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Beach Channel High School , is a high school in the public school system of New York City, is located at 100-00 Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park in the borough of Queens. The school opened in 1973 and, as of 2006, has an enrollment of 2,175 students. The school was built on the edge of Jamaica Bay and has a private dock. It offers a College Now program, which allows students to get college credit through programs at Rikers Island, Kingsborough Community College and Southampton College Principals Dr. David Morris (October 2003–present) Barbara Pleener (September 2003—October 2003) John Marcus, Acting Principal (February 2003–September 2003) Andrea Holt (September 2002–February 2003) Bernard Hopkins Gassaway (April 1997–June 2002) Sandra C. Hassan (February 1988-April 1997) Arthur Greenberg (September 1981-January 1987) Robert L. Rappaport (September 1973-June 1981)(author)|Joanna Cole. Renee Darvin later went on to serve as Director of Art for the New York City Board of Education and to be a lecturer at the Teachers College at Columbia University. During their tenure at Beach Channel, the arts program offered a wide array of near-college-level courses including an after school life drawing program for advanced students. In 2000, artist Julie Dermansky undertook a project for the Department of Cultural Affairs for New York City and decorated the fencing and floors of the day care center with works entitled Ocean Fence and Ocean Floor.