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Midwood High School at Brooklyn College
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Address
Map
2839 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn
,
New York,

USA
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Grow in mind and body; serve the community"
Established1940
PrincipalDavid Cohen
Faculty206
Grades9-12
Number of students4,400
Color(s)Red, white, and blue
MascotMidwood Hornet
NewspaperArgus
YearbookEpilog
Websitewww.midwoodhighschool.org

Midwood High School, at Brooklyn College, is a public, urban, co-ed high school located on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City.

The school, which is administered by the New York City Department of Education, has over 3,500 students and is overcrowded; the school is made for 2,200 students.[citation needed] Its H-shaped building, with six Ionic columns and a Georgian cupola, was constructed in 1940.

A new annex is being built across the original building which is scheduled to be completed in summer 2008. The building will house new science labs and will replace the antiquated lab in the original building. The annex will be connected to the original building by a bridge. The bridge will connect the second and third floor from both sides of the building.

Academics

Ranking

Midwood High School traditionally places among the best high schools in Brooklyn. It is ranked as one of the top 100 high schools in the nation. [1] Midwood is ranked as a "School Of Excellence" by U.S. News and World Report. Midwood has also been chosen as a Blue Ribbon Secondary School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.

The New York Times reported in an article on June 29, 1986, that: "Getting into Midwood High School ... is about as tough as getting into an Ivy League college. More than 12,000 eager eighth graders applied this year for 450 fall openings in Midwood's highly touted programs in the medical sciences and humanities."[2]

In May 2007, Midwood was the second most popular high school in New York City, with more eighth-graders listing it as their first choice than any other school in the five boroughs.[3]

Special Programs

Midwood houses 3 institutes -- Medical Science, Humanities, and Collegiate. Collegiate, Humanities and Medical Science students are placed into the courses that are specifically designed and catered to the structure of their program.

The Collegiate program which is typically comprised of students who live within the immediate community. The Collegiate program is known as a college preparatory program, however it can be debated that the students in the Collegiate Program are not being prepared for college as the school reports as it does. The requirements are the basic NYC high school requirements which is 7 semesters of gym, 1 semester health, 4 years English, 4 years of history/social studies, 3 years of lab science, 3 years foreign language, 1 semester art, 1 semester music, electives.

The Medical Science institute is for students interested in science or the medical field. It requires 5 years of science including all four science regents(if earth science or biology were taken in junior high school then those count as a year each if regents were taken), 1 semester art, 1 semester music, 3 years of language in the building, 4 years of English, math, 7 semesters of gym, 1 semester health, and social studies and two science electives. As of 2007, incoming freshman of the Medical Science Institute must choose a course of study—ranging from anatomy to robotics in which the two science electives you would need to take would vary depending on which course you have chosen.

The Humanities institute requires additional two years of Latin taken during sophomore and junior year as your electives, art, music, 3 science regents, math A and B regents, 5 years of English (take two English electives), and 5 of social studies, 7 semesters of gym, 1 semester health, and 3 years of language in the building(excluding Latin). During freshman and sophomore year, English and global classes are combined so that you read things in English that are relative to what you're doing in global.

Advanced Placement Courses

Midwood offers over 18 Advanced Placement courses, and the College Board listed it among the best schools in the nation in terms of AP offerings.[4] Midwood offers Advanced Placement courses in

Intel Science Talent Search Competition

Midwood has 2 classes that specialize in creating projects for the nationwide INTEL competition - Science INTEL and Social Science INTEL (directed by teachers Glenn Elert and George A. Hero, respectively). In 1999, Midwood had more semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search than did any other high school in the nation; In 2000, it tied for first place.

Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition

As of 2006 Midwood had more semifinalists in the Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition than any other New York City high school. [5]

Extracurricular Activities

Sports

Midwood has several sports teams. They include teams in baseball, bowling, basketball, football, golf, cheerleading, handball, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, wrestling, and volleyball.

Midwood's lacrosse team is recognized for having a great program in bringing many city championships. Most recent are the 2006 and 2007 city championships. Midwood also has a girls lacrosse team who started as a developmental team in 2006, who placed third with a winning season of 7-4. Midwood Girls Lacrosse is nicknamed "glax" and to find out more information on midwood's girls lacrosse or any other sports programs, go to psal.org

SING!

SING!, an annual student-run musical theater competition put on by some high schools in New York City, was started by Bella Tillis, a music teacher at Midwood, in 1947.[6][7] It is still being produced in 2006. The 1989 movie Sing was based on SING!.

In the summer of 2004, the film The Squid and the Whale filmed in Midwood High School's auditorium, using students from the school's Drama Club as extra seat fillers, in 80s style costumes. The production also used background scenes on the stage that had been painted for the Drama Club's production of Bye Bye Birdie two months prior. The film production crew also enlisted the help of a former Drama Club and SING! lighting manager to help them light the stage for the scene.

Clubs

Midwood has nearly 100 clubs, including Key Club, Akiva Club, Philosophy, Amnesty International, Young Democrats, the Environmental Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, the step team 'Lady Phoenix and Infinite', and BHA (Black Heritage Alliance).

Argus

The Argus School Newspaper, which is published monthly, gives student journalists a chance to have their articles published.

Notable alumni

Statistics

  • Admissions policy: neighborhood school; screened
  • Grade levels: 9-12
  • Graduation rate: 96.2%
  • Class size: 31-34
  • Ethnicity: 25% W, 43% B, 9% H, 25% A
  • Average SATs: Verbal, 526; Math, 560
  • Free lunch: 13%

References

  1. ^ Midwood High School At Brooklyn College
  2. ^ Education Watch; Philosophical Objections To Elite City High Schools - Free Preview - The New York Times
  3. ^ Qns. High Highest On Students' Lists
  4. ^ New York Metro: Best High Schools in New York
  5. ^ Midwood Science Awards 2006-2007
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ Jessica Steen Sing Article

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