Grover Cleveland High School (Queens)

Grover Cleveland High School
Grover Cleveland High School
Location
	21-27 Himrod St; Ridgewood, Queens, New York 11385; United States; 40°42′41″N 73°54′32″W / 40.71139°N 73.90889°W
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Unity in Diversity
Established	1931
School district	New York City Department of Education
NCES School ID	360009801959
Principal	Marc Pascente
Teaching staff	109.28 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,536 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	14.06
Campus	City: Large
Colors	Black and Gold;
Mascot	Tigers
Newspaper	The Grover Cleveland Herald
Yearbook	Cleveland Log
Website	www.groverclevelandhs.org

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 named after former U.S. president Grover Cleveland.

Extracurricular activities

Sports

Sports teams include:

Boys

Baseball (Varsity and Junior Varsity)
Basketball (Varsity and Junior Varsity)
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.)

Academic teams

Physics Robotics Science Olympiad^[2] Science Research Debate (won the 2009 NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championships in the Rising Star Tier)

Yearbook

The yearbook was called the Cleveland Log.

Notable alumni

Cheryl James – singer from Grammy Award-winning Salt-N-Pepa
Jim Gordon – sportscaster
Marisol Maldonado – model
Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. – Medal of Honor USMC veteran
Rosie Perez – award-winning actress, activist
Emanuel Xavier – award-winning poet, LGBTQ activist
Bob Sheppard – Yankee Stadium announcer
Joe Massino – former boss of the Bonanno Crime Family
Julius LaRosa – singer and entertainer
Catherine Nolan – Assemblywoman of District 37 Ridgewood, Queens
Salvatore Vitale – former underboss of the Bonanno crime family
Gerard Yantz – member of the United States field handball squad which played at the 1936 Summer Olympics
George Eisenbarth – expert in type 1 diabetes

References

1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL (360009801959)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
↑ "Home Page". soinc.org. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

External links

[NCES-1] 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL (360009801959)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

[2] "Home Page". soinc.org. Retrieved March 1, 2015.

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v t e Grover Cleveland
22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States 28th Governor of New York (1883–1885)
Life	Grover Cleveland Birthplace New York Institute for Special Education 1881 Buffalo mayoral election 1882 New York state election Mugwumps Westland Mansion Gray Gables
Presidencies	1884 presidential election Campaign Democratic National Convention First inauguration Wedding to Frances Folsom Foreign policy Presidential Succession Act of 1886 Electoral Count Act Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Interstate Commerce Commission Tenure of Office Act Dependent and Disability Pension Act Hatch Act of 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 Texas Seed Bill Berlin Conference Scott Act Dawes Act Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 Federal judges appointed 1888 presidential election Campaign Democratic National Convention Murchison letter 1892 presidential election Campaign Democratic National Convention Second inauguration Panic of 1893 Sherman Silver Purchase Act Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act Coxey's Army Pullman Strike Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Venezuelan crisis of 1895 Enabling Act of 1889 National Democratic Party
Public image	Cleveland National Forest Cleveland Park Grover Cleveland High School Buffalo, New York Los Angeles Queens Cleveland, Mississippi Mount Cleveland (Alaska) Mount Cleveland (Vermont) SS President Cleveland (1920) SS President Cleveland (1947)
Family	Frances Cleveland (wife) Ruth Cleveland (daughter) Esther Cleveland (daughter) Richard F. Cleveland (son) Francis Cleveland (son) Philippa Foot (granddaughter) Richard Falley Cleveland (father) Rose Cleveland (sister) Richard Falley Jr. (great-grandfather)
← Chester A. Arthur ←Benjamin Harrison→ William McKinley → Category

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