Newtown High School (New York City)

Coordinates: 40°44′27″N 73°52′28″W / 40.74088°N 73.8745°W / 40.74088; -73.8745

The tower of the historic Newtown High School.

Newtown High School is a high school in Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Its multinational student body consists of approximately 4,030 students, mostly Spanish-speaking. Newtown High School celebrated its 110th anniversary in 2007. For the first time in over 30 years, Newtown High School held its 2010 graduation at York College instead of Forest Park.

Academics

The school offers college courses, advanced placement classes in English Literature, Biology, Spanish Language, Chinese Language, Calculus BC, History among others; a business/technology program; a pre-engineering/technology preparation; as well as an art program.

Sports

Newtown High School has teams in a variety of sports, whether they are co-ed or broken down into gender. The sports offered include wrestling, soccer, baseball, golf, cross-country, outdoor track, softball, bowling, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, break-dancing, among others. Gymnastics once played a part, but has recently been discontinued for several reasons.

Extracurricular activities

Newtown has a newspaper, a Key club, the student organization, a language club, a poetry club, debate team, mediation, several culture clubs, among others. Newtown also has a notable Guitar class. Mr. Federico Vazquez, who is currently in charge of the class, performs at exhibitions. He also performs with his students at the winter and spring concerts, the class has also performed for QPTV (Queens Public Television) .

Notable alumni

• Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice
• John Carlucci, Aka: "Speediejohn" bass player of The Speedies" (Power pop band ) & The Fuzztones (Garage band)
• Rudy D'Amico, NBA basketball scout, and former college and professional basketball coach
• Kevin Dobson, Actor
• Richard Grasso, former chairman and Chief Executive of the New York Stock Exchange
• Crockett Johnson, cartoonist (Barnaby) and creator of children's books (Harold and the Purple Crayon)
• Arthur "Killer" Kane, a member of the New York Dolls, subject of the film: "A New York Doll"
• Joe Katz, bass player of The Mumps (CBGB's) / Max's Era band & bass player in Klaus Nomi's band
• Estee Lauder, Cosmetic company founder
• Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, NASA astronomer and astrophysicist (class of 1965)
• Omar Minaya, Major League Baseball General Manager
• Gary Mokotoff, Genealogist
• Carroll O'Connor, Actor
• Frank D. O'Connor, famous lawyer from Queens
• Peter Orlovsky, an American poet of the Beat Generation.
• Smush Parker, NBA Player
• Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York professor
• Ad Reinhardt, abstract expressionist painter
• Don Rickles, Comedian
• Zoe Saldana, Actress
• Otto Sanchez, American actor, with roles in "Bad Boys 2", HBO's "Oz", and others.
• Shaan, Pakistani Actor
• Gene Simmons, a member of Kiss
• Rise Stevens, American mezzo-soprano
• Sylvain Sylvain, a member of the New York Dolls
• Johnny Thunders, a member of the New York Dolls

External links

• Homepage.
• Newtown High School. Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City.
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