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Herman Ridder Junior High School (Public School 98)

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Type
  
Junior High School

Grades
  
6-8, SE

Phone
  
+1 718-589-8200

Founded
  
8 September 1931

Principal
  
Mark Turcotte

Enrollment
  
222

Number of students
  
222

Community served
  
Morrisania

Herman Ridder Junior High School (Public School 98)

Opened
  
8 September 1931 (1931-09-08)

Superintendent
  
Rafaela Espinal Pacheco

Address
  
1619 Boston Rd, Bronx, NY 10460, USA

School district
  
New York City Department of Education

Similar
  
Taft High School Campus, Community School District 25, Eleanor Roosevelt High Sch, Columbia Secondary School, High School of American

The Herman Ridder Junior High School (Public School 98) is a middle school in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, part of the New York City Department of Education. Constructed from 1929-31, the building is a landmark Art Deco structure designed by Eric Kebbon. It is named after Herman Ridder, a prominent newspaper publisher and editor.

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Notable Alumni

  • Al Pacino, actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter
  • Regina Resnik, international opera singer
  • Hal Linden, stage and screen actor, television director and musician
  • Anibal Lopez, bodybuilder
  • The school appears in the Baz Luhrmann television show The Get Down

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