Benjamin N. Cardozo High School

Infobox School2
name = Benjamin N. Cardozo High School


type = Public high school
city = Bayside
established = 1966
state = NY
country = USA
principal = Gerald Martori
enrollment = 4,042 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 189.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 21.4

Benjamin N. Cardozo High School is a public high school in the Queens borough of New York City, USA. The school is named for Benjamin N. Cardozo, who served as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals and then as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Like all New York City public schools, Cardozo High School is operated by the New York City Department of Education. It is generally referred to simply as "Cardozo," or just "'dozo" by the students.

Some have rated it among the best public high schools in the city and in 1998, "Newsweek" magazine rated it one of the top 100 schools in the United States.PDF| [http://schools.nyc.gov/daa/SchoolReports/03asr/477415.pdf] |744 KiB

True to its namesake, the school is known for its "Mentor Law and Humanities" program, offering classes in such subjects as contract law as well as a legal internship course. In addition, the school's "DaVinci Research" program provides students an emphasis on science and mathematics, and the "Performing Dance" program, for which students are selected through an audition process, provides instruction in many different forms of dance with an emphasis on performance.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 4,042 students and 189.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 21.4. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3600099&ID=360009901919 Benjamin N. Cardozo High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 9, 2008.]

Feeder patterns

All New York City students entering high school must apply to schools, as there are no longer any zoning boundaries for high schools in New York City.

Electives

*Yoga
* Team Sports
* CPR
* Business
* Keyboarding
* Music Appreciation
* Guitar
* Desktop Publishing
* Drawing
* Cartooning
* Journalism
* Dance

[http://www.cardozohigh.com/departments/index.php]

Extracurricular activities

Cardozo High School has a plethora of extracurricular activities due to the large student population. Some activities include:
*Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) – won five first place awards in the 2008 NYC competition
*The Verdict (Student Newspaper)
*Leadership & Support: Mediation-Negotiation
*Council for Unity
*Community Service
*Arista (National Honors Society)
*Debate Team
*Mock Trial
*Step Team
*Math Team
*Science Olympiad – won second place in the 2008 NYC Regional Competition
*Fitness Team
*Key Club
*Prismatic View (Science news letter)
*Salmagundi (literary magazine)
*Anime
*Jewish Student Union
*Black Student Union
*Harry Potter Society
*UNICEF Campus Group
*Free the Children (fundraising for children in Kenya)
*Table Tennis Club
*Nutrition Club
*Rock Club
*Give Aid, Give Hope
*Gay-Straight Alliance
*Christian Seekers
*Breakdance
*Salaam Namaste
*Speed Cubing
*Uth Korean Christian FellowshipThe rest of the clubs of Cardozo High School can be found [http://www.cardozohigh.com/clubs.php here] .

Cardozo also has a large number of sports teams, which are:

*Boys: Baseball, Basketball, Cross country, Golf, Handball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, Track, Volleyball and Fencing
*Girls: Basketball, Cross country, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Softball, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Lacrosse, Track and Fencing
*Co-ed: Mock Trial and Bowling

Cardozo sports teams often place at or near the top of New York City competitions.

Notable alumni

*Rafer Alston (1976-), NBA player with the Houston Rockets. [Friend, Tom. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4D81430F936A15752C1A962958260 "BASKETBALL; A Point Guard Leaves in Order to Go Back Home"] , "The New York Times", November 25, 1994. Accessed November 20, 2007. "Letters from John Thompson were no antidote; his classmates at Cardozo High in Bayside, Queens, graduated last June without mailing him an invitation."]
*Duane Causwell (1968-), NBA player. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DE1138F935A25752C0A966958260 "SPORTS PEOPLE: COLLEGE BASKETBALL;"] , "The New York Times", January 16, 1990. Accessed November 26, 2007.]
*Craig Fenton (1960-), author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
*Royal Ivey (1981-), NBA player. [Dicker, Ron. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01EFDE1330F934A15750C0A96F958260&scp=1&sq=%22royal+ivey%22+cardozo&st=nyt "HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS; Rice and Cardozo Advance to Class A Final"] , "The New York Times", March 27, 1999. Accessed January 27, 2008.]
*Ron Jeremy (1953-), adult film actor.Hart, John. [http://www.villagevoice.com/livoice/9934,exit_zero,7867,0.html "The Hedgehog Shoots For Legit"] , "The Village Voice", Accessed December 6, 2007. "Long before Hollywood called, Jeremy was just another Bayside kid who enjoyed afternoons playing on his favorite tree outside his home on Bell Boulevard. He attended Benjamin Cardozo High School, where he appeared in theatrical productions like Oklahoma. One of his fellow cast members was Reginald Vel Johnson, who went on to fame in the Die Hard movie series and TV's Family Matters."]
*James McBride (1957-), author of "The Color of Water"
*Pete Munro (1975-), pitcher for the Houston Astros
*Pizon (1982-), Hip Hop artist/producer
*Anthony Raneri, singer for band Bayside
*Howie Rose (1954-), New York Mets Broadcaster. [Czerwinski, Kevin T. [http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20030506&content_id=306991&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null "Notes: Vaughn uncertain of return"] , Major League Baseball, May 6, 2003. Accessed March 20, 2008. "Third baseman Ty Wigginton, Mets broadcaster Howie Rose and the Dodgers' Jason Romano participated in the unveiling of a new baseball field at Benjamin Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens on Tuesday. Rose is a graduate of Cardozo."]
*George Tenet (1953-), former director of the CIA. [Bumiller, Elisabeth. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E7D9143DF934A25751C1A9649C8B63 "THREATS AND RESPONSES: GOVERNMENT; Under Fire for Sept. 11, C.I.A. Chief Gains From His Bond With Bush"] , "The New York Times", December 17, 2002. Accessed November 20, 2007. "In a speech in 1999 at his alma mater, Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens, Mr. Tenet called himself "the short fat guy from Little Neck," and told the crowd that "many of you will go on to college and you will run into people who went to fancy prep schools and who appear to have a higher quality education than you do. They don't."]
*Reginald VelJohnson (1952-), actor, known for his role in "Family Matters".

Notable faculty

*Matthew Kaye (Matt Striker), WWE wrestler, former History teacher
*Richard Brewer- Lead Singer, guitarist 97-Shade, New York City School teacher

References

External links

* [http://www.cardozohigh.com/ Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Official website]
* [http://www.cardozo78.com/ Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Class of 1978 website]