Benjamin Cardozo High School - Bayside, New York/NY

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Benjamin Cardozo High School

57-00 223rd Street, Bayside, NY, 11361 -

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Definition of Terms

Benjamin Cardozo High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Queens County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

4042 students

% Male / % Female

46% / 54%

Total Classroom Teachers

189 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 863 students

Grade 10 - 1122 students

Grade 11 - 1161 students

Grade 12 - 805 students

Grade Not Listed - 91 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	46%	4%
% Hispanic	14%	17%
% Black	18%	19%
% White	22%	58%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

13%

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

New York City Public s School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	31	4
Number of Students Managed	32,592 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	n/a	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	n/a	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	n/a	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	n/a	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	n/a	97%

Cardozo pianist to compete at Carnegie Hall (YourNabe.com)
posted on November 29, 2009 at 07:37:59 am
A 17-year-old junior from Bayside’s Benjamin Cardozo High School is preparing for a major city piano competition and a recital at Carnegie Hall next year after placing as a semi-finalist at an international competition in South Korea last summer.
Cardozo pianist to compete at Carnegie Hall (New York Post)
posted on November 25, 2009 at 07:34:00 pm
A 17-year-old junior from Bayside’s Benjamin Cardozo High School is preparing for a major city piano competition and a recital at Carnegie Hall next year after placing as a semi-finalist at an international competition in South Korea last summer.Syon...
Queens schools are most crowded: CFE (Queens Chronicle)
posted on July 21, 2009 at 04:56:15 pm
The Department of Education’s strong-arm tactics may have helped New York City’s public school students raise their state test scores, but when it comes to giving kids more elbow room — particularly in Queens — the DOE’s efforts have lacked clout, according to a new report.
Turf wars building over youth sports fields (Queens Courier)
posted on June 2, 2009 at 08:47:49 am
The latest chapters of a different kind of turf war have mobilized Queens residents in varying directions in recent weeks. The big question: How safe is the soil, real or artificial, in the borough’s sports fields?
Padavan rewards Qns. teachers for saving fellow instructor’s life (YourNabe.com)
posted on May 21, 2009 at 02:46:49 pm
More than 30 teachers, including three from a Whitestone elementary school who saved their colleague’s life after he collapsed last month, were recognized by state Sen. Frank Padavan (R−Bellerose) last week during a ceremony at the Queens Farm Museum.

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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.
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.
Electives
Band
Business
Cartooning
Chorus
CPR
Creative Writing
Dance
Desktop Publishing
Drawing
Guitar
Journalism
Keyboarding
Math Team
Media Studies
Music Appreciation
Orchestra
Poetry
Psychology
Swimming
Team Sports
Violin
Yearbook
Yoga
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Cardozo High School also offers a wide variety of Honors and Advanced Placement Courses such as:
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Spanish Language
AP Spanish Literature
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B
AP Environmental Psychology
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
AP Calculus AB & BC.
A.P U.S History
A.P Global History
AP U.S Gov and Politics
AP Economics (Micro & Macro)
Extracurricular activities
Cardozo High School has a plethora of extracurricular activities due to the large student population. Some activities include:
Anime
Arista (National Honors Society)
Black Student Union
Breakdance
Book Club
Christian Seekers
Coalescence magazine
Community Service
Council for Unity
Debate Team
Free the Children (fundraising for children in Kenya)
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) – won five first place awards in the 2008 NYC competition.
Future Medical Leaders of America
Gamers Guild
Gay-Straight Alliance
Give Aid, Give Hope
Harry Potter Society
Jewish Student Union
Kendo Club
Key Club
Leadership & Support: Mediation-Negotiation
Martial Arts Club
Math Team
Mock Trial
Nutrition Club
Fitness Team
Prismatic View (Science news letter)
Rock Club
Speed Cubing
The Verdict (Student Newspaper)
Salaam Namaste
Salmagundi (Literary/Multimedia Magazine)
Science Olympiad – won second place in the 2008, third place in the 2009 NYC Regional Competition.
Speech Team
Step Team
Table Tennis Club
UNICEF Campus Group
Youth Korean Christian Fellowship
Youths United for Global Action [3]

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Cardozo also has a large number of sports teams, which are:
Boys: Track, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Cross country, Fencing, Golf, Handball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball.
Girls: Track, Basketball, Cross country, Fencing, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Lacrosse, Softball, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball.
Co-ed: 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 New Jersey Nets.
Duane Causwell (1968-), NBA player.
Craig Fenton (1960-), author of the Jefferson Airplane book Take Me To A Circus Tent
Royal Ivey (1981-), NBA player with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Ron Jeremy (1953-), adult film actor.
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 (1982-), singer for band Bayside
Howie Rose (1954-), New York Mets Broadcaster.
George Tenet (1953-), former director of the CIA.
Reginald VelJohnson (1952-), actor, known for his role in Family Matters.
Frankie Palmeri, Jesse Ketive - members of the band Emmure
Notable faculty
Matthew Kaye (Matt Striker), WWE wrestler, former History teacher
Richard Brewer- Lead Singer, guitarist 97-Shade, New York City School teacher
External links
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Official website
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Class of 1978 website

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