James Monroe High School (New York City)

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James Monroe High School was a comprehensive high school located at 1300 Boynton Avenue at East 172nd Street in the Soundview section of the Bronx, New York City.

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Opened in 1924, the original school ran for seventy years before being shut down in 1997 for poor performance. The original building now houses seven smaller high schools: the Monroe Academy for Visual Arts and Design (H.S. 692), the Monroe Academy for Business and Law (H.S. 690), the High School of World Cultures (H.S. 550), The Metropolitan Soundview Highschool (X521), Pan American International High School (X388), Mott Hall V (X242) and the newly opened Cinema School (first opened its doors for the 2009–2010 school year). The building also used to house an elementary school, The Bronx Little School.

The building was designed by William H. Gompert, who was the New York City Superintendent of School Buildings. The building was built by the T.A. Clarke Co., and is substantially identical to a handful of other high school buildings that were built in the city at the same time.

Notable alumni

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Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg
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Lennie Rosenbluth

Notable staff

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  2. ↑ Wolff, Craig. "Edward J. Bloustein, 64, Is Dead; President of Rutgers Since 1971", The New York Times , December 11, 1989. Accessed August 14, 2024. "He graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx and enrolled in New York University on a scholarship."
  3. ↑ Martin, Douglas. "Paul Bogart, TV Director, Dies at 92", The New York Times , April 17, 2012. Accessed August 14, 2024. "He graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx, but couldn’t afford college."
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  5. ↑ Bradbury, Wilbur. "Mets Sign Schoolboy for $75,000; Kranepool, Monroe High Star, to Be Aided by Hodges", The New York Times , June 29, 1962. Accessed August 14, 2024. "The New York Mets, who have no past and are dismally bogged down in the present, invested a substantial sum in the future yesterday by signing Ed Kranepool, a 17-year-old first baseman from James Monroe High School in the Bronx."
  6. ↑ Johnson, George. "Leon Lederman, 96, Explorer (and Explainer) of the Subatomic World, Dies", The New York Times , October 3, 2018. Accessed August 14, 2024. "Leon grew up in the Bronx and graduated from James Monroe High School in 1939 and from City College of New York in 1943."
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  9. ↑ Stanley Milgram papers, Yale University. Accessed August 14, 2024. "Stanley Milgram was born in New York City, on August 15, 1933. He attended James Monroe High School in the Bronx, graduating in 1950."
  10. ↑ Weber, Bruce. "Estelle Reiner, 94, Comedy Matriarch, Is Dead", The New York Times , October 29, 2008. Accessed August 14, 2024. "Estelle Lebost was born on June 5, 1914, in the Bronx, where she graduated from James Monroe High School."
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  15. ↑ "Psychologist Investigates The Origins Of Evil", NPR, June 30, 2008. Accessed August 14, 2024. "There's a famous study by Stanley Milgram, who actually was a high-school classmate of mine at James Monroe in the Bronx, where he puts people in this situation where he shows the vast majority are blindly obedient to authority, are willing to give a painful electric shock to a stranger, enough so that the shocks might even have killed him."
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