Announcements

Marking Period 2 Report Cards

Report cards will be available to parents and students via Pupil Path on Friday, December 13, 2013. If you have any questions or would like to request a hard copy please contact Libia Placencia at 718-430-6390 (ext. 3631)

RHS Mystery Theater Dinner

Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Please see Ms. Mack if you would like to attend.

RHS T-Shirt Sales will be ongoing for the next month! All orders must be placed by December 18th to Ms. Bartuccelli. Feel free to email questions, concerns, or orders to LBartuccelli@schools.nyc.gov

RHS tshirt 2.pdf

RHS Winter Concert

Come join us on Thursday, December 19 for our annual Winter Concert. The concert will begin at 7pm and admission is $3. We look forward to seeing you all there to celebrate the season and our students hard work.

RHS Regains it's 'A' on the NYC Progress Report.

Check out the full report here.

Light Fixture Notice

Dear Parents and Staff,

In February 2011, New York City announced a comprehensive plan to increase the energy efficiency and environmental quality of NYC schools. An important aspect of the plan is to address polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) present in many fluorescent lighting fixtures installed in our school buildings between 1950 and 1978. The program included the replacement of all T-12 fluorescent lamps with magnetic ballasts which may have contained PCBs. The DOE is expanding this program to include older high intensity discharge (HID) lighting, which is a different type of light fixture that may also use or have used PCBs.

Our building contains HID lighting fixtures, but does not have other fixtures that may contain PCBs. HID lights are located in very limited portions of buildings, such as gyms, auditoriums, or shop rooms. The DOE will replace all HID fixtures installed before 1980 unless construction records verify that these fixtures were replaced. All of the replacements will be completed by December 31, 2016.

While we understand concerns regarding the presence of materials containing PCBs in the school building, the City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has advised that, based on a pilot study of DOE schools, there is no immediate health concern and that health effects from long term exposure to the air in school buildings are unlikely to occur at the PCB levels seen in the NYC schools. Please visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/pcb.pdf for more information on PCBs and to address any questions about health concerns.

RHS "Green Team" Volunteers to Clean Up

http://bronx.news12.com/news/bronx-trees-gets-some-tree-l-c-at-pelham-bay-park-1.6234180

The kids were really amazing and worked for 3 hours straight without a break. They cleaned out a good chunk of Hunter Island and mulched all the new trees for the winter. They will be volunteering again one Saturday in November if anyone wants to join them, please see Natasha Alexandris

Mission Statement

Renaissance High School is dedicated to empowering our students through relevant, respectful, and innovative practices, which ensure their academic and social success in our community and beyond.