Type Public secondary Established March 16, 1936 Principal Michael Athy Mascot Commodore | Motto Anchored in Excellence School number 26Q495 Phone +1 718-229-7600 Number of students 3,461 | |
District New York City Public Schools Profiles | ||
Bayside High School is a four-year public high school located in Bayside, in the New York City borough of Queens, administered by the New York City Department of Education. Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, Andrew Jackson High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money.
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Since 1936, Bayside has strived to ensure that all of its students have access to a high-quality education that prepares them for the rigors of college and the workforce. Approximately 3,300 students are enrolled at Bayside High School currently.
Bayside High School is one of the highest performing schools in the New York City Department of Education, earning an "A" three years in a row on the 2010–2011, 2011–12, & 2012–2013 NYCDOE Progress Reports. Bayside students are selectively admitted into six newly updated programs: Digital Art & Design, Music: Performance & Production, Environmental Engineering & Technology, Humanities & Non-Profit Management, Computer Programming & Web Design, and Sports Medicine & Management. These programs offer students the opportunity to earn college credits, participate in industry internships and learn more about careers in the field. The school has a 95.1% four-year graduation rate; the highest of any large open-admissions high school in the NYC DOE. The school has pioneered Whole Child Guidance practices and is further improving curriculum through the additions of internships and of numerous college-accredited courses. Bayside High School has received positive recognition for "closing the achievement gap" for minority students, English Language Learners (ELL) and students with Special Needs.
History
Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, Andrew Jackson High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money. Bayside and Andrew Jackson HS were the final two schools to be completed. The design was based on Kirby Hall in Gretton, Northamptonshire, England. The schools were designed as small campuses to provide a "somewhate collegiate atmposphere". The design of Bayside High School and the other post-1930 schools, created by architect Walter C. Martin, was considered to be "a modern adaptation of the Adams, Lincoln, and Tilden High Schools", which had all been completed by 1929. Bayside High School was also the first school building in the city to be constructed using Federal funds, built by the Public Works Administration from 1934 to 1936 at the cost of $2.5 million.
Bayside opened its doors on March 16, 1936, taking in 2,300 students from Flushing High School. In 1978 the Bayside High School music program, then under Mr. John Benza, was among the first secondary schools in the nation to purchase and teach Music Synthesis on a synthesizer, the Roland System 100.
The Class of 1986 intends to hold its thirty-year reunion on June 5, 2016 at Terrace on the Park, the same venue, at which, it held its senior prom: https://www.facebook.com/events/943637812416095/
The following Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered at Bayside High School: