Hillcrest High School (New York City)

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Hillcrest High School is a four-year public high school located in Jamaica, in the New York City borough of Queens. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

As of 2005, the school principal is Mr. Stephen M. Duch, who has served in that capacity since 1996. Prior to the arrival of Mr. Duch, the school was listed as the most violent school in the city. Duch has turned the school around, significantly decreasing the number of major violent incidents at the school.

The mascot is the hawk and the school colors are violet and white.

The school's boys' soccer team became a division champion in the 06/07 season. The school serves approximately 3,000 students and was the recent recipient of the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence award from the New York State Department of Education.

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Hillcrest High School include:

Fran Drescher, actress, best known for her role on The Nanny.^[1] (Her character Fran Fine from The Nanny also graduated from Hillcrest)
Ray Romano, actor, best known for his role in Everybody Loves Raymond. ^[2]

[edit] References

^ Meisler, Andy. "TELEVISION; Mary Poppins She's Not", The New York Times, December 18, 1994. Accessed November 20, 2007. "After she graduated from Hillcrest High School in Queens, where she met Mr. Jacobson, the two of them moved to Los Angeles and were married."
^ Yahoo Movies - Ray Romano. Retrieved on 2006-08-23.