The Harker School is a private, co-educational school located in San Jose, California . Founded in 1893 as Manzanita Hall, Harker now has three campuses: Bucknall, Union, and Saratoga, named after the streets on which they lie.
90-736: The Bucknall campus houses the Lower School ( kindergarten through grade 5), the Union campus houses the Middle School (grades 6–8), and the Saratoga campus houses the Upper School (grades 9 through 12). Harker School's tuition varies by campus, and is higher than comparable private schools in the Bay Area . Many of the 35+ after-school programs have historically been included in the tuition. The Harker School
180-858: A Bosendorfer 214VC CS grand piano. Harker has student-run journalistic publications: newspaper ( Winged Post ), yearbook ( Talon ), news website (Harker Aquila, formerly talonwp.com), and news magazine ( Wingspan ), as well as a social media presence. Harker also has a science research magazine, Harker Horizon , which has an online presence and printed its inaugural issue in 2017. In addition, Harker began an economics magazine, Equilibrium, in 2019, and will maintain both an online presence and print its inaugural version in summer 2020. The school's art and literature magazine ( HELM), has published 17 print issues as of late 2017. Lower school Three-tier education refers to those structures of schooling, which exist in some parts of England, where pupils are taught in three distinct school types as they progress through
270-422: A capacity of 2,600 students, more than double that of the existing previous temporary school building of the last few years at 23rd Street. It contained 25 classrooms devoted to skilled trades, as well as 53 regular classrooms and a 1,600-seat auditorium. A half-century later, uring the 1950s, the building underwent a $ 2 million renovation to update its classrooms, shops, libraries, and cafeterias. Through
360-424: A certain distance from the school are provided full-fare or half-fare student MetroCards for public transportation at the start of each term, based on how far away the student resides from the school. As of 2024, students are provided with OMNY cards that offer four free rides throughout the day, as well as public transportation access over the weekend. Stuyvesant has a total enrollment of over 3,000 students and
450-494: A contest to put on the best performance. SING! started in 1947 at Midwood High School in Brooklyn and has expanded to many New York City high schools since then. SING! at Stuyvesant started as a small event in 1973, and since then, has grown to a school-wide event; in 2005, nearly 1,000 students participated. The entire production is written, directed, produced, and funded by students. Their involvement ranges from being members of
540-425: A double session plan in 1919 to accommodate the rising number of students: some students would attend in the morning, while others would take classes in the afternoon and early evening. All students studied a full set of courses. These double sessions ran until Spring 1957. The school implemented a system of entrance examinations in 1934. The examination program, developed with the assistance of Columbia University ,
630-624: A lack of teachers trained to teach in middle schools; and increased autonomy being given to schools, with upper and lower schools choosing to expand their age ranges. The introduction of the National Curriculum has also been cited, as the middle school system led to children changing schools partway through one of its Key Stages; the National Curriculum was cited by David Ward , then the councillor in Bradford responsible for education, as
720-482: A limited boarding school, also located in Palo Alto. In 1917, the enrollment was 40 girls and was served as a preparatory school for competitive colleges such as Stanford University . From 1902 to 1907, Miss Harker's School was located at 1121 Bryant Street in Palo Alto; and moved to 1050 Greenwood Avenue in Palo Alto, where the campus grew in size and the nearby streets were renamed (Melville and Harker Street) to reflect
810-599: A newspaper, a yearbook , and literary magazines. Stuyvesant has educated four Nobel laureates . Notable alumni include former United States Attorney General Eric Holder , physicists Brian Greene and Lisa Randall , economist Thomas Sowell , mathematician Paul Cohen , chemist Roald Hoffmann , biologist Eric Lander , Oscar-winning actor James Cagney , comedian Billy Eichner , young adult fiction author Jordan Sonnenblick , and chess grandmaster Robert Hess . The then independent city of Brooklyn 's Superintendent of Schools, William Henry Maxwell , had first written in
900-573: A reason for abolishing the system there, and local authority officials in Wiltshire, when closing the remaining middle schools in 2002, argued specifically that the mid-Key-Stage school change caused children to be disadvantaged. In addition, in Northumberland it was reported that closing its middle schools could allow the buildings to be sold to raise money for repairs to the remainder of the council's school estate. The Inter-LEA Middle Schools Forum
990-576: A report about the need to construct technical / scientific oriented secondary schools in Brooklyn and throughout New York state in 1887. This would follow other examples of specialized high schools such as the Baltimore Manual Training School, now the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute . The municipal architect and engineer C. B. J. Snyder , who designed many of the city's public school buildings, had repeatedly mentioned
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#17330846823291080-413: A result of both the raising of the school leaving age to 16 from 15 (which took place in 1972), and the introduction of comprehensive education , with the schools themselves bypassing the traditional Eleven-plus exam which determined which secondary school pupils would attend. The number of middle schools peaked in 1982, when over 1400 middle schools were open; by 2017, only 121 remained, and by 2019
1170-530: A school building, and so the new school was initially housed within Public School #47's former building at 225 East 23rd Street . The Board of Education also wrote that the new school would be "designated as the Stuyvesant High School, as being reminiscent of the locality." Stuyvesant Square , Stuyvesant Street , and later Stuyvesant Town (which was built subsequently in 1947) are all located near
1260-591: A semester each of economics and government. Humanities electives include American foreign policy ; civil and criminal law , prejudice and persecution. In 2004, Stuyvesant High entered into an agreement with the City College of New York (C.C.N.Y. – part of the larger City University of New York ), which the college funds advanced after-school courses that are taken for college credit but taught by S.H.S. faculty. Some of these courses include linear algebra, advanced Euclidean geometry, and women's history. Prior to
1350-497: A single foreign language; a semester each of introductory art, music, health, and technical drawing ; one semester of computer science ; and two lab-based technology courses. Several exemptions from technology education exist for seniors. Stuyvesant offers students a selection of elective courses, uncluding astronomy , New York City history, and Computer Graphics Design in the Computer Science Area. Most students complete
1440-664: A uniform exam to be administered for admission to Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, and Stuyvesant High. The exam, named the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT), tested the mathematical and verbal abilities of students who were applying to any of the specialized high schools. The only exception was for applicants to the music and arts program at LaGuardia High School, who were accepted by audition rather than examination. The current school building in Battery Park City of lower Manhattan since 1992,
1530-473: A voice to the student body in all discussion of school policy with the administration. Stuyvesant allows students to join clubs, publications, and teams under a system similar to that of many colleges. As of 2015 , the school had 150 student clubs. The Spectator is Stuyvesant's official in-school newspaper, which is published biweekly and is independent from the school administration and faculty. There are over 250 students who help with its publication. At
1620-597: Is a co-ed, public , college-preparatory, specialized high school in Manhattan , New York City, United States. The school, commonly referred to among its students, faculty and alumni as " Stuy" ( / s t aɪ / STY ), specializes in developing talent in math, science and technology. Operated by the New York City Department of Education , specialized schools offer tuition -free, advanced classes to New York City high school students. Stuyvesant High School
1710-523: Is about a half-mile / 0.5 miles (0.8 km) away from the site of the World Trade Center , which was destroyed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . The school was evacuated during the attack. Although the smoke cloud from the World Trade Center temporarily covered the building, there was no structural damage, and there were no reports of physical injuries. Less than an hour after
1800-524: Is located on the Bucknall campus, the former site of Bucknall Elementary School . The campus was purchased by Harker School in 1997. The lower school also has an after-school orchestra, as well as sports and other activities. Harker students won gold medals at the International Physics Olympiad (IPHO) in 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2022. In 2016, Harker students won one gold and two silver medals at
1890-567: Is located on the Saratoga Avenue campus. The campus was previously home to an all-girls school, Mother Butler Memorial High School , which merged with Archbishop Mitty High School in 1969. The upper school was added to the K–8 program in 1998, with the first class of graduates in 2002. The middle school is located on the Union campus, the former site of the Harker Preschool. Since the opening of
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#17330846823291980-541: Is open to residents of New York City entering ninth or tenth grade . Enrollment is based solely on performance on the three-hour Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, which is administered annually. Approximately 28,000 students took the test in 2017. The list of schools using the SHSAT has since grown to include eight of New York's nine specialized high schools. The test score necessary for admission to Stuyvesant has consistently been higher than that needed for admission to
2070-556: The 2005 revision of the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), Stuyvesant graduates had an average score of 1408 out of 1600 (685 in the verbal section of the test, 723 in the math section). In 2010, the average score on the SAT for Stuyvesant students was 2087 out of 2400, while the class of 2013 had an average SAT score of 2096. As of 2023 , Stuyvesant students' average SAT score was 1510 of 1600 points. Stuyvesant also administers more Advanced Placement exams than supposedly any other high school in
2160-585: The Education Act 1964 , subsequently, the notion of three-tier education was mooted by the Plowden Report of 1967—this proposed the introduction of first schools and middle schools , which would replace the existing system of infant and junior schools , as well as the first part of secondary schooling . The Plowden Report recommended that middle schools span ages 8 to 12. The first middle school in England
2250-643: The National Middle Schools' Forum recorded 107 in its directory, in 14 local authority areas. In 2006, it was reported that Central Bedfordshire, Northumberland and the Isle of Wight were the only LEAs still exclusively using the three-tier system. Multiple reasons have been suggested by sources for this reversion to a two-tier system, including: a lack of clear identity, with the Department for Education and Science labelling them as either primary or secondary;
2340-481: The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test , required for the New York City Public Schools system. Every March, approximately 800 to 850 applicants with the highest SHSAT scores are accepted, out of about 30,000 students who apply to Stuyvesant. Extracurricular activities at the school include a Math Team, Speech and Debate Team, a yearly theater competition and various student publications including
2430-581: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . There Judge J. Edward Lumbard , joined by Judge Murray Gurfein and over dissent by third Judge Walter R. Mansfield , held that the distribution of the questionnaires was properly disallowed by the administration. The higher level U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari review. The annual theater competition known as SING! pits seniors, juniors, and freshmen/sophomores against each other in
2520-613: The sixth form . References to middle schools in publications of the UK Government date back to 1856, and the educational reports of William Henry Hadow mention the concept. It was not until 1963 that a local authority, the West Riding of Yorkshire , first proposed to introduce a middle-school system, with schools spanning ages 5–9, 9–13 and 13–18; one source suggests that the system was "introduced" in that year. Local education authorities were permitted to introduce middle schools by
2610-529: The "Old Stuyvesant Campus," housing three smaller schools: the Institute for Collaborative Education, the High School for Health Professions and Human Services , and lower grades of PS 226. In the 83rd year of its history of 1987, the 105th Mayor of New York City , Ed Koch (1924–2013, served 1978–1989), and 52nd Governor of New York State Mario Cuomo (1932–2015, served 1983–1994), jointly announced
2700-573: The 1905–1907 school building was deteriorating due to overuse. A New York Times daily newspaper expose report stated that the building had "held out into old age with minimal maintenance..." The five-story building could not cater adequately to the several thousand students, leading the New York City Board of Education to make plans to move the school to a new building in Battery Park City , near lower Manhattan 's Financial District . The 15th Street building remains in use over 32 years later as
2790-454: The 1969 U.S. Supreme Court holding in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District that "undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression", Motley ordered the New York City Board of Education to permit the distribution of the survey to the juniors and seniors. However, Judge Motley's ruling was overturned on appeal to
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2880-441: The 1970s and 1980s, when New York City municipal government and especially the public schools system, in general, were marked by violence, vandalism and graffiti, and low academic grades among their students, Stuyvesant High still had an excellent academic reputation for being a top-notch public high school, and was still graduating well-prepared and accomplished alumni, (judging from their track record now four decades later). However,
2970-660: The 1975–1976 academic year, The Voice decided to publish the results of a confidential random survey on social issues. The administration refused to permit The Voice to distribute the questionnaire, and the Board of Education refused to intervene. The then editor-in-chief of The Voice , brought a First Amendment challenge to this decision to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in front of Judge Constance Baker Motley . Relying on
3060-799: The 2003–2004 school year, Stuyvesant celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a full year of activities. Events included a procession from the 15th Street building to the Chambers Street one, a meeting of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology, an all-class reunion, and visits and speeches from notable alumni. In the 21st century, keynote graduation speakers have included Attorney General Eric Holder (2001), , United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan (2004), comedian Conan O'Brien (2006), actor George Takei (2016), and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (2018). In August 1904,
3150-527: The 2019 Regeneron STS, Harker had seven semi-finalists, the most of any school in California and three finalists, tied with another school as the most of any school in USA. In 2020, Harker had two semi-finalists and one finalist. In 2021, Harker had four semi-finalists. In 2022, Harker had six semi-finalists, most of any school in California. In 2023, Harker had six semi-finalists and one finalist. The Harker School has
3240-425: The 20th century, the student body at Stuyvesant High was only all-male (1904–1969), mostly white. A significant influx of Asian students began in the 1970s. In 1971, then 103rd New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay (1921–2000, served 1966–1973), argued that the test was culturally biased and sought to implement an affirmative action program. However, protests by parents forced the plan to be scrapped and led to
3330-612: The Art Commission of the City of New York. The New York City Subway 's Chambers Street station , served by the 1 , 2 , and 3 trains, is located nearby, as well as the Chambers Street–World Trade Center station served by the A , C , and E trains. Additionally, New York City Bus 's M9 , M20 and M22 routes stop near Stuyvesant. Students residing
3420-460: The Board of Education authorized municipal architect and engineer Snyder to design a new building for Stuyvesant High School at 15th Street. The new high school structure was designed in the then popular Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical / Classical Revival architecture for its grand imposing style. It would be shaped like the letter "H", with two interior light courts ; the shape also allowed natural light to illuminate more inside windows and parts of
3510-666: The NYPL system. [REDACTED] During construction, the Battery Park City Authority , the Percent for Art Program of the City of New York, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York City Board of Education commissioned Mnemonics , an artwork by public artists Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel . Four hundred hollow glass blocks were dispersed from the basement to the tenth floor of
3600-587: The New York City Department of Education assigned S.H.S. an "A", the highest possible grade. Stuyvesant has had the second highest number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists, behind Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia . From 2002 to 2010, Stuyvesant has produced 103 semi-finalists and 13 finalists on the Intel Science Talent Search ,
3690-478: The New York City Regents courses by junior year and take calculus during their senior year. However, the school offers math courses through differential equations for the more advanced students. A year of technical drawing was formerly required; students learned how to draft by hand in its first semester and how to draft using a computer in the second. Now, students take a one-semester compacted version of
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3780-464: The S.H.S. mathematics department chairman who had died earlier that year. Sculptor Madeleine Segall-Marx was commissioned to create the Rothenberg Memorial in his honor. She created a mathematics wall entitled "Celebration", consisting of 50 wooden boxes—one for each year of his life—behind a glass wall, featuring mathematical concepts and reflections on Rothenberg. In 2006, Robert Ira Lewy of
3870-521: The Stuyvesant students attending the evening shift. Normal classes resumed nearly a month after the attack, on October 9. Nine alumni were killed in the World Trade Center attack. On October 2, 2001, the school newspaper, The Spectator , added a 24-page section with student photos, reflections and stories. On November 20, 2001, the magazine was distributed for free to the greater metropolitan area, enclosed within 830,000 copies of The New York Times . In
3960-837: The U.S. Physics Olympiad. At the International Linguistics Olympiad, Harker students won silver medals in 2009 and 2022 and a gold medal in 2012. In 2016, a Harker student won the gold medal at the International Informatics Olympiad. In 2022, a team of 4 Harker students representing the U.S. team won the gold medal at the International Economics Olympiad. In the International Mathematical Olympiad, Harker students won silver medals in 2006 and 2020. Beyond medal winners, Harker School has sent numerous students to represent
4050-550: The U.S. team at International Olympiads. In the Siemens Competition , Harker School had four national semi-finalists in both 2006 and 2007, and six in 2008. In 2012, Harker had four regional finalists and six semi-finalists: one-fourth of the regional finalists in California were from The Harker School. In the Intel Science Talent Search , a Harker student won the $ 75,000 second place award in 2006. From 2007 to 2009, 12 Harker School seniors were named national semi-finalists,
4140-542: The admissions test. Students attend preparatory classes through the program, now known as the Specialized High School Institute (also known as DREAM), at several schools around the city from the summer after sixth grade until the eighth-grade exam. Despite the implementation of these free programs for improving underprivileged children's enrollment, black and Hispanic enrollment continued to decline. After further expansion of free test prep programs, there
4230-653: The beginning of the fall and spring terms, there are recruitments, but interested students may join at any time. Founded in 1915 (and now 109 years old), The Spectator is one of Stuyvesant's oldest publications. It has a long-standing connection with its older namesake; the Columbia University 's Columbia Daily Spectator , and has been recognized by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 's well-known nation-wide Columbia Scholastic Press Association . founded 1925. The Voice
4320-631: The boys' varsity, boys' junior varsity, and girls' varsity divisions. Fifteen years after moving to Chambers Street in Battery Park City, in September 2007, the Stuyvesant High football team was given a home field at Pier 40 , on the Hudson River waterfront of the westside of Manhattan situated north of the school at Houston Street and West Street . In 2008, the baseball team was granted use of
4410-423: The building was New York City's first new high school building in ten years. The new downtown Stuyvesant Campus cost $ 150 million. The S.H.S. Library has a capacity of 40,000 volumes and overlooks Battery Park City. Shortly after the third S.H.S. building was completed, the $ 10 million Tribeca Bridge was built to allow students to enter the building without having to cross the busy West Street. The building
4500-485: The building. The cornerstone for the new building was laid in September 1905. Approximately $ 1.5 million was spent on constructing the school, including $ 600,000 for the monumental stone exterior alone. It was considered one of the most expensive public buildings or school structures ever built up to that time in New York. In 1907, the Stuyvesant High School moved to the new building on 15th Street. The new building had
4590-839: The campus. In 1972, there was a merger between the Palo Alto Military Academy and Miss Harker's School in order to form the Harker Academy . With the merger, the school moved to 500 Saratoga Avenue in San Jose, California. in 1993, the school name changed to Harker School . In 1954, the Harker School joined the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges . The upper school, offering grades 9 through 12,
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#17330846823294680-472: The city's Board of Education was able to show all children have had access to appropriate materials to prepare themselves. Students published several editorials in response to the claims, stating the admissions system at the school was based on student merit alone. To boost minority admissions, the Board of Education started the Math Science Institute in 1995, a free program to prepare students for
4770-558: The class of 1960 made a gift worth $ 1 million to found the Dr. Robert Ira Lewy M.D. Multimedia Center. and donated his personal library in 2007. In late 2010, the high school's library merged with the New York Public Library (NYPL) network in a four-year pilot program, in which all students of the school received a S.H.S. / N.Y.P.L. student library card so they could check books out of the school library or any other public library in
4860-478: The collapse of the second World Trade Center tower, concern over a bomb threat at the school prompted an evacuation of the surrounding area, as reported live on the Today show. When classes resumed on September 21, 2001, students were moved to Brooklyn Technical High School while the Stuyvesant building served as a base of operations for rescue and recovery workers. This required the students to attend in two shifts, with
4950-474: The coming construction project of a third new Stuyvesant High School building to be situated in Battery Park City of lower Manhattan . The Battery Park City Authority donated 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) of land for the new building. The building was designed by the architectural firms of Gruzen Samton Steinglass and Cooper, Robertson & Partners . The structure's main architect, Alexander Cooper of Cooper, Robertson & Partners, had also designed much of
5040-804: The completion of the AP course: systems level programming, computer graphics , and software development. In addition, there is a one-year computer networking class which can earn students Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification. Stuyvesant's foreign language offerings include Spanish, French, German, Latin , Chinese and Japanese. In 2005, the school also started offering courses in Arabic. Stuyvesant's biology and geo-science department offers courses in molecular biology, human physiology , medical ethics , medical and veterinary diagnosis, human disease, anthropology and sociobiology , vertebrate zoology , laboratory techniques, medical human genetics , botany ,
5130-444: The education system. In a three-tier local education authority children begin their compulsory education in a first school or lower school , which caters for children up to the age of 8 or 9. Children then transfer to a middle school , which caters for children from age 9 to age 13 or 14. Following this, children transfer for the remainder of their compulsory education to an upper school or high school , sometimes on into
5220-525: The former drafting course, as well as a semester of introductory computer science. For the class of 2015, the one-semester computer science course was replaced with a two-semester course. As a specialized high school, Stuyvesant offers a range of Advanced Placement (AP) courses. These courses focus on math, science, history, English, or foreign languages. This gives students various opportunities to earn college credit. AP computer science students can also take three additional computer programming courses after
5310-579: The freshman classes at eight selective colleges in the U.S. and reported that Stuyvesant sent 67 students to these schools, comprising 9.9% of its 674 seniors. In recent years, Stuyvesant High’s student newspaper has reported on college admissions of the graduating classes, with the class of 2021 having 133 students offered admission to Ivy League institutions. U.S. News & World Report included Stuyvesant on its list of "Best High Schools" published in December 2009, ranking 31st. In its 2010 progress report,
5400-892: The highest average SAT/ACT scores out of any high school in California, and the second highest average scores out of any high school in the nation. Each year, several Harker students receive perfect scores (no wrong questions) on AP (Advanced Placement) exams. In 2013, 10 Harker students received perfect scores, more than 10 percent of the total worldwide that year. In 2019, 13 Harker students received perfect scores. Harker School offers an athletics program which includes football , volleyball , soccer , track and field , basketball , baseball , tennis , golf , softball , lacrosse , cross country running , swimming , water polo , wrestling , cheerleading , yoga , fitness , physical education , and dance . Students are encouraged to participate in sports from 4th grade onwards. In August 2017, Harker finished construction on their new athletic center on
5490-475: The largest number of any school west of the Mississippi in those years. In 2010, Harker School had one Intel finalist. In 2011, Harker School had seven semi-finalists and was the only school with two Intel finalists. In 2012, Harker School had 11 Intel semi-finalists, the most in California and second in the nation behind Stuyvesant High School in New York. In 2013, Harker School again had six Intel semi-finalists,
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#17330846823295580-598: The molecular basis of cancer, nutrition science, and psychology. The chemistry and physics departments include classes in organic chemistry , physical chemistry , astronomy, engineering mechanics, and electronics . The English Department offers students courses in classical literature, Shakespearean literature, science fiction, philosophy, existentialism , debate , acting, journalism, creative writing, and poetry. The Social Studies core requires two years of global history (or one year of global followed by one year of European history), one year of American history , as well as
5670-402: The months after the attacks, Annie Thoms, an English teacher at Stuyvesant and the theater adviser at the time, suggested that the students take accounts of staff and students' reactions during and after September 11, 2001, and complile them into a collection of monologues. Thoms then published these monologues as With Their Eyes: September 11—The View from a High School at Ground Zero . During
5760-736: The most in California for the second year in a row, and one finalist. In 2014 Intel STS Harker had 10 semi-finalists, most of any school in California and one finalist. In 2015 Intel STS Harker had a record 15 semi-finalists, most of any school in the USA and three finalists, again most of any school in USA with a student winning the first prize of $ 150,000. In 2016 Intel STS Harker had four semi-finalists and one finalist. In 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search , Harker had nine semi-finalists, tied as most of any school in USA with two other schools and had three finalists most of any school alone in USA. In 2018 Regeneron STS, Harker had six semi-finalists, tied as most of any school in California and two finalists. In
5850-462: The name of Manzanita Hall founded by Frank Cramer. The Manzanita Hall school was originally located at 1129 Parkinson Avenue in Palo Alto , California. In 1915, the enrollment was 60 boys. in 1919, Manzanita Hall was purchased and renamed as Palo Alto Military Academy , and that school remained until 1972. In 1902, Miss Harker's School was founded by Catherine Harker as a girls day school, with
5940-427: The need for more basic mathematical and scientific preparation in New York's growing numbers of public secondary schools in the late 19th century. The first such school in the city was Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, which opened in 1893. By 1899, now positioned as the newly-formed City of Greater New York 's Superintendent of Public Schools, Maxwell was advocating for another specialized high school across
6030-457: The new Stuyvesant High School building. Each block contains relics providing evidence of geographical, historical, natural, cultural, and social worlds, from antiquity to the present time. The blocks are set into the hallway walls and scattered throughout the building. Each block is inscribed with a brief description of its contents or context. The items displayed include pieces of the 15th Street Stuyvesant building, fragments of monuments from around
6120-436: The other schools using the test. Admission is currently based on an individual's score on the examination and the pre-submitted ranking of Stuyvesant among the other specialized schools. Ninth- and rising tenth–grade students are also eligible to take the test for enrollment, but far fewer students are admitted that way. The test covers math (word problems and computation) and verbal (reading comprehension) skills. For most of
6210-543: The passage of the Hecht-Calandra Act, in the New York State Legislature which preserved admissions by examination only. Along with then New York Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew (born 1950, N.Y.C. public schools chancellor, 1995–1999), a community activist group began an initiative for more diversity in the city's gifted and specialized schools, in particular demanding the SHSAT be suspended altogether until
6300-665: The pier after construction and delivery of an artificial turf pitching mound that met Public Schools Athletic League specifications. Stuyvesant also has its own swimming pool, but it does not contain its own running track or tennis court. The student body of Stuyvesant High School is represented by the Stuyvesant Student Union, a student government . It comprises a group of students (elected each year for each grade) who promote and manage extracurricular activities (clubs and publications), by organizing out-of-school activity such as city excursions or fundraisers, and provide
6390-692: The production's casts, choruses, or costume and tech crews to Step, Hip-Hop, Swing, Modern, Bolly, Flow, Tap or Latin dance groups. SING! begins in late January to February and ends in final performances on three nights in March/April. Scoring is done on each night's performances and the winner is determined by the overall total. The Stuyvesant High School has produced many notable alumni , including four Nobel laureates . As of 2024, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked Stuyvesant as 2nd among New York City high schools and 21st among STEM high schools. In December 2007, The Wall Street Journal studied
6480-509: The proposed 15th Street school building. All of these locations were named after Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), the last Dutch Director (governor) of New Netherland (and its major port town of New Amsterdam ), 1647–1665, and owner of the area's Stuyvesant Farm . The appellation of a specific historical name was selected to avoid confusion with Brooklyn's earlier Manual Training High School. Stuyvesant High School opened in September 1904 as Manhattan's first specialized high school. At
6570-567: The river in the newly established borough of Manhattan . In January 1903 Maxwell and Snyder submitted a report to the New York City Board of Education in which they suggested the creation of a school in Manhattan. The Board of Education approved the plans in April 1904. They suggested that the school occupy a plot on East 15th Street, west of First Avenue. However, that plot did not yet contain
6660-490: The school's core curriculum would be separated for the rest, and that a discrete trade school would operate in the Stuyvesant building during the evening. Thereafter, Stuyvesant became renowned for excellence in math and science. In 1909, eighty percent of the school's alumni went to college, compared to other schools, which only sent 25% to 50% of their graduates to college. By 1919 officials started restricting admission based on academic achievement. Stuyvesant implemented
6750-507: The surrounding development of Battery Park City. Stuyvesant's principal at the time, Abraham Baumel, visited the country's most advanced laboratories to gather ideas about what to include in the new Stuyvesant building's 12 laboratory rooms. The new 10-story building also included banks of escalators, glass-walled studios on the roof, and a shorter four-story northern wing with a swimming pool, five gymnasiums, and an auditorium. Construction began in 1989. When it opened five years later in 1992,
6840-531: The system having been proposed in 1968. In the private sector , some prep schools take pupils up to age 13. In addition, some private secondary schools admit pupils at 13, including some of those using the Common Entrance exam and some public schools . Gibraltar's education system has a system of first, middle and secondary schools. Stuyvesant High School Stuyvesant High School ( / ˈ s t aɪ v ə s ən t / STY -və-sənt )
6930-468: The time of its opening, the school consisted of 155 male students and 12 teachers. At first, the school provided a core curriculum of "English, Latin, modern languages, history, mathematics, physics, chemistry, [and] music," as well as a physical education program and a more specialized track of "woodworking, metalworking, mechanical drawing, [and] freehand drawing." However, in June 1908, Maxwell announced that
7020-656: The total student body. In 1972, the New York State Legislature in the state capital of Albany passed the Hecht–Calandra Act, which designated four city-wide selective specialized public high schools in New York City of: Brooklyn Technical High School , Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, and the High School of Music & Art (now renamed Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School ) as specialized high schools of New York City. The act called for
7110-469: The upper school campus. Harker School offers a K–12 performing arts program. The upper school program offers courses in vocal and instrumental ensembles, acting, dance, and technical theater, as well as a program named the Certificate Program. In February 2018, Harker opened a new performing arts building on the Saratoga campus, which includes a 463-seat theater, dressing rooms and practice rooms, and
7200-446: The upper school in 1998, most students choose to remain at Harker School after middle school. Many components ease the shift from the lower school to the middle school, including various athletic and artistic programs. There is also a fine arts requirement: students in grades 7 and 8 must take at least one arts class or participate in one art event in order to graduate (sixth graders are encouraged to do so, as well). The elementary school
7290-571: The world, as well as the highest number of students who reach the AP courses' "mastery level". As of 2018 , there are 31 AP classes offered, with a little more than half of all students taking at least one AP class, and about 98% of students pass their AP tests. Stuyvesant fields 32 athletics varsity teams , including the swimming, golf, bowling , volleyball, soccer, basketball, gymnastics, wrestling , fencing , baseball/softball, tennis, track / cross country , cricket , football , and lacrosse teams. In addition, Stuyvesant has ultimate teams for
7380-596: The world, memorabilia from each of the 88 years' history of the old building, a Revolutionary War button, water from the Nile River, fragments of the Mayan pyramids , and various chemical compounds. Empty blocks were also installed to be filled with items chosen by each of the graduating classes up through 2080. The S.H.S. installation later received the Award for Excellence in Design from
7470-455: Was designed to be fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is listed as such by the New York City Department of Education. As a result, the building is one of the 5 additional sites of P721M, a school for students with multiple disabilities who are between the ages of 15 and 21. In 1997, the eastern end of the mathematics floor was dedicated to Richard Rothenberg,
7560-599: Was established in 1904 initially as an all-boys school in the East Village of lower Manhattan . Starting in 1934, admission for all applicants was contingent on passing an entrance examination. In 1969, after 65 years with an all-male student body, the high school started permanently accepting female students. In 1992, Stuyvesant High School moved to its current location at Battery Park City to accommodate more students. The old campus houses several smaller high schools and charter schools. Admission to Stuyvesant involves passing
7650-599: Was expanded in 1938 to include the newly founded Bronx High School of Science . In 1967 Alice de Rivera filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education, alleging that she had been banned from taking Stuyvesant's entrance exam because of her gender. The lawsuit was decided in the student's favor, and Stuyvesant was required to accept female students. The first female students were accepted in September 1969, when Stuyvesant offered admission to 14 girls and enrolled 12 of them. The next year, 223 female students were accepted to Stuyvesant. By 2015, young women represented 43% of
7740-503: Was founded as three distinct schools, which merged in 1972 to form Harker Academy and in 1993, Harker School. In 1891, founding Stanford University president David Starr Jordan influenced Frank Cramer to open the Palo Alto Preparatory School for Boys. The school was renamed Manzanita Hall in 1892, and by September 1894 the school had enrolled 24 students. In 1893, the school was a boys day school and boarding school, by
7830-685: Was founded in 1991, later changing its name to the National Middle Schools' Forum; it describes itself as "the voice of the middle school community". In 2016, Nigel Huddleston raised the topic of three-tier education in Parliament ; the schools minister, Nick Gibb , noted that the Government had no plans to abolish the three-tier system in the areas that retained it. In Scotland, middle schools were operated in Grangemouth from 1974 to 1988,
7920-412: Was founded in the 1973–1974 academic year as an independent publication only loosely sanctioned by school officials. It had the appearance of a magazine and gained a large readership. The Voice attracted a considerable amount of controversy and a First Amendment Constitutional lawsuit, after which the administration forced it to go off-campus and to turn commercial in 1975–1976. At the beginning of
8010-583: Was introduced in 1968, in the Hemsworth division of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The first authority-wide systems of middle schools were introduced in 1970, in Stoke-on-Trent and Southampton . Numbers rapidly grew, with over a thousand opening in the decade from the first introduction. Sources suggest reasons for the introduction of the three-tier system in local authority areas included capacity problems, as
8100-703: Was still no increase in percentages to the attendance of black and Hispanic children. The New York City Department of Education reported in 2003 that public per student spending at Stuyvesant High School is slightly lower than the city average. Stuyvesant also receives private contributions from alumni, retired faculty, charitable foundations and educational grants to build up a school endowment. The college-preparatory curriculum at Stuyvesant mostly includes four years of English, history, and laboratory-based sciences. The sciences courses include requisite biology , chemistry , and physics classes. Students also take four years of mathematics. Students also take three years of
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