Orchard Collegiate Academy

  • Twitter Social Icon
  • Instagram Social Icon
College and Career Readiness in the Heart of the Lower East Side
  • HOME

  • ABOUT US

  • ADMISSIONS

  • STUDENT LIFE

  • FOR PARENTS

  • COMMUNITY

  • NEWS

  • CALENDAR

  • More

    School Begins September 5th!

    August 13, 2019

    Family Fest and Talent Show- May 22nd!

    April 17, 2019

    Welcome Class of 2023! Accepted Students Night

    March 21, 2019

    Washington DC Trip!

    February 21, 2019

    Student Led Conferences: 12/13/2018

    December 3, 2018

    OCA Honors DV Awareness Month

    October 15, 2018

    FAMILY NIGHT! Thursday, 9/27

    September 10, 2018

    Just a reminder! School starts 9/5

    August 29, 2018

    Back to School Night! August 28th

    August 10, 2018

    9th Grade Family BBQ!

    July 23, 2018

    Please reload

    Recent Posts

    I'm busy working on my blog posts. Watch this space!

    Please reload

    Featured Posts

    Growing up Mr. D

    February 5, 2016

    |

    Chriselle James

     


    I interviewed one of the staff members of our Henry Street School English Teachers, Mr. Degregrio on how life was back in his teenager years of high school.

     

    “Freshman year I was very short, small and didn’t know what sport to do so I joined wrestling,” says Mr. DiGregorio.

     

     

    Mr. DiGregorio went to an all male catholic school called Msgr. Farrell in Staten Island.  The school colors were maroon and gold, and the school’s motto was “Vir Fidelis” which was Latin for “faithful men.”

     

    His favorite subjects were English and algebra, while his least favorite was Science. He played lacrosse freshman year, learned Italian, and had elective psychology.

     

    Throughout his entire high school life, Degregrio was only absent 3 days. He said “I only missed 3 days of school because I had a funeral to go to, my mom allowed me to go to a Yankee parade, and I was sick once and my mom thought I was lying and didn’t talk to me for a week!”

     

    Mr. Degregrio explained that if he could go back in time and give himself any advice on life, it would be “study harder, and choose my friends wisely.”

    Please reload

    Follow Us

    I'm busy working on my blog posts. Watch this space!

    Please reload

    Search By Tags

    August 2019 (1)

    April 2019 (1)

    March 2019 (1)

    February 2019 (1)

    December 2018 (1)

    October 2018 (1)

    September 2018 (1)

    August 2018 (2)

    July 2018 (1)

    June 2018 (1)

    May 2018 (1)

    April 2018 (3)

    March 2018 (1)

    January 2018 (2)

    November 2017 (2)

    October 2017 (1)

    September 2017 (1)

    August 2017 (1)

    July 2017 (1)

    May 2017 (1)

    March 2017 (1)

    October 2016 (1)

    September 2016 (1)

    August 2016 (2)

    May 2016 (1)

    April 2016 (3)

    March 2016 (5)