BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL

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'Benjamin N. Cardozo High School' is a high school in the Queens borough of New York City. 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 sometimes referred to simply as "Cardozo," or as "'dozo."
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.

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Feeder patterns

Extracurricular activities

Notable alumni

External links

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.

Extracurricular activities

Cardozo High School has a plethora of extracurricular activities due to the large student population. Some activities include:
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★ The Verdict (Student Newspaper)
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★ Leadership & Support: Mediation-Negotiation
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★ Council for Unity
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★ Community Service
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★ Arista (National Honors Society)
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★ Debate Team
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★ Mock Trial
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★ Step Team
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★ Math Team
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★ Science Olympiad
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★ Fitness Team
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★ Key Club
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★ Prismatic View (Science news letter)
The rest of the clubs of Cardozo High School can be found here.
Cardozo also has a large number of sports teams, which are:
'Boys'
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★ Baseball
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★ Basketball
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★ Cross country
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★ Golf-
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★ Handball
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★ Lacrosse
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★ Soccer
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★ Tennis
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★ Track
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★ Volleyball
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★ Fencing
'Girls'
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★ Basketball
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★ Cross country
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★ Golf
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★ Gymnastics
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★ Handball
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★ Softball
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★ Swimming
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★ Soccer
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★ Tennis
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★ Volleyball
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★ Lacrosse
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★ Track
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★ Fencing
'Co-ed'
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★ Mock Trial
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★ Bowling

Notable alumni

★ Rafer Alston, NBA player

★ Duane Causwell, NBA Player

★ Craig Fenton, author of the Jefferson Airplane book Take Me To A Circus Tent

★ Royal Ivey, NBA player

★ Ron Jeremy, adult film actor

★ James McBride, author of ''The Color of Water''

★ Pete Munro, pitcher for the Houston Astros

★ Pizon, Hip Hop artist/producer

★ Howie Rose, NY Mets Broadcaster

★ George Tenet, former director of the CIA

★ Reginald VelJohnson, actor

External links

★ Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Official website