Grover Cleveland High School (Queens)
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| Grover Cleveland High School | |
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| Address | |
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21–27 Himrod Street , 11385 | |
| Coordinates | 40°42′41″N 73°54′32″W / 40.7115°N 73.9088°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Unity in Diversity |
| Established | 1931 |
| Principal | Marc Pascente |
| Faculty | approx. 200 |
| Number of students | approx. 2,450 |
| Color(s) | Black & Gold |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Newspaper | The Grover Cleveland Herald |
| Website | School website |
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.
Extracurricular activities
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.)
Academic teams
Physics Robotics Science Olympiad][1] Science Research Debate (won the 2009 NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championships in the Rising Star Tier)
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
- Bob Sheppard – Yankee Stadium announcer
- Joe Massino – "The Last Don," final head of the Bonanno Crime Family
- Julius LaRosa – singer and entertainer
- Catherine Nolan - Assemblywoman of District 37 Ridegwood, Queens
- Salvatore Vitale- former underboss of the Bonnano Crime Family
References
- ^ "Home Page". soinc.org. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
