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Midwood High School at Brooklyn College
Motto: "Grow in mind and body; serve the community"
Established	1940
Type	Public
Principal	David Cohen
Faculty	206
Students	3,750
Grades	9-12
Location	2839 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York, USA
Colors	Red, white, and blue
Mascot	Midwood Hornet
Yearbook	Epilog
Newspaper	Argus
Website	www.midwoodhighschool.org

Midwood High School, at Brooklyn College, is a public, urban, co-ed high school located on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City.

The school, which is administered by the New York City Department of Education, has over 3,500 students. Its H-shaped building, with six Ionic columns and a Georgian cupola, was constructed in 1940.

Contents 1 Academics 1.1 Ranking 1.2 Special Programs 1.3 Advanced Placement Courses 1.4 Intel Science Talent Search Competition 1.5 Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition 2 Sports 3 SING! 4 Clubs 5 Notable Alumni 6 Statistics 7 External links

[edit] Academics

[edit] Ranking

Midwood High School traditionally places among the best high schools in Brooklyn. It is ranked as one of the top 100 high schools in the nation. [1] Midwood is ranked as a "School Of Excellence" by U.S. News and World Report. Midwood has also been chosen as a Blue Ribbon Secondary School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.

The New York Times reported in an article on June 29, 1986, that: "Getting into Midwood High School ... is about as tough as getting into an Ivy League college. More than 12,000 eager eighth graders applied this year for 450 fall openings in Midwood's highly touted programs in the medical sciences and humanities."[2]

[edit] Special Programs

Midwood is well known for its Medical Science Institute program. It also has a program that focuses on the Humanities, and one labeled "Collegiate," which takes in students from the surrounding neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn.

[edit] Advanced Placement Courses

Advanced Placement courses at Midwood are so oversubscribed that only students with near-perfect grades are permitted to take them. Midwood offers 14 Advanced Placement courses, and the College Board listed it among the best schools in the nation in terms of AP offerings.[3]

[edit] Intel Science Talent Search Competition

Midwood has 2 classes that specialize in creating projects for the nationwide INTEL competition - Science INTEL and Social Science INTEL (directed by Dr. George A. Hero). In 1999, Midwood had more semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search than did any other high school in the nation; In 2000, it tied for first place.

[edit] Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition

As of 2006 Midwood had more semifinalists in the Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition than any other New York City high school.[4]

[edit] Sports

Midwood has several sports teams. They include teams in baseball, basketball, football, golf, cheerleading, handball, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, wrestling, and volleyball. Midwood's rival school is James Madison High School, which is a short ride down Bedford Avenue.

[edit] SING!

SING!, an annual student-run musical theater competition put on by some high schools in New York City, was started by Bella Tillis, a music teacher at Midwood, in 1947.[5][6] It is still being produced in 2006. The 1989 movie Sing was based on SING!.

In the summer of 2004, the film The Squid and the Whale filmed in Midwood High School's auditorium, using students from the school's Drama Club as extra seat fillers, in 80s style costumes. The production also used background scenes on the stage that had been painted for the Drama Club's production of Bye Bye Birdie two months prior. The film production crew also enlisted the help of a former Drama Club and SING! lighting manager to help them light the stage for the scene.

[edit] Clubs

Midwood has nearly 100 clubs, including Akiva, Philosophy, Young Democrats, and a Gay-Straight Alliance.

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Woody Allen, Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian
• Noah Baumbach, independent film writer-director
• Didi Conn, motion picture, stage, and television actress
• John Corigliano, composer
• Carole Demas, filmographist, the Magic Garden
• Martin Fettman, astronaut
• Marvin Hamlisch, Academy Award-winning composer of film scores
• Paula (Rosen) Janis, filmographist, the Magic Garden
• Emmanuel Lewis, actor
• Michael Lynne, movie executive, vintner
• Wentworth Miller, actor
• Erich Segal, author, screenwriter, and educator
• William Thompson, New York City Comptroller
• Roz Chast, cartoonist

[edit] Statistics

• Admissions policy: neighborhood school, screened
• Grade levels: 9-12
• Graduation rate: 87%
• Enrollment: 3,750
• Class size: 31-34
• Ethnicity: 31% W, 38% B, 9% H, 22% A
• Average SATs: Verbal, 526; Math, 560
• Free lunch: 13%

Midwood has a problem with overcrowding. In 2003, a 7% increase brought enrollment to 171% of capacity. There were 69 serious "crimes and police incidents," compared to 31 the year before.

[edit] External links

• Midwood High School Official Website
• NYC Department of Education new School Portal For Midwood High School
• Midwood High School Physical Science Department

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7-12 schools	Brooklyn College Academy
High schools	Goldstein HS for the Sciences | Midwood