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etween the left and the right wings. It is usually accessed only from the lobby, but has seats on the second level. There are many

performances held at the auditorium, by students and outside artists.

Student life

Each day students enter the building from East 16th Street, swipe their ID cards, and go through metal detectors while their belongings go through an security X-ray scanner. As per the New York City Schools Chancellor's regulations, cell phones, MP3 players, and other electronic devices are currently banned in New York City public schools.

Notable alumni

Joy Behar - Comedian and Host on The View
Claudette Colbert – Actress
Gertrude Berg – Actress, Screenwriter
Bella Spewack – Writer
Anita Page – Actress
Vast Aire - Rapper

Micah White - Gangsta Gangsta Swag Swag/Musician

Alfredo Hernandez - Mexican Van Driver

Micah's Mom - House Mom

Notes

External links

Official website
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-[[File:Washington Irving High School.jpg|thumb|right|325px|Washington Irving High School. The 1885 bust of [[Washington Irving]] &ndash; who never lived on Irving Place, but did visit a nephew who lived nearby &ndash; is by Friedrich Baer.<ref name=access>{{cite accessnyc}}</ref>]]
+      '' Alex Perez Hates everybody that goes to the school he is Yg and lives on 159 street go eat him!!''
-'''Washington Irving High School''' is located at 40 [[Irving Place]] between East 16th and 17th Streets the lower part of the [[New York City]] [[borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Manhattan]]. The school is near the private [[Gramercy Park]] to the north, the park at [[Stuyvesant Square]] to the east, and [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]] to the west, where students tend to linger after school.
-==History==
-The school is named after writer [[Washington Irving]] (''[[Bracebridge Hall]]'', ''[[Tales of a Traveller]]''). The building in which the school is located was designed by the architect [[C.B.J. Snyder]] and built in 1913. The original building is eight stories high, though the extension on 16th Street designed by Walter C. Martin and built in 1938, is eleven stories high.
-The school had been located on [[Lafayette Street]], but SMD because the student population was growing at a rapid rate, a decision was made to move the school to another location,<ref name=access /> and land was purchased at 40 Irving Place. The school started out as a branch of Wadleigh High School, known at first as Girls' Technical High School, the first school for girls in the city. In 1913 the name changed to Washington Irving. Many years later the school became [[co-ed]]. Currently there are more than 2,000 students.
-As of September 2009, the Washington Irving School Campus is shared by three independent schools:  Washington Irving High School, The High School for Language and Diplomacy, and Gramercy Arts High School.
-[[File:Bust of Washington Irving.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The bust of [[Washington Irving]] outside the school]]
-==Interior and exterior==
+etween the left and the right wings. It is usually accessed only from the lobby, but has seats on the second level. There are many
-The school’s interior varies. The lobby’s walls are covered by wood panels and toward the ceiling are murals depicting the history of New York. Many are by the noted muralist, [[Barry Faulkner]]. In the middle of the lobby there is a grand decorative fireplace. The guests enter the building through the main door which is opposite the fireplace. Above the fireplace are statues of women carved from a single piece of white stone, however they are covered by the [[American flag]]. 2nd floor and above the walls are white, doors are red, and floors are black. The exterior is [[limestone]] up to the 2nd story, then gray brick trimmed with limestone. On the corner of Irving Place and 17th Street is a bust of [[Washington Irving]] by [[Friedrich Baer]], which is featured on the school's ID. The exterior was used in the TV [[sit-com]] ''[[Head of the Class]]''. The school’s [[auditorium]] is located is the middle, between the left and the right wings. It is usually accessed only from the lobby, but has seats on the second level. There are many performances held at the auditorium, by students and outside artists.
+ performances held at the auditorium, by students and outside artists.
 ==Student life==