Bayside High School (Queens)
| Bayside High School | |
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| Address | |
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32-24 Corporal Kennedy Street , Bayside, NY 11361-1061 New York City, New York United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Anchored in Excellence |
| Established | March 16, 1936 |
| School board | New York City Public Schools |
| School number | 26Q495 |
| Principal | Michael Athy |
| Faculty | 145.8 FTEs |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,362 (as of 2014-15) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.1:1 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Orange |
| Mascot | Commodore |
| Newspaper | The Baysider |
| Website | [1] |
Bayside High School is a four-year public high school located in Bayside, in the New York City borough of Queens, administered by the New York City Department of Education.
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.
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.
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