Midwood High School, at
Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New York...
, is a public, urban, co-ed high school located on Bedford Avenue in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
,
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
The school, which is administered by the
New York City Department of EducationThe New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. These schools form the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,600 separate schools...
, has an enrollment of more than 3,500 students, though it was originally designed for a student body of 2,200. Its H-shaped building, with six
IonicThe Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian...
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s and a
GeorgianGeorgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the...
cupolaIn architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from the lower Latin cupula small cup indicating a vault resembling an...
, was constructed in 1940.
A new annex, built across the streets from the original building, opened in the summer of 2008.
Midwood High School, at
Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New York...
, is a public, urban, co-ed high school located on Bedford Avenue in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
,
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
.
The school, which is administered by the
New York City Department of EducationThe New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. These schools form the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,600 separate schools...
, has an enrollment of more than 3,500 students, though it was originally designed for a student body of 2,200. Its H-shaped building, with six
IonicThe Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian...
columnA column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces. Other compression...
s and a
GeorgianGeorgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the...
cupolaIn architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from the lower Latin cupula small cup indicating a vault resembling an...
, was constructed in 1940.
A new annex, built across the streets from the original building, opened in the summer of 2008. The building houses new science labs that replaced the antiquated labs in the original building. The annex also hosts a new library; the library in the original building is now a theater. The annex is connected to the southern end of the original building by a bridge that connects the second and third floors of the buildings.
Ranking
Midwood High School is a school in
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area...
that has been the recipient of multiple accolades because of its competitive educational programs and for the achievements of its students and graduates. It is ranked as one of the top 200 high schools in the nation and was ranked as a "School Of Excellence" by U.S. News and World Report. Midwood has also been chosen as a
Blue RibbonThe Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. The Blue Ribbon award is considered the highest honor an American school can achieve.-History:...
Secondary SchoolSecondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from elementary or primary education....
of Excellence by the
United States Department of EducationThe United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
.
The New York Times reported in an article on June 29, 1986, that: "Getting into Midwood High School ... is about as tough as getting into an
Ivy LeagueThe Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group...
college. More than 12,000 eager
eighth gradeEighth grade is a year of education in the United States, Canada, Australia and other nations. The eighth grade is typically the final grade before high school, and the ninth grade of public and private education, following kindergarten and subsequent grades...
rs applied this year for 450 fall openings in Midwood's highly touted programs in the medical sciences and humanities."
Special Programs
Midwood houses what it calls three "institutes" -- Medical Science, Humanities, and Collegiate. Collegiate, Humanities and Medical Science students are placed into courses that are specifically designed and catered to the structure of their program.
The
Collegiate Institute program which is typically comprised of students who live within the immediate community is known as a college preparatory program; the requirements are the basic NYC high school requirements. In September 2009 the Collegiate program will be known as the Liberal Arts and Sciences Program.
The
Medical Science Institute (MSI) is for students interested in science or the medical field. It requires 5 years of science and 5 years of math. As of 2007, incoming freshman of the Medical Science Institute must choose from three different tracks. They are the Medical track, the
ResearchResearch can be defined to be search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts. The primary purpose for applied research is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of...
track, and the
EngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art and profession of acquiring and applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective or inventions.The American Engineers' Council...
track.
The
Humanities Institute requires two foreign languages, including
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
. 5 years of English, and 5 of social studies.
Advanced Placement Courses
Midwood offers over 18 Advanced Placement courses, and the
College BoardThe College Board is an examination board in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It manages many different standardized tests used by academically oriented post-secondary education institutions to measure a student's ability...
listed it among the best schools in the nation in terms of AP offerings.
Midwood offers Advanced Placement courses in
- AP Biology
In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
- AP Psychology
The Advanced Placement Psychology course and corresponding exam is part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. This course is tailored for students interested in the field of psychology and as an opportunity to earn placement credit or exemption from a college-level psychology course...
- AP Environmental Science
Advanced Placement Environmental Science is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students interested in the environmental and natural sciences...
- AP Chemistry
Advanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...
- AP Physics B
AP Physics B is an advanced placement science course that is separated into nine different sections of study: Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics.-The exam:...
- AP Physics C
*Part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program, consisting of two separate courses:**AP Physics C: Mechanics**AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism...
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Statistics
Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...
- AP English Literature
- AP United States History
Advanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
- AP European History
Advanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program. This course is for high school students who are interested in a first year university level course in European history...
- AP Economics
Advanced Placement Economics consists of two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.*AP Macroeconomics*AP Microeconomics...
- AP U.S. Government and Politics
- AP Spanish
AP Spanish can stand for two distinct Advanced Placement Programs provided by the College Board:*AP Spanish Language*AP Spanish Literature...
- AP French
AP French can stand for two distinct Advanced Placement Programs provided by the College Board:*AP French Language*AP French LiteratureA.P. French can also refer to Anthony Philip French, an emeritus professor of physics at MIT....
- AP Italian
- AP World History
Advanced Placement World History is a college-level course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts and interactions between different types of Human societies...
Intel Science Talent Search Competition
Midwood has two classes that specialize in introducing students to scientific research, culminating in the creation of projects for the nationwide INTEL competition - Science Research and Social Science Research. In 1999, Midwood had more semifinalists in the
Intel Science Talent SearchThe Intel Science Talent Search is a research-based science competition in the United States primarily for high school students. It has been referred to "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" science competition, and the Westinghouse/Intel awards have been referred to as the "Baby Nobels." ...
than did any other high school in the nation; In 2000, it tied for first place.
Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition
As of 2006 Midwood had more semifinalists in the
Siemens-Westinghouse Science & Technology CompetitionThe Siemens Competition is a science competition funded by the Siemens Foundation and administered by the College Board.- Eligibility requirements :...
than any other New York City high school.
Sports
Midwood has several sports teams. They include teams in
baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
,
bowling Bowling is a Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins or to get close to a target ball. There are many forms of bowling, with one of the most recent being ten-pin bowling and the earliest dating back to ancient...
,
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
,
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
,
footballFootball is the name of several similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...
,
golfGolf is a precision club-and-ball sport, in which competing players , using many types of clubs, attempt to hit balls into each hole on a golf course while employing the fewest number of strokes. Golf is one of the few ball games that does not require a standardized playing area...
,
cheerleadingCheerleading is a sport that uses organized routines that range from 1 minute to 3 minutes made from elements of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games and matches and/or compete at cheerleading competitions. Cheerleaders draw...
,
handballAmerican handball, usually referred to simply as handball, is a sport in which players hit a small rubber ball against one or more walls using their hands.- History :...
,
lacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin that is played using a small solid rubber ball and a long-handled racquet called a crosse or lacrosse stick. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose netting that is designed to hold the lacrosse ball...
, soccer,
softballSoftball is a team sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball. Some key differences between softball and baseball are that softballs are larger than baseballs, and pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. Softball was invented by George Hancock...
,
swimmingThe aquatic sport of swimming involves competition amongst participants to be the fastest over a given distance under self propulsion.The different events include 25, 50, 100, 200, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, the 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 500, 800, 1000, 1500, and 1650 free and the 100,...
,
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
,
trackTrack and field athletics is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing, jumping and walking. Organised athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC, and most modern events are conducted by the member clubs of the International Association of Athletics...
,
wrestlingScholastic wrestling is the style of amateur wrestling practiced at the high school and middle school level in the United States. The wrestling style is essentially collegiate wrestling, with some slight modifications...
, and
volleyball Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules...
.
Midwood's handball team has won 2 consecutive city championships in 2008 and 2009.
Midwood's lacrosse team has won several city championships, including 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Midwood also started the first Girls Lacrosse team in brooklyn
The Midwood Boy's Volleyball Team, considered to be one of the best and the "team to beat" in the PSAL, has gone undefeated in their division for the past 13 years with 3 city championships in 1996, 2001, 2007 (the most Volleyball Championships ever by a PSAL team).
The Midwood Boy's Track and Field Team won its first ever indoor track championship in winter 2008.
SING!
SING!SING! is an annual student-run musical production put on by some high schools in the Greater New York City area. It is a theater competition between the various grades, with the setup between grades differing from school to school SING! is an annual student-run musical production put on by some...
, an annual student-run musical theater competition put on by some high schools in New York City, was started by Bella Tillis, a music teacher at Midwood, in 1947. It is still being produced at Midwood. The 1989 movie
Sing, which starred
Lorraine BraccoLorraine Bracco is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, The Sopranos.-Early life:...
, was based on
SING!. SING has been responsible for hours of dedication and hard work, as well as fierce competition, among New York City's high school students.
In the summer of 2004, the film
The Squid and the WhaleThe Squid and the Whale is a 2005 dramatic film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in the 1980s. The film is named after a giant squid and sperm whale diorama found...
filmed in Midwood High School's auditorium, using students from the school's Drama Club as extra seat fillers, in 80s style costumes. The production also used background scenes on the stage that had been painted for the Drama Club's production of
Bye Bye BirdieBye Bye Birdie is a stage musical with a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on American society is set in 1958. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into...
two months prior. The film production crew also enlisted the help of a former Drama Club and
SING! lighting manager to help them light the stage for the scene.
Clubs
Midwood has nearly 100 clubs, including Anime,
Key ClubKey Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International group...
, Akiva Club,
PhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned...
,
Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international secular non-governmental organisation which defines its mission as "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated." Founded in London in 1961, AI...
, Latin Club,Young Democrats, the Environmental Club,
Gay-Straight AllianceGay–straight alliances are student organizations, found primarily in North American high schools and universities, that are intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their straight allies .-Goal:The goal of most, if not all,...
, Anime Club and Asian Society!!
Also, beginning in the Fall of 2008, Midwood will be forming a Snowboard Club.
Argus
The
Argus school newspaper, which is published monthly, gives student journalists a chance to have their articles published. Editors are chosen by Midwood's journalism teacher in June from among the junior journalism class.
Notable alumni
- Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright....
, Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian
- Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach is an Academy Award-nominated American writer, director and independent filmmaker.-Background and education:...
, independent film writer-director
- Richard Campagna
Richard V. Campagna of Iowa City, Iowa was the vice-presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.- Early life, education, and career :Campagna was born in New York City....
- 2004 Libertarian PartyVice Presidential Candidate
- Roz Chast
Rosalind "Roz" Chast is an American cartoonist and is a staff cartoonist for The New Yorker. She grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, the only child of an assistant principal and a high school teacher who subscribed to The New Yorker. Her earliest cartoons were published in Christopher...
, cartoonist
- Kin Tsang, Illustrator
- Humayun Chaudhry
Dr. Humayun J. Chaudhry is an American physician and medical educator who served as Commissioner of Health Services for Suffolk County, New York, from 2007 to 2009. Dr...
, physician and medical educator
- Didi Conn
Didi Conn is an American film, stage and television actress.Conn was born Edith Bernstein in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of a clinical psychologist;. "Didi" was her childhood nickname. She attended Midwood High School; her brother is opera singer Richard Bernstein...
, motion picture, stage, and television actress
- John Corigliano
John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...
, composer
- Elizabeth Drikman, legend
- Martin Fettman, astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
- Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch is an American composer. He is one of only two people to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony, a Golden Globe and a Pulitzer Prize .-Early life and career:...
, Academy Award-winning composer of film scores
- June Jordan
June Millicent Jordan was a Caribbean American poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, dramatist, teacher, and committed activist. In her three decade career Jordan made her mark as one of the fiercest and most compassionate voices of her time...
, Poet
- Emmanuel Lewis
Emmanuel Lewis is an American actor. He is best known for having played the title character in the 1980s’ television sitcom Webster. He is tall. Lewis graduated from Midwood High School and then Clark Atlanta University in 1997...
, actor
- Michael Lynne
Michael Lynne is an American film executive.With Robert Shaye, Lynne co-founded New Line Cinema. He is a graduate of Brooklyn College and holds a JD from Columbia University. In June 2008, Shaye and Lynne announced the formation of Unique Features, a new production company.-External links:***...
, movie executive, vintner
- Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller III is a British-born American actor who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
, actor. Though he didn't graduate from Midwood, he did attend for two years in the late 80s.
- Joel Moses
Joel Moses is an Israeli-American computer scientist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Joel Moses was born in Palestine in 1941 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1954. He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Columbia University and a masters degree in...
, former provost, MIT
- Adam Richman
Adam Richman is an American actor, television personality and culinary expert who is perhaps best knownto American cable television viewers as the host of the Travel Channel's program Man v. Food...
, TV Host "Man vs. Food" (Travel Channel)
- Andre Michel Schub, pianist }
- Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal is an American author, screenwriter, and educator.-Early life:The son of a rabbi, Segal attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn and traveled to Switzerland to take summer courses...
, author, screenwriter, and educator
- William Thompson
William Colridge Thompson, Jr. , known as Bill or Billy, is the 42nd Comptroller of New York City. Sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006...
, New York City ComptrollerA comptroller or controller is a person who supervises accounting and financial reporting within an organization. A controller is an accountant in a business who oversees accounting and the implementation and monitoring of internal controls...
- Elliot Tiber
Elliot Tiber, born Elliot Teichberg in 1935, is an artist and screenwriter who was instrumental in arranging for the Woodstock Festival to be held in Bethel, New York in 1969....
, helped arrange Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY
- Sean Wilentz
Robert Sean Wilentz is the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor of History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979.-Background:...
, Professor of History, Princeton UniversityPrinceton University a private university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and is considered one of the Colonial Colleges....
- Victor Williams
Victor L. Williams is an American actor.He is best known as Doug Heffernan's best friend Deacon Palmer on...
, actor
- Zach Zarba
Zachary "Zach" Zarba is a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association. His first season was in 2004. He wears the uniform number 58.-Background:...
, NBA official
- Hillary Horowitz, Awesome
Statistics
- Admissions policy: neighborhood school; screened; MUST have 90 and higher to be considered as an applicant
- Grade levels: 9-12
- Graduation rate: 64%
- Class size: 28 - 34
- Ethnicity: 30% W, 40% B, 10% H, 20% A
- Average SAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service...
s: Verbal, 1300; Math, 1300
- Free lunch: 10%
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