Martin Van Buren High School (New York City)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Established | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Marilyn Shevell |
| Students | approx. ???? |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 230-17 Hillside Avenue, Queens Village, New York, USA |
| Colors | Red and Blue |
| Mascot | Bee |
| Newspaper | 'The Beeline' |
Martin Van Buren High School (MVBHS) is a public high school in Queens Village, New York. Named for 8th U.S. President Martin Van Buren, the school opened in 1955. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
Formerly known as the East Queens High School, the school building was designed by notable architects Eggers & Higgins, architects on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, as part of the Board of Education's half-billion dollar post World War II expansion program.[1]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ja Rule - American rapper and actor (never graduated).
- Jon "Bowzer" Bauman
- Donny Deutsch
- Harvey Goldstein a.k.a. Harvey Brooks
- Ilene Graff - American actress and singer.
- Madeline Kahn
- Arthur "Killer" Kane - Member of the New York Dolls.
- Al Kooper
- Mario Savio - Civil Rights activist
- James Van Thach - The first Vietnamese-American to serve as a Military Advisor to the New Iraqi Army
- Frank Wilczek - awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Sherrie Fell - Comedian, Record Label VP of Breaking Records.
- Johnny Demonic - Horror punk guitarist.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- MVB's Scholars (Honors Program) Website
- MVB's Forensics Dept
- NYC Department of Education - Martin Van Buren
|
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 5 | Region 6 | Region 7 | Region 8 | Region 9 | Region 10 |
|
|---|---|
| High schools | Cardozo | Edison | Flushing | Forest Hills | Hillcrest | Jamaica | Francis Lewis | Queens HS for the Sciences | Van Buren |
