DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL

'DeWitt Clinton High School' is an American high school located in New York City.
Clinton opened in 1897, enrolling only boys at first. It has been co-ed since 1983. Its original building was on West 13th Street in Manhattan; later, it moved to on 59th Street and Tenth Avenue (now John Jay College); it is currently located on Mosholu Parkway South in the Bronx. The current principal is Geraldine Ambrosio, the first woman to hold the position in Clinton's history.
In 1996, Clinton was selected by Redbook magazine as one of the five most improved schools in America.
The school receives government aid because of the low income status of its students. As of 2006, the school has a large Hispanic population, followed by Blacks and Asians. Caucasians, primarily in the form of Albanians, comprise a tiny minority.

Contents

Organization-Houses/Small Learning Communities

Macy Honors Gifted Program

Einstein

Club Activities

Governors Sports

Notable alumni

Interesting Facts

References

External links

Organization-Houses/Small Learning Communities

Clinton is split into several small learning communities (SLC). They include the Macy Honors Gifted Program (internally referred to often as the Macy House), Health Professions, Veterinary Professions, Public Service, Business Enterprise, Future Teachers, Academy House, and Varsity House.

Macy Honors Gifted Program

The Macy Honors Gifted Program in the Sciences and Humanities has its own teachers (most of whom also teach classes in at least one other SLC), and a nine-period day compared to the regular New York City 8 period day. The program offers specialized and advanced Technology (SMT) courses, Science, Math, English, Law, Government, Philosophy and Great Books. All students in the program are required to have a minimum average of 80 and not to fail any courses. Approximately 1,000 students in the school are in the Macy Honors Gifted program.

Einstein

There is also a select group of a few hundred students in the Macy Honors Gifted Program in the Sciences and Humanities called the Einstein group. In Einstein, the academic performance requirements are more strict, and require an average of 90 or higher to remain within the program. Many within this elite program either drop out of Einstein, or get demoted to regular Macys. To remain in Einstein, one must maintain a 90 average or higher.

Club Activities

There are a number of academic and interest clubs.
Clubs include a Math Team and chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, the mathematics honor society

Governors Sports

The Governors are the school mascot at DeWitt Clinton and represent it not only in basketball and football, but in approxiamtely thirty-five teams. Teams include: ^[1]

★ Baseball: Boys Varsity, Boys JV

★ Basketball: Boys Varsity, Boys JV, Girls Varsity, Girls JV

★ Bowling: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Cross Country: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Football: Boys Varsity, Boys JV

★ Gymnastics: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Indoor Track: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Outdoor Track: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Soccer: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Softball: Girls Varsity, Girls JV

★ Swimming: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Tennis: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Volleyball: Boys Varsity, Girls Varsity

★ Wrestling: Boys Varsity

Notable alumni

★ Andrew Ackerman, director, Children's Museum of Manhattan (class of 1971)

★ Don Adams, actor ^[2]

★ Stephon Alexander, physicist, Penn State (class of 1989)

★ Charles Alston, artist, muralist (class of 1925)

★ Allan Arbus, actor (class of 1933)

★ Nate Archibald, Hall of Fame basketball player (class of 1966)

★ Richard Avedon, photographer (class of 1941)

★ William Axt, film composer, The Thin Man (1935) (class of 1905)

★ James Baldwin, writer (class of 1942) [1]

★ Martin Balsam, actor (class of 1938)

★ H. Romare Bearden, artist (1925-1927)

★ Murry Bergtraum, president, NYC Board of Education (class of 1931)

★ Pandro Berman, film producer (class of 1923)

★ Edward Bernays, "Father of Public Relations" (class of 1908)

★ Edward Bernstein, First director of the International Monetary Fund (class of 1922)

★ Pedro Borbón, Jr., professional baseball pitcher (class of 1985)

★ Herbert H. Breslin, theatrical agent (Luciano Pavarotti, etc.)(class of 1941)

★ Stephen Buckley, managing editor, St. Petersburg Times (class of 1985)

★ Robert Butler MD, geriatics expert (class of 1944)

★ B. Gerald Cantor, founder, Cantor-Fitzgerald (class of 1934)

★ Richard H. Carmona, US Surgeon General (class of 1967) ^[3]

★ Al Casey, jazz guitarist (class of 1931)

★ Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (class of 1939) ^[3]

★ Richard Condon, author, The Manchurian Candidate, Prizzi's Honor (class of 1933)

★ Avery Corman, author, Kramer vs. Kramer, Oh, God! (class of 1952)

★ Frank Corsaro, stage and opera director (class of 1942)

★ Ellis E. Cousens, business and finance (class of 1970)

★ Milton Cross, Metropolitan Opera radio announcer (class of 1915)

★ George Cukor, film director (class of 1917)

★ Countee Cullen, poet (class of 1922) [2] ^[5]

★ Lloyd Cutler, attorney, counsel to US presidents (class of 1932)

★ Leonard Davis, founder of Colonial Penn Insurance and co-founder of AARP (class of 1944)

★ Meyer Davis, society band leader (class of 1904)

★ Pedro de Cordoba, actor (class of 1900)

★ Charles DeLisi, scientist, "Father of the Human Genome Project" (class of 1959)

★ Dean Dixon, first African American conductor of the New York Philharmonic (class of 1932)

★ DJ Red Alert, impresario (class of 1974)

★ George Duvivier, bass player (class of 1937)

★ Fred Ebb, lyricist (class of 1944)

★ Will Eisner, "Father of the modern graphic novel" (class of 1936) ^[3]

★ Eliot Elisofon, photographer (class of 1929)

★ Arthur Epstein, optometrist (class of 1969)

★ Herbert Fields, playwright and screenwriter (class of 1916)

★ Joseph Fields, playwright and screenwriter (class of 1913)

★ Bill Finger, co-creator of Batman (class of 1933)

★ Edward S. Feldman, film producer, Witness, The Truman Show (class of 1946)

★ Avery Fisher, electronics pioneer (class of 1924)

★ Lewis Frankfort, CEO of Coach Bags (class of 1963)

★ Budd Friedman, IMPROV founder (class of 1951)

★ Hank Garrett, actor (class of 1950)

★ Frank Gilroy, Pulitzer Prize playwright (class of 1943)

★ Bill Graham, rock promoter (class of 1949)

★ Adolph Green, lyricist, screenwriter (class of 1932)

★ George Gregory, Jr., first African American All-American college basketball player and New York City official (class of 1927)

★ Sam Gross, cartoonist, New Yorker Magazine (class of 1950)

★ Gary Gubner, shotputter and weighlifter, Olympic athlete and world record holder (class of 1960)

★ Sam Gutowitz, founder of Sam Goody Records (class of 1920)

★ Jerry Harkness, professional basketball player and civil rights activist (class of 1958)

★ Irving Hasen, cartoonist, created Dondi (class of 1939)

★ Darrin DeWitt Henson, actor, choreographer (class of 1986)

★ Bernard Herrmann, composer (class of 1930)

★ Judd Hirsch, actor (class of 1952) ^[3]

★ Arthur Hornblow Jr, film producer (class of 1911)

★ Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman (class of 1933) ^[3]

★ Stubby Kaye, actor (class of 1936)

★ Benjamin Kimlau, US Navy pilot killed during World War II, square named for him in Chinatown, NYC (class of 1937)

★ Robert Klein, comedian, actor, author (class of 1958)

★ George Kleinsinger, composer, Tubby the Tuba (class of 1930)

★ Stanley Kramer, film producer and director (class of 1930)

★ Burt Lancaster, actor (class of 1930) ^[3]

★ Ralph Lauren, designer (class of 1957) ^[3]

★ Stan Lee, comic book publisher (class of 1939) ^[3]

★ Alfred Leslie, artist (class of 1945)

★ Edward Lewis, founder of ESSENCE magazine (class of 1958)

★ Joe E. Lewis, entertainer (class of 1919)

★ Robert Q. Lewis, actor, television host (class of 1938)

★ Eric Linden, actor (class of 1927)

★ Frank Loesser, composer and lyricist (class of 1926)

★ Eddie Lopat, New York Yankee pitcher (class of 1935)

★ Robert Lowery, first African American fire commissioner of the FDNY (class of 1934)

★ Walter Mack, Jr., head of Pepsi (class of 1913)

★ George Macy, publisher (class of 1917)

★ Vito Marcantonio, US Congressman (class of 1921)

★ Garry Marshall, director, producer, actor (class of 1952)

★ August Martin, first African American commercial pilot (class of 1938)

★ Donald McKayle, stage and film choreographer (class of 1947)

★ Abel Meeropol, teacher at DWC; lyricist, “Strange Fruit,” “The House I Live In” (class of 1921)

★ Paul Milstein, real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1940)

★ Seymour Milstein real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1937)

★ Walter Mirisch, film producer (class of 1938)

★ Tracy Morgan, actor and comedian (class of 1985) ^[3]

★ Jerome Moross, film composer, The Big Country (class of 1928)

★ Howard Morris, actor (class of 1936)

★ Ralph Morse, photographer, developed the camera that went to the moon in 1969 (class of 1935)

★ Jerry Moss, co-founder of A & M Records (class of 1953)

★ Johnny Most, legendary radio play-by-play announcer for the Boston Celtics. (class of 1940)

★ Jan Murray, actor, television host (class of 1934)

★ Frank Netter MD, anatomy artist (class of 1923)

★ Roy Neuberger, financier (class of 1921)

★ Barnett Newman, artist (class of 1923)

★ Herbie Nichols, pianist, songwriter, "Lady Sings the Blues" (class of 1937)

★ Jan Peerce, Metropolitan Opera tenor (class of 1922)

★ Bud Powell, jazz pianist and composer (class of 1931)

★ Mel Powell, Pulitzer Prize jazz composer (class of 1937)

★ Daniel Quintero, director, Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club (class of 1978)

★ John Randolph, actor (class of 1932)

★ Charles Rangel, US representative

★ Chester Rapkin, urban planner, coined "SoHo" for an area of New York City (class of 1935)

★ Seymour Reit, co-creator of Casper, the Friendly Ghost (class of 1934)

★ Arthur Rickerby, photographer (class of 1938)

★ Irving Riese, co-founder of Riese Restaurants (class of 1936)

★ Richard Rodgers, Broadway composer (class of 1919) ^[3]

★ A.M. Rosenthal, NY Times journalist (class of 1938) ^[3]

★ Bob Rothberg, Songwriter and author (class of 1919)

★ Jack Rudin, real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1942)

★ Lewis Rudin, real estate developer, philanthropist (class of 1944)

★ Juan R. Sanchez, judge, US District Court PA (class of 1974)

★ Ralph L. Scala, Rock Star, Singer, keyboardist, founder of The Blues Magoos, 1962 & 1963 PSAL City Champions Golf (class of 1964)

★ Dolph Schayes, NBA Hall of Fame basketball player (class of 1945)

★ Daniel Schorr, journalist (class of 1933)

★ M. Lincoln Schuster, co-founder of Simon & Schuster (class of 1913)

★ Sherwood Schwartz, creator of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch (class of 1934)

★ Barney Sedran, basketball Hall of Famer (class of 1907)

★ Neil Simon, playwright (class of 1944)

★ Aaron Siskind, abstract photographer (class of 1921)

★ Bobby Sharp, songwriter, "Unchange My Heart" (class of 1942)

★ Ricky Sobers, professional basketball player (class of 1971)

★ Larry Storch, actor (class of 1941)

★ Charles Strouse, composer (class of 1944)

★ Howard Taubman, New York Times music and theater critic (class of 1925)

★ Sammy Timberg, Musician and composer (class of 1919)

★ Marvin Traub, former head of Bloomingdale's Dept. Store (class of 1942)

★ Lionel Trilling, educator and critic (class of 1921)

★ Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States (class of 1954)

★ Woodie W. White, a retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church (class of 1953)

★ Willie Worsley, community leader and basketball player (class of 1965)

★ William Zeckendorf, real estate developer (class of 1921)
Although he did not graduate, guitarist Paul "Ace" Frehley of KISS also attended Clinton.
Visitors who have addressed Clinton assemblies include Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Sioux Chief Buffalo Bear, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown, Sgt. Slaughter, Wynton Marsalis, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and astronaut Frederick Gregory.
Six NYC schools are named for Clinton grads: August Martin High School in Queens, Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers and P.S.105 Abraham Bernstein in the Bronx, and P.S.50 Vito Marcantonio and P.S. 194 Countee Cullen in Manhattan.

Interesting Facts

★ DeWitt Clinton High School's literary magazine, the Magpie gained notice in January 1921 when Countee Cullen published "I Have a Rendezvous with Life (with Apoligies to Alan Seeger)" in it. That poem is often consideried the first sign of the Harlem Renaissance. The Magpie published its historic color edition in Spring of 2007.

★ Geraldine Ambrosio, the school's current principal, is the first female to rise to the position in the school's over a century history.

★ The school's newspaper is "The Clinton News." ^[15] The school newspaper's latest edition is available at http://clinton.ny.schoolwebpages.com/education/sctemp/1f3b50e65cf0327f8a63e1fc0de271c3/1185830760/March_Newspaper.pdf .

★ DeWitt Clinton High School (DWCHS) students organized one of the largest high school walkouts in New York in September 19th, 2005. The protest occurred over installation of airport-style metal detectors and x-ray scanners. ^[16]

★ ''DeWitt Clinton High School and Its Extraordinary Influence on American Life'' is expected to be published soon about the experiences of Clinton alumni and some present students as well. It is co-written by Gerard Pelisson and James A. Garvey III. ^[17]

★ According to the school itself, it offers more Advanced Placement (AP) courses than any other school in the borough other than the Bronx High School of Science. These courses include AP Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, World History, U.S. History, U.S. Government and Politics, Psyshology, European History, Biology, Chemistry, Spanish Language and many more.

★ Over half of DeWitt Clinton High School's population is on the social networking website Sconex. ^[18]

★ DeWitt Clinton High School has the largest high school Alumni Association in the world! It is this alumni association that prevented the school from being broken down into smaller schools like some of its peer schools like sister-school Walton. ^[19]

References

1. PSAL School Profile
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15. DeWitt Clinton High School- School Newspaper
16. Protest Over Metal Detectors Gains Legs as Students Walk Out Fernanda Santos
17. The Clinton Times
18. The Norwood News
19. The DWC Alumni Site

External links

★ School Website

★ [3] Alumni Association of DWC.

★ insideschools.org profile

★ [4] "Then and Now, Clinton Cultivates Young Activists"

★ DeWitt Clinton High School at NNDB

★ New York Times article on walkout possibly accessed September 21, 2005