Newtown High School is a high school in Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Its multinational student body consists of approximately 2,879 students, with a large percentage of Hispanic and Asian students. Newtown High School celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2017. In 2010, Newtown High School held its graduation at York College, for the first time in over 30 years, rather than other locations such as St. John's University and Forest Park.
The school offers college courses, advanced placement classes in English Language and Literature, Biology, Spanish Language and Literature, Chinese Language, Calculus BC, and Human Geography, among others; a business/technology program; a pre-engineering/technology preparation; as well as an art program.
Newtown High School has teams in a variety of sports, both co-ed and broken down by gender. The sports offered include wrestling, soccer, baseball, cross-country, outdoor track, softball, bowling, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, among others. Gymnastics once played a part, but has been discontinued.
Newtown has a newspaper, a Key Club, the student organization, a language club, a poetry club, debate team, mediation, robotics club, photography club, several culture clubs, among others. Newtown also has a notable guitar class, which has performed for QPTV (Queens Public Television) .
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Athletics
Newtown has seen some success with athletics, winning numerous city championships in a variety of athletic competitions. It currently competes in the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL), and fields a wide number of teams in many different sports. They include:
Boys Teams
- Varsity and JV Basketball
- Cross Country
- Indoor/Outdoor Track
- Varsity Soccer
- Varsity and JV Volleyball
- Golf
- Bowling
- Varsity and JV Baseball
- Handball
- Wrestling
Girls Teams
- Varsity and JV Softball
- Basketball
- Indoor/Outdoor Track
- Bowling
- Soccer
- Cross Country
- Gymnastic
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Extracurricular activities
- Robotics Club
- Hiking
- Photography
Notable alumni
- Grace Lee Boggs, civil rights activist, social activist, author, philosopher and feminist
- William C. Brennan, lawyer, judge, and politician
- Richard Grasso, President, New York Stock Exchange
- Crockett Johnson, cartoonist
- Peter Lassally, television producer
- Estée Lauder, cosmetics manufacturer
- Omar Minaya, former General Manager of the New York Mets
- Michael J. Murphy, New York City Police Commissioner
- Arthur Nascarella, actor
- Carroll O'Connor, actor
- Smush Parker, basketball player
- Frances Fox Piven, sociologist, Professor, author, and activist
- Don Rickles, comedian
- Zoe Saldana, actress, class of 1997
- John E. Sarno, physician and writer
- Lenny Schultz, comedian and gym teacher at Newtown High School
- Shaan Shahid, Pakistani actor
- Gene Simmons, member of the rock group Kiss
- Rise Stevens, opera singer
- Johnny Thunders, rock guitarist
- Charlie Villanueva, basketball player
References
External links
- Official website
- Newtown High School. Landmarks Preservation Commission, New York City.
- Queens high school girls soccer
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