DeWitt Clinton High School
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| DeWitt Clinton High School | |
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| Sine Labore Nihil (Without Work Nothing Is Accomplished) |
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| Established | 1897 |
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| School type | Public |
| Principal | Geraldine Ambrosio/Garcia Ambrosio--67.87.130.84 12:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC) |
| Location | New York City (Bronx), New York State, United States of America |
| Students | approx. 5,000 |
| Faculty | 270 |
| Mascot | The Governors |
| Colors | Red and black |
| Website | Official Website |
DeWitt Clinton High School is a high school located in New York City.
Clinton opened in 1897, all boys at first and co-ed since 1983. Its original building was on West 13th Street in Manhattan; later, it moved to on 59th Street and Tenth Avenue (now John Jay College); it is currently located on Mosholu Parkway South in the Bronx.
In 1996, Clinton was selected by Redbook magazine as one of the five most improved schools in America. In 1999, it was designated as one of the most astounding schools in the United States by US News and World Report.
The abbreviation for DeWitt Clinton High School is DWCHS (official code 10X440). The current principal is Geraldine Ambrosio, the first woman to hold the position in Clinton's history.
Lately, there have been many conflicts and controversies concerning overcrowding in the school, metal detectors, and safety concerns. The school receives government aid because of the low income status of its students. As of 2006, the school has a large Hispanic population, followed by Blacks and Asians. Caucasians comprise a tiny minority.
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[edit] Organization-Houses/Small Learning Communities
Clinton is split into learning communities. They include the Animal Professions, Macy Honors Gifted Program, Health Professions, Public Service and Business Enterprise. Among these, are some of New York's brightest.
[edit] Macy Honors Gifted
Some of these brightest are enrolled in the Macy Honors Gifted Program in the Sciences and Humanities, run by Ms. Phyllis McCabe. This House has its own teachers, a 9 period day and much more. The program offers specialized and advanced Technology (SMT) courses, Science, Math, English, Law, Government, Philosophy and Great Books. All students in the program are required to have a minimum average of 80 and not fail courses.
The amount of unlawful activities occurring within the Macy Honors Gifted Program is sharply less than the other programs. This may be due to the fact that any dangerous activity can strip a student of his program and be demoted from the program immediately.
This program is considered vastly greater than the other programs within the school. While the entire school in general is not a specialized high school, The Macy Honors Gifted Program in the Science and Humanities has the same expectations, similar courses, and successful results range from the best public high school to the average specialized high school.
The demographics of Macy Honors Gifted are approximately 1,000 out of 5,000.
[edit] Einstein
There is also a select group of students in the Macy Honors Gifted Program in the Sciences and Humanities called the Einstein group, which are considered to be one of the best around, if not, as good as DeWitt Clinton's neighboring specialized high school, Bronx Science. The guidance counselor of Einstein is Ms. Parra. In Einstein, the teaching methods are more strict, and require an average of 90 or higher to remain within the program. Many within this elite of elites program usually either drop out of Einstein, or get demoted to regular Macys. While there are around a thousand kids inside of the Macy Honors Gifted Program, only a few hundred are in Einstein. In addition, classes within Einstein tend to be diminutive, ranging from as "average" as 16 with 30 being considered "crowded" for the average Einstein class.
The demographics of Einstein students are 200 of 1000 Macy students.
To remain in Einstein, one must:
- Score a 90 average or higher.
- Commit to occasional extra school.
- Be willing to give speeches to the school.
[edit] Elites
To encourage the promotion of better grades, many Einstein students have formed a group called the "Elite Four" (although there are many more than four members, which are considered to be an even higher level than Einstein, although this club is not an official one. The members of the Elite Four tend to encourage other students to do better in their classes, as per a rather recent assembly in the honors ceremony. They are also granted the right to recommend students for honors, and can strip students of their program status under the right written conditions. The Elite students can be assigned to professional meetings before and afterschool, similar to the school's student council, except they have more power. Some of these students have specialized classes that may take place over the course of ten periods.
The demographics of Elites are 20 of 1000 Macy students.
To remain in the Elites group, one must:
- Score an average of 90 or higher and consecutively make it to Full Honors.
- Be willing to give speeches to the school AND other public areas.
- Commit time before school, afterschool, and ten periods of school.
[edit] Clubs, groups, and teams
As of September 2006 there are 35 clubs at Clinton. These clubs include:
ARISTA National Honor Society
The Step Team
Environmental Affairs Club
Christian Seekers Club
Art Club
Key Club International
Math Club
Spoken Ink (Poetry Club)
Chess Club
Other clubs include Medical Science Club, History Club, United Nations Club, and more.
There are also 35 sports teams ranging from football to wrestling.
[edit] Contact information
The address of the school is 100 West Mosholu Parkway, Bronx, NY 10468. The telephone number is (718) 543-1000. The website is http://clinton.ny.schoolwebpages.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Andrew Ackerman, director, Children's Museum of Manhattan (class of 1971)
- Stephon Alexander, physicist, Penn State (class of 1989)
- Charles Alston, artist, muralist (class of 1925)
- Alan Arbus, actor (class of 1933)
- Nate Archibald, Hall of Fame basketball player (class of 1966)
- Richard Avedon, photographer (class of 1941)
- William Axt, film composer, The Thin Man (1935) (class of 1905)
- James Baldwin, writer (class of 1943) [1]
- Martin Balsam, actor (class of 1938)
- H. Romare Bearden, artist (1925-1928)
- Murry Bergtraum, president, NYC Board of Education (class of 1931)
- Pandro Berman, film producer (class of 1923)
- Edward Bernays, "Father of Public Relations" (class of 1908)
- Edward Bernstein, First director of the International Monetary Fund (class of 1922)
- Pedro Borbón, Jr., professional baseball pitcher (class of 1985)
- Herbert H. Breslin, theatrical agent (Luciano Pavarotti, etc.)(class of 1941)
- Stephen Buckley, managing editor, St. Petersburg Times (class of 1985)
- Robert Butler MD, geriatics expert (class of 1944)
- B. Gerald Cantor, founder, Cantor-Fitzgerald (class of 1934)
- Richard H. Carmona, US Surgeon General (class of 1967)
- Al Casey, jazz guitarist (class of 1931)
- Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (class of 1939)
- Richard Condon, author, The Manchurian Candidate, Prizzi's Honor (class of 1933)
- Avery Corman, author, Kramer vs. Kramer, Oh, God! (class of 1952)
- Frank Corsaro, stage and opera director (class of 1942)
- Milton Cross, Metropolitan Opera radio announcer (class of 1915)
- George Cukor, film director (class of 1917)
- Countee Cullen, poet (class of 1922) [2]
- Lloyd Cutler, attorney, counsel to US presidents (class of 1932)
- Leonard Davis, founder of Colonial Penn Insurance and co-founder of AARP (class of 1944)
- Meyer Davis, society band leader (class of 1904)
- Pedro de Cordoba, actor (class of 1900)
- Dean Dixon, first African American conductor of the New York Philharmonic (class of 1932)
- DJ Red Alert, impresario (class of 1974)
- George Duvivier, bass player (class of 1937)
- Fred Ebb, lyricist (class of 1944)
- Will Eisner, "Father of the modern graphic novel" (class of 1936)
- Eliot Elisofon, photographer (class of 191929)
- Herbert Fields, playwright and screenwriter (class of 1916)
- Joseph Fields, playwright and screenwriter (class of 1913)
- Bill Finger, co-creator of Batman (class of 1933)
- Edward S. Feldman, film producer, Witness, The Truman Show (class of 1946)
- Avery Fisher, electronics pioneer (class of 1924)
- Lewis Frankfort, CEO of Coach Bags (class of 1963)
- Budd Friedman, IMPROV founder (class of 1951)
- Hank Garrett, actor (class of 1950)
- Frank Gilroy, Pulitzer Prize playwright (class of 1943)
- Bill Graham, rock promoter (class of 1949)
- Adoph Green, lyricist, screenwriter (class of 1932)
- George Gregory, Jr., first African American All-American college basketball player and New York City official (class of 1927)
- Sam Gross, cartoonist, New Yorker Magazine (class of 1950)
- Sam Gutowitz, founder of Sam Goody Records (class of 1920)
- Jerry Harkness, professional basketball player and civil rights activist (class of 1958)
- Irving Hasen, cartoonist, created Dondi (class of 1939)
- Darrin DeWitt Henson, actor, choreographer (class of 1986)
- Bernard Herrmann, composer (class of 1930)
- Judd Hirsch, actor (class of 1952)
- Arthur Hornblow Jr, film producer (class of 1911)
- Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman (class of 1933)
- Stubby Kaye, actor (class of 1936)
- Benjamin Kimlau, US Navy pilot killed during World War II, square named for him in Chinatown, NYC (class of 1937)
- Robert Klein, comedian, actor, author (class of 1958)
- George Kleinsinger, composer, Tubby the Tuba (class of 1930)
- Stanley Kramer, film producer and director (class of 1930)
- Burt Lancaster, actor (class of 1930)
- Ralph Lauren, designer (class of 1957)
- Stan Lee, comic book publisher (class of 1939)
- Alfred Leslie, artist (class of 1945)
- Edward Lewis, founder of ESSENCE magazine (class of 1958)
- Joe E. Lewis, entertainer (class of 1919)
- Robert Q. Lewis, actor, television host (class of 1938)
- Eric Linden, actor (class of 1927)
- Frank Loesser, composer and lyricist (class of 1926)
- Eddie Lopat, New York Yankee pitcher (class of 1935)
- Robert Lowery, first African American fire commissioner of the NYFD (class of 1934)
- Walter Mack, Jr., head of Pepsi (class of 1913)
- George Macy, publisher (class of 1917)
- Vito Marcantonio, US Congressman (class of 1921)
- Garry Marshall, director, producer, actor (class of 1952)
- August Martin, first African American commercial pilot (class of 1938)
- Conald McKayle, stage and film choreographer (class of 1947)
- Abel Meeropol, teacher at DWC; lyricist, “Strange Fruit,” “The House I Live In” (class of 1921)
- Paul Milstein, real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1940)
- Seymour Milstein real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1937)
- Walter Mirisch, film producer (class of 1938)
- Tracy Morgan, actor and comedian (class of 1985)
- Jerome Moross, film composer, The Big Country (class of 1928)
- Howard Morris, actor (class of 1936)
- Ralph Morse, photographer, developed the camera that went to the moon in 1969 (class of 1935)
- Jerry Moss, co-founder of A & M Records (class of 1953)
- Johnny Most, legendary radio play-by-play announcer for the Boston Celtics.
- Jan Murray, actor, television host (class of 1934)
- Frank Netter MD, anatomy artist (class of 1923)
- Roy Neuberger, financier (class of 1921)
- Barnett Newman, artist (class of 1923)
- Herbie Nichols, pianist, songwriter, "Lady Sings the Blues" (class of 1937)
- Jan Peerce, Metropolitan Opera tenor (class of 1922)
- Earl 'Bud' Powell, jazz pianist and composer (class of 1931)
- Mel Powell, Pulitzer Prize jazz composer (class of 1937)
- Daniel Quintero, director, Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club(class of 1978)
- John Randolph, actor (class of 1932)
- Charles Rangel, US representative
- Chester Rapkin, urban planner, coined "SoHo" for an area of New York City (class of 1935)
- Seymour Reit, co-creator of Casper, the Friendly Ghost (class of 1934)
- Arthur Rickerby, photographer (1938)
- Irving Riese, co-founder of Riese Restaurants (class of 1936)
- Richard Rodgers, Broadway composer (class of 1919)
- A.M. Rosenthal, NY Times journalist (class of 1938)
- Jack Rudin, real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1942)
- Lewis Rudin, real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1944)
- Juan R. Sanchez, judge, US District Court PA (class of 1974)
- Ralph L. Scala, Rock Star, Singer, keyboardist, founder of The Blues Magoos, 1962 & 1963 PSAL City Champions Golf (class of 1964)
- Adolph Schayes, Hall of Fame basketball player (class of 1945)
- Daniel Schorr, journalist (class of 1933)
- M. Lincoln Schuster, co-founder of Simon & Schuster (class of 1913)
- Sherwood Schwartz, creator of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch (class of 1934)
- Neil Simon, playwright (class of 1944)
- Aaron Siskind, abstract photographer (class of 1921)
- Bobby Sharp, songwriter, "Unchange My Heart" (class of 1942)
- Ricky Sobers, professional basketball player (class of 1971)
- Larry Storch, actor (class of 1941)
- Charles Strouse, composer (class of 1944)
- Howard Taubman, New York Times music and theater critic (class of 1925)
- Marvin Traub, former head of Bloomingdale's Dept. Store (class of 1942)
- Lionel Trilling, educator and critic (class of 1921)
- Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States (class of 1954)
- Woodie W. White, a retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church (class of 1953)
- Willie Worsley, community leader and basketball player (class of 1965)
- William Zeckendorf, real estate developer (class of 1921)
[edit] Noteworthy Items
Visitors who have addressed Clinton assemblies include Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Sioux Chief Buffalo Bear, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, Sgt. Slaughter, Wynton Marsalis, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Astronaut Frederick Gregory.
Clinton alumni include: the first African American to be a commercial pilot in the United States (August Martin '38), to conduct the New York Philharmonic (Dean Dixon '32), and to be a college basketball All American (George Gregory Jr. '27)----the first Dominican to play professional baseball in the United States (Ozzie Virgil '50) and to be elected to the NYS Supreme Court (Rolando T. Accosta '75)----the originator of the modern ticker tape parades up lower Broadway (Grover Whalen '06)----the organizer of the NY Golden Gloves boxing championships (Paul Gallico '16)----the person who named the Academy Award “Oscar” (Sidney Skolsky '23)----the first realtor to turn commercial buildings into residential lofts (Barnet Liberman '63)----the first DJ to be honored with an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (DJRedAlert '74)----the first American tenor to sing at the Bolshoi Opera (Jan Peerce '22)----the first American to win Olympic gold in speed skating (Irving Jaffee '22)----the first entrepreneur to put a food court in a shopping mall (Irving Riese '36)
In 2004, the boys’ and girls’ track teams won the PSAL indoor and outdoor championships, an accomplishment unmatched by any other school in PSAL history.
Six NYC schools are named for Clinton grads: August Martin High School in Queens, Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers and P.S.105 Abraham Bernstein in the Bronx, and P.S.50 Vito Marcantonio and P.S. 194 Countee Cullen in Manhattan.
[edit] 2005 Statistics
Total Enrollment = 4,725
MACY = 450
Health Professions = 160
Public Service = 145
Business Enterprise = 150
Technology = 165
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- school website
- [3] Alummni Association of DWC.
- insideschools.org profile
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| High schools | Bronx HS of Science | DeWitt Clinton | HS of American Studies at Lehman College | Walton | West Bronx School of the Future (Theodore Roosevelt Campus) | Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA, JFK Campus) | Bronx Expeditionary Learning High School (Taft Campus) | Bronx High School of Business (Taft Campus) | Bronx High School for Medical Science (Taft Campus) | Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications (Taft Campus) | Belmont Preparatory High School (Theodore Roosevelt Campus) | Fordham High School for the Arts (Theodore Roosevelt Campus) | Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology (Theodore Roosevelt Campus) | Bronx High School for Law and Community Service (Roosevelt Campus) | The Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music (Walton Campus) | John F Kennedy High School | Grace Dodge Career and Technical Education High School
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| Empowerment High schools located in the geographic boundaries of Region 1 | Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy | International School of Liberal Arts (ISLA, Walton Campus) | In-Tech Academy | Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice | Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School | Kingsbridge International High School (Walton Campus) | Univeristy Heights Secondary School at Bronx Community College | High School for Teaching and the Professions (Walton Campus) | Marble Hill High School for International Studies (JFK Campus) | Bronx Leadership Academy High School | Bronx Theater High School (JFK Campus) | The Marie Curie High School for Nursing, Medicine, and Allied Health Professions | The Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizensip for Young Men (Taft Campus) | Explorations Academy | Mott Hall Bronx High School | Validus Preparatory Academy: An Expeditionary Learning School | Bronx School of Law and Finance (JFK Campus) | Dreamyard Preparatory School (Taft Campus) | Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics | Discovery High School (Walton Campus) | Grace Dodge Career and Technical Education High School | Grace Dodge Career and Technical Education High School |
