Curtis High School

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Curtis High School
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Address
Curtis High School
105 Hamilton Avenue,

Staten Island

New York City
,
New York
10301

United States
Coordinates 40°38′43″N74°4′54″W / 40.64528°N 74.08167°W / 40.64528; -74.08167
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Type Public high school
MottoCurtis High School
Established1904
PrincipalGreg Jaenicke
Faculty190
Number of students2,541
MascotWarriors
NewspaperCurtis Log
YearbookCrosswinds
Colors  Maroon
  White
Website curtishs.org
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North side

Curtis High School, operated by the New York City Department of Education, is one of seven public high schools located in Staten Island, New York City, New York. It was founded on February 9, 1904, the first high school on Staten Island.

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History

Curtis High School is named after nationally prominent Republican writer and orator George W. Curtis, who lived nearby. The school was the first public building built following the consolidation of Greater New York. It was part of a plan to erect a major high school in each of the outlying boroughs, with Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, Morris High School in the Bronx, and Flushing High School in Queens being the other three. It was designed by the architect C. B. J. Snyder. The cornerstone was laid in 1902, it was completed and opened 1904. The original building of brick and limestone is dominated by a large square turreted tower inspired by English medieval models. The first principal was Columbia graduate Oliver Durfee Clark, who served 1904 to 1906. The second principal (1906–1912) was Harry Freeman Towle, a graduate of Dartmouth College. Additions were made to the building in 1922, 1925 and 1937. John M Avent (Columbia Graduate, author) was principal from 1924 to the late 1940s. Curtis was designated a New York City Landmark on October 12, 1982. The gym and cafeteria wings were added at a later date as additions to the original building's neo-Gothic architecture.

Academics

Curtis offers an International Baccalaureate Scholarship Honors programs IB-DP and IB-CP with accelerated curriculum and Advanced Placement courses, and courses include nursing, NJROTC, performing arts, visual arts, business/computer institute, CoOp, human and legal studies, and journalism.

Extracurricular activities

Curtis offers a robotics team, National Honor Society, chess club, Key Club, black and Hispanic awareness clubs, film club, Moot Court, the Curtis Players, jazz band, orchestra, dance, symphonic band, the Curtis Log (newspaper), Crosswinds (yearbook), math team, criminal law and justice mentoring program, peer mediation and conflict resolution programs.

Sports

Curtis fields over thirty varsity teams, including a swimming team, as well as golf, bowling, volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling baseball/softball, tennis, track/cross country, gymnastics, lacrosse and football teams. In addition, Curtis club teams include boys' varsity and junior varsity, and girls' varsity Ultimate teams. The Curtis High School Track was named after Abel Kiviat and the Baseball Field was renamed Bobby Thomson Field in 2007

Enrollment

Curtis has a total enrollment of about 3,006 and is open to residents of New York City entering either ninth or tenth grade. Enrollment requirements vary depending on which of the ten "houses" the student is going to be enrolled. There are zoned programs where enrollment is based mostly on geography, with Staten Island residents having priority over all other boroughs. Within Staten Island, geographical areas closer to the school have priority over all other areas of Staten Island. Most other programs rely either on the prospective student's grades and city standardized tests or specialized enrollment tests.

The school's population is 38% African American, 31% Hispanic, 22.9% White and 7.5% Asian. [1]

Feeder patterns and admissions

All New York City students entering high school must apply to schools, as there are no zoning boundaries for high schools in New York City. Only special zoned programs have geographical restrictions whereby certain areas of Staten Island have priority over all of the rest of New York City.

Notable alumni

NameYearProfessionNotabilityReference
Vincent R. Capodanno 1947PriestPriest and Missioner who was killed in action during the Vietnam War [2]
Joseph F. Merrell 1944Soldier Medal of Honor recipient [3]
Jeb Stuart Magruder 1952PoliticianAdvisor to Richard Nixon and Watergate scandal conspirator [4]
Ralph J. Lamberti 1948Politician Staten Island Borough president from 1984 to 1989 [5]
Alfred E. Santangelo 1930PoliticianFormer United States congressman [6]
Loring McMillen 1924HistorianOfficial Staten Island historian [7]
Florina Kaja Transferred (attended until 1998)Reality TV personality Bad Girls Club and Bad Girls All-Star Battle [8]
Lois Lowry Transferred (attended until 1952)WriterChildren's book author [9]
Amy Vanderbilt Transferred (attended until 1924)Writerauthor of the best-selling Complete Book of Etiquette (1952 [10]
Emily Genauer 1929Art Critic Pulitzer Prize for Criticism winner [11]
Mario Buatta 1953Interior Designerinterior designer who designed for several famous clients [12]
Betty Aberlin 1959ActressBest known for Playing Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood [13]
Selita Ebanks 2001ModelVictoria's Secret Model [14]
RZA 1987Musicianhip-hop recording artist, and producer, and member of the Wu-Tang Clan [15]
Richie Castellano 1998Musiciansinger, songwriter, musician, guitarist and keyboard player for the Blue Öyster Cult [16]
David O. Stewart 1969Authorhistorian and author [17]
Michael Henry Heim 1961Authorliterary translator, inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [18]
Bobby Thomson 1942Baseball Playerbaseball player for the New York Giants, famous for "the Shot Heard 'Round the World"
Jack Hynes 1938Soccer PlayerSoccer Hall of Fame and MVP of the American Soccer League [19]
Frank Fernández 1961Baseball PlayerMLB player, Yankees, Athletics, Senators, Cubs [20]
James Jenkins 1987Football PlayerFormer Tight End for the Washington Redskins [21]
Dominique Easley 2010Football PlayerNFL first round pick who played for the Patriots and Rams [22]
Halil Kanacević 2009Basketball PlayerProfessional basketball player in Europe; played college basketball at Saint Joseph's [23]
Abel Kiviat 1908RunnerOlympic Silver Medalist in the 1500m run [24]
Hassan Martin 2013Basketball PlayerProfessional basketball player in Europe and Asia; played college basketball at Rhode Island [25]
Hank Majeski 1935Baseball PlayerMLB Player; Braves, Yankees, Athletics, White Sox, Indians, Orioles [26]
Steve Gregory 2002Football PlayerNFL Player; Chargers, Patriots [27]
Mouhamadou Gueye 2016Basketball PlayerForward for the Toronto Raptors [28]
Vernon Turner 1986Football Playerformer NFL Player [29]
Anthony Varvaro 2002Baseball playerFormer MLB pitcher and NYPD police officer [30]
Shemiah LeGrande 2004Football PlayerFormer NFL Player [31]
Isaiah Wilkerson 2008Basketball PlayerProfessional basketball player in Mexico and Europe; played college basketball at NJIT [32]
Irv Constantine 1928Football PlayerPlayed 1 NFL game for the Staten Island Stapletons [33]
Sonny Ruberto 1964Baseball PlayerFormer MLB player and coach[ citation needed ]
Terry Crowley 1965Baseball Player and Coach3x World Series Champion [34]
Elmer Ripley 1921Basketball CoachBasketball Hall of Famer [35]

Parental support

Parents collaborate with the school's administration and its staff through monthly PTA meetings, PTA newsletters, School Leadership Team meetings, Gear-Up, Principal's Consultative Council, Health Fair, HIV AIDS Team, and the football, track, robotics and performing arts parents clubs.

Community support

Partnerships:

Schoolwide awards and recognition

Other

Curtis alumn Jason Defazio was killed on 9/11. He worked on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center at Cantor Fitzgerald.

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