John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York)
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Coordinates: 40°39′04″N 73°31′30″W / 40.65111°N 73.525°W
| John F. Kennedy High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Bellmore, NY, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1966 |
| Principal | Lorraine Poppe (head) Assistant Principals - Mr. Owenburg and Dr. Pratt |
| Faculty | 85 |
| Number of students | 1,320 |
| Campus | suburban |
| Color(s) | Dartmouth green and gray/silver |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Website | Website |
John F. Kennedy High School is a high school located in Bellmore, New York. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.[1] In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK.
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[edit] Demographics
| Ethnic Group | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White | 94.67% |
| Asian | 1.97% |
| Hispanic | 2.50% |
| African American | 0.83% |
| Native American | 0.00% |
[edit] District
There are five other schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District: Wellington C. Mepham High School, Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick Avenue Middle School, and Grand Avenue Middle School About 6,050 students are enrolled at the school district, with approximately 1,200 students in each school.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Joey Buttafuoco (did not graduate)
- Spencer Eig, attorney for Elian Gonzales[2]
- Doug Ellin, creator of Entourage
- Amy Fisher, convicted of the 1992 shooting of the wife of her lover
- Bill Freiberger, Emmy-Nominated writer and producer of The Simpsons, The PJs, and Drawn Together
- Michael Kors, fashion designer
- Jim Schwartz, Former starting small forward for the New Jersey Nets
- Paul Krugman, economist, Princeton University Professor, and columnist for The New York Times, Nobel Prize in economics.
- Steve Levy, host of ESPN SportsCenter
- Scott Lipsky, tennis player
- Daryl Palumbo, current vocalist of Glassjaw and current vocalist for Head Automatica
- Adam Schefter, ESPN football analyst
- Jason Smilovic, writer and producer
- Mbuto Sese Seko, prolific novelist and former dictator of Zaire.
[edit] References
- Notes
[edit] External links
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