
The other Epic New York City schools are: Epic High School – North, also in Southeast Queens; Nelson Mandela High School in Brooklyn and South Bronx Community Charter School.
Special education: Most students with disabilities receive only special education classroom services but the school does have team teaching with a mix of general and special education students.
Admissions: The school selects students using the educational option method that admits students with a range of abilities. It gives priority to Queens residents but any New York City resident can apply. (Gail Robinson, web reports and DOE material, November 2018)
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School Stats
Is this school safe and well-run?
From 2018-19 NYC School Survey
From 2017-18 NY State Report Card
From this school's most recent Quality Review Report
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
How do students perform academically?
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
Who does this school serve?
From 2019-20 Demographic Snapshot
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
How does this school serve special populations?
From 2018-19 School Quality Guide
Programs & Admissions
From the 2021 High School Directory
Program Description:
We offer a comprehensive academic program that includes specialized classes in Mathematics, Science, and Humanities.
Academics
Language Courses
Spanish
Advanced Placement (AP) courses
AP Human Geography, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP Psychology, AP English Language and Composition, AP Drawing, AP World History: Modern
Sports
Boys PSAL teams
Basketball
Girls PSAL teams
Indoor Track
Read about admissions, academics, and more at this school on NYCDOE’s MySchools
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