| Benjamin N. Cardozo High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Bayside, NY, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1966 |
| Principal | Gerald Martori |
| Faculty | 189.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Enrollment | 4,042 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.4[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue Orange |
| Nickname | Dozo |
| Newspaper | The Verdict |
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School is a public high school in Bayside, Queens a borough of New York City, USA. 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 generally referred to simply as "Cardozo," or just "'dozo" by the students.
Is 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.[3]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.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 4,042 students and 189.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 21.4.[1]
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Cardozo High School offers a wide variety of Honors and Advanced Placement Courses, including AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science A, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP U.S. History, AP World History, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, and AP Microeconomics.
The school's Science Olympiad team consistently ranks in the top five at the New York City Regional Competition. The team won second place in 2008 [2], third place in 2009, and fourth place in 2010. On February 5, 2011, the school's Science Olympiad team ranked first for the first time since 1999 [3] at the New York City Regional Science Olympiad Competition, ranking above Stuyvesant High School, Bronx High School of Science, Townsend Harris High School, Dalton School, Trinity School, Archbishop Molloy High School, and Collegiate School,[4] schools renowned for their academic rigor.
The Debate team won the NYC championship in 2008. [5]
Cardozo's chapter of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) consistently places among the top students/schools on the city-level and on the state level of the competitions in various competitive events such as Marketing, Economics, Personal Finance, Business Math, Cyber Security, Parliamentary Procedures, Networking Concepts, Business Procedures, Hospitality Management, Accounting I, Sports Management, and more. Students place in the top of their competitive events, gaining higher rankings than students from schools such as Ward Melville HS, Brighton HS, Mamaroneck HS, Jericho HS, Shenendehowa HS, and many other schools. In 2011, Cardozo FBLA went on to the national level of the competitions in Orlando, Florida.
Cardozo also has a large number of sports teams, which are:
Cardozo sports teams often place at or near the top of New York City competitions. Both the boys and girls volleyball teams won PSAL city championships in 2010.
