Christopher Columbus High School (Bronx, New York)
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| Christopher Columbus High School |
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| Type | Public |
| Principal | Lisa Maffei-Fuentes |
| Students | 2000 |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Location | 925 Astor Avenue Bronx, NY 10469 |
| Oversight | NYCDOE |
| Colors | silver and blue |
| phone | (718) 944-3400 |
| Website | http://www.columbushs.org |
Christopher Columbus High School is a public secondary school located in the Pelham Parkway, northeast section of the Bronx, New York. It is within walking distance from the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden.
It currently enrolls over 2000 students in grades 9 through 12. The student body is diverse, with students whose families come from 66 countries. Seventy-four percent of its faculty have Masters degrees. The current principal is Lisa Maffei-Fuentes.
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[edit] Partnerships and Special Programs
Columbus High School has been a member of the Foundation for Excellent Schools since 1997.[1] It has a partnership with the University of Vermont, which offers special courses at Columbus. Jet Blue Airlines provides free transportation to faculty and students travelling between Vermont and the Bronx.[2]
As of June 2004, Columbus High School was broken down into the Christopher Columbus Educational Campus and shared its premises with four, smaller, specialized schools:
- Pelham Preparatory Academy
- Global Enterprise Academy
- Astor Collegiate High School
- Collegiate Institute for Math and Science (Principal Estelle Hans)(CIMS)[3]
The Bronx High School for the Visual Arts (BHSVA) originally the first small school to move into the campus moved out at the end of the 2004 school year. It currently resides in the old Mercy College Bronx campus which it shares with one other small school.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Anne Bancroft (as Anna Maria Louise Italiano), won best-actress Oscar for portrayal of Helen Keller's teacher in The Miracle Maker, portrayed "Mrs. Robinson" in The Graduate
- David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam killer.
- Kenneth J. Bialkin, Senior Partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; leader of major American Jewish organizations
- Albert "Albie" Grant, Long Island University Hall of Fame basketball player
- Christine Jorgensen (as George William Jorgensen, Jr.), one of the first people to have sex reassignment surgery
- John Kuse, George Kuse, Phil Sanchez, Joel Feldman, Denis Kestenbaum - who, as the "The Excellents" (which also included Chuck Epstein, from DeWitt Clinton High School) - recorded the doo wop classic, "Coney Island Baby," in 1962
- Paul Levinson, author of The Plot To Save Socrates, media commentator on The O'Reilly Factor and other tv and radio news shows
- Darlene Rodriguez (as Darlene Pomales), co-anchor, Today in New York, WNBC-TV
- Andrea Stone, correspondent, USA TODAY
- James Vint Offensive Coordinator at Iowa Wesleyan College, motivational speaker, and author.
- Larry Seidlin, Judge Larry Seidlin is a Florida judge assigned to decide among the merits of claims of competing claimants to the legal power to direct the disposition of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith remains. The hearing made worldwide news and set a media frenzy around the judge.
- Anthony Fanzo, Practice Director
[edit] Teams
- Main sport in the school is the Football Team: Columbus Blue Steel, which won the Bronx Championships November 3rd, 2006. The Blue Steel have gone to the PSAL playoffs four times in the last six years.
Other Columbus teams include:
- Girls' Teams: Soccer, Soft Ball, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Cheerleader, Step, Bowling, Gymnastics, Golf
- Boys' Teams: Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Bowling, Golf
[edit] References
- ^ FES at Christopher Columbus
- ^ University of Vermont Connection
- ^ Collegiate Institute for Math and Science
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| High schools | Adlai Stevenson | Bronx Coalition | Christopher Columbus | Evander Childs | Jane Adams | Lehman | Millennium Art Academy | Monroe Academy (Law) | Monroe Academy (VA & D) | New School | Truman | Visual Arts | Wings Academy |
