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Grover Cleveland High School (Queens)

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Type
  
Public secondary

Established
  
1931

Faculty
  
approx. 200

Phone
  
+1 718-381-9600

Color
  
Black & Gold

Motto
  
Unity in Diversity

Principal
  
Denise Vittor

Number of students
  
approx. 2,450

Mascot
  
Grover Cleveland Tiger

Address
  
21-27 Himrod St, Ridgewood, NY 11385, USA

District
  
New York City Public Schools

Similar
  
Maspeth High School, Newtown High School, Long Island City High Sch, Queens Metropolit High Sch, Queens Vocational and Tech

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. The school is so named after former US president Grover Cleveland.

Contents

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] 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

    Grover Cleveland High School (Queens) Wikipedia
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