Bayside High School is a public high school located in Bayside, in the New York City borough of Queens, it is administered by the New York City Department of Education.
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Performance
Bayside High School is one of the highest performing schools in the New York City Department of Education, earning an "A" three years in a row on the 2010-2011, 2011-12, & 2012-2013 NYCDOE Progress Reports. Bayside students are selectively admitted into six newly updated programs: Digital Art & Design, Music: Performance & Production, Environmental Engineering & Technology, Humanities & Non-Profit Management, Computer Programming & Web Design, and Sports Medicine & Management. These programs offer students the opportunity to earn college credits, participate in industry internships and learn more about careers in the field.
The school has a 95.1% four-year graduation rate; the highest of any large open-admissions high school in the NYC DOE. The school has pioneered Whole Child Guidance practices and is further improving curriculum through the additions of internships and of numerous college-accredited courses. Bayside High School has received positive recognition for "closing the achievement gap" for minority students, English Language Learners (ELL) and students with Special Needs.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,362 students and 145.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 23.1:1. There were 2,032 students (60.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 463 (13.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
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History
Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, Andrew Jackson High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money. Bayside and Andrew Jackson HS were the final two schools to be completed. The design was based on Kirby Hall in Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The schools were designed as small campuses to provide a "somewhate collegiate atmosphere". The design of Bayside High School and the other post-1930 schools, created by architect Walter C. Martin, was considered to be "a modern adaptation of the Adams, Lincoln, and Tilden High Schools", which had all been completed by 1929. Bayside High School was also the first school building in the city to be constructed using Federal funds, built by the Public Works Administration from 1934 to 1936 at the cost of $2.5 million.
Bayside opened its doors on March 16, 1936, taking in 2,300 students from Flushing High School. In 1978 the Bayside High School music program, then under Mr. John Benza, was among the first secondary schools in the nation to purchase and teach Music Synthesis on a synthesizer, the Roland System 100.
Advanced Placement (AP) course offerings
A range of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in most standard curriculum subjects are offered at Bayside High School:
Notable alumni
- Action Bronson (born 1983, class of 2002), rapper
- Eric Adams (politician) (born 1960), borough President of Brooklyn, New York City
- Peggy Adler (born 1942, class of 1959), author and illustrator of children's books; investigative researcher
- Ellen Baker (born 1953, class of 1970), astronaut
- Jordan Belfort (born 1962), former investment banker whose life was the basis the film The Wolf of Wall Street
- Chy Davidson (born 1959), former professional football player
- Steve Englebright (born 1946, class of 1964), paleontologist, politician--member of the New York State Assembly
- Jason Eskenazi (born 1960), photographer
- Mae Faggs (1932-2000), Olympic Sprinter, winner of the gold medal as part of the 4 × 100 meter relay team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
- Mohammad Salman Hamdani (1977-2001), lauded for heroism on Sept. 11, 2001
- Ronnie Harmon (born 1964), professional football player.
- Scott Ian (born 1963, class of 1981), musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax
- Jipsta (born 1974 as John Patrick "JP" Masterson, class of 1992-Valedictorian), rapper who has appeared six times on the Billboard Dance chart
- Daymond John (born February 23, 1969), founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank
- Matthew Kaye, former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler/announcer, currently working for Lucha Underground as an announcer.
- Olivia Longott (born 1981), R&B Singer/rapper, Class of 1998, currently on the VH1 show Love & Hip Hop
- David Nolan (born 1946), historian and author of Fifty Feet in Paradise and The Houses of St. Augustine
- Lea Quezada (born 1980, class of 1998) singer known for the 2004 single Sunshine. She is also known as Lea Sunshine
- John Paulson (born 1955), founder and president of Paulson & Co., a New York-based hedge fund
- Andrea Peyser (born 1959), columnist for the New York Post
- Vincent Rey (born 1987), professional football player
- Scott Salem (class of 1970), radio personality, best known as the engineer for The Howard Stern Show
- Gia Scala (1934-1972), actress
- Norman Sturner (born 1940), real estate developer
- Joe Thomas (born 1963, class of 1981), talk radio host, radio program director (WCHV/Monticello Media) in Charlottesville, Virginia
- Mike Tirico (born 1966), announcer for ESPN
- Tobias Truvillion (born 1975), actor
References
External links
- Bayside High School website
- Bayside High School Football website
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