Grover Cleveland High School (Queens)
| Grover Cleveland High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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21–27 Himrod Street Ridgewood, New York, 11385 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°42′41″N 73°54′32″W / 40.7115°N 73.9088°WCoordinates: 40°42′41″N 73°54′32″W / 40.7115°N 73.9088°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Unity in Diversity |
| Established | 1931 |
| Principal | Denise Vittor |
| Faculty | approx. 200 |
| Number of students | approx. 2,450 |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Newspaper | The Grover Cleveland Herald |
| Website | School website |
Grover Cleveland High School is a large, comprehensive high school in Ridgewood, Queens. Grover Cleveland High School, Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, and Andrew Jackson High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints in order to save money.
Extracurricular activities
Sports
Sports teams include:
- Boys
- Baseball (Varsity and J.V.)
- Basketball (Varsity and J.V.)
- Bowling (Varsity)
- Cross Country
- Handball
- Indoor Track (Varsity)
- Outdoor Track (Varsity)
- Soccer (Varsity)
- Swimming (Varsity)
- Tennis (Varsity)
- Volleyball (Varsity)
- Wrestling
- Girls
- Basketball (Varsity and J.V.)
- Bowling (Varsity)
- Indoor Track
- Outdoor Track
- Swimming (Varsity)
- Tennis (Varsity)
- Volleyball (Varsity and J.V.)
Clubs
These are the clubs that are offered as of Spring 2006 to Fall 2007:
- Arabic
- Arista
- Baseball / Softball
- Botany
- Chess
- Frisbee
- Geology
- Guitar
- Handball
- Key Club
- Photography
- Seekers
- Soccer, Co-ed
- Student Council
- Swimming
- Teachers of Tomorrow
- Tennis
- Thespian
- Video Games
- Volleyball, Co-ed
- Web Design/Internet
Academic teams
Physics Robotics Science Olympiad][1] Science Research Debate (won the 2009 NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championships in the Rising Star Tier)
Notable alumni
- Sandra Denton – singer from Grammy Award winning Salt-N-Pepa
- Marisol Maldonado – model
- Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. – Medal Of Honor USMC Vietnam
- Rosie Perez – award winning actress, activist
- Bob Sheppard – Yankee Stadium announcer
- Joe Massino – "The Last Don," final head of the Bonanno Crime Family
- Julius LaRosa – Singer, Entertainer
- Catherine Nolan - Assemblywoman of District 37 Ridegwood, Queens
References
- ↑ "Home Page". soinc.org. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
External links
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