[3] Channel View School for Research (6th-12th grade) focuses on getting to college with hands-on activities and expeditions.

A partnership with Jet Blue Airlines provides internships for older students and free flights for college visits.

[3] Rockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability offers students an opportunity to develop carpentry and culinary skills.

The Jazz Ensemble performed at various local venues including Russo's On The Bay and The Beach Club.

BCHS had a history of music educators, including Sidney Kolodney, Jack Nowinski, Louis Barella, Alex Leicht and Gerald Brazel.

[citation needed] In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Art Department, under Renee Darvin, attracted a talented and diverse number of art teachers, including Bruce Degen who later went on to create The Magic School Bus series of children's books and television shows with Joanna Cole.

Renee Darvin later served as Director of Art for the New York City Board of Education and a lecturer at the Teachers College at Columbia University.

In 1983, the boys' varsity team participated in the Henley Regatta in Oxford, England, with only one 8-man boat and 8 oars.