Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
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| Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | |
| Established | 1966 |
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| School type | Public |
| Principal | Rick Hallman |
| Location | Bayside, New York, USA |
| Students | 4,180 (2006-12-01) |
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School is a high school in the Queens borough of New York City. The school is named for Benjamin N. Cardozo, who served as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals and then as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Like all New York City public schools, Cardozo High School is operated by the New York City Department of Education. It is sometimes referred to simply as "Cardozo," or as "'dozo."
Some have rated it among the best public high schools in the city and in 1998, Newsweek magazine rated it one of the top 100 schools in the United States.[1]PDF (744 KiB)
True to its namesake, the school is known for its Mentor Law and Humanities program, offering classes in such subjects as contract law as well as a legal internship course. In addition, the school's DaVinci Research program provides students an emphasis on science and mathematics, and the Performing Dance program, for which students are selected through an audition process, provides instruction in many different forms of dance with an emphasis on performance.
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[edit] Feeder patterns
All New York City students entering high school must apply to schools, as there are no longer any zoning boundaries for high schools in New York City.
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Cardozo High School has a plethora of extracurricular activities due to the large student population. Some activities include:
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- Leadership & Support: Mediation-Negotiation
- Council for Unity
- Community Service
- Arista (National Honors Society)
- Debate Team
- Mock Trial
- Step Team
- Math Team
- Science Olympiad
- Fitness Team
- Key Club
The rest of the clubs of Cardozo High School can be found here.
Cardozo also has a large number of sports teams, which are:
Boys
Girls
Co-ed
[edit] Notable alumni
- Rafer Alston, current NBA player
- Royal Ivey, current NBA player
- Ron Jeremy, adult film actor
- Reginald VelJohnson, actor
- Peter Parnell, playwright, television writer and producer[citation needed]
- Pizon, Hip Hop artist/producer
- George Tenet, former director of the CIA
- John "Beatz" Holohan, deceased drummer for Bayside (band)[citation needed]
- Pete Munro, pitcher for the Houston Astros
- Howie Rose, NY Mets Broadcaster
- Duane Causwell, NBA Player
- James Gounaris, Anthony Corleone in The Godfather, Part II[citation needed]
- Greg D'Angelo, Drummer for White Lion[citation needed]
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Region 3 |
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| High schools | Cardozo | Edison | Flushing | Forest Hills | Hillcrest | Jamaica | Queens HS for the Sciences | Van Buren |
