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The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science, and formerly Science High) is an elite public high school in New York City. It is one of nine ' specialized ' public high schools located in New York City and operated by the New York City Department of Education. A high school diploma or equivalent is required for college preparation and vocational programs. In some cases, applicants are not ready for the requirements of their chosen program. In order to allow the student an opportunity to meet the requirements, the SUNY Bronx EOC offers several programs to prepare him/her for the chosen program.

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The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science) is a specializedNew York Citypublic high school. Founded in 1938, it is located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. Admission is by an exam open to all grade-eligible students in New York City, reportedly taken by more than 20,000 students annually.^[2] Although known for its focus on mathematics and science, Bronx Science also heavily emphasizes the humanities and social sciences. As a result, it has continually attracted students with a wide variety of interests.

Bronx Science has developed a worldwide reputation^[3][4] as one of the best^[5] high schools in the United States, public or private, ranking fourth in U.S. News and World Report's 2008 list of America's 'Gold-Medal' high schools.^[6] It attracts an intellectually gifted blend of culturally, ethnically,^[7][8] and economically diverse students from New York City.^[9]

Every year almost all Bronx Science graduates go on to four-year colleges; many attend Ivy League and other prestigious schools.^[10] Bronx Science has counted 132 finalists in the Intel (formerly Westinghouse) Science Talent Search, the largest number of any high school.^[11] Seven graduates have won Nobel Prizes — more than any other secondary education institution in the world — and six have won Pulitzer Prizes.^[12][13]

Bronx Science is a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST).^[14] Together with Stuyvesant High School and Brooklyn Technical High School, it is one of three original specialized science high schools operated by the New York City Department of Education.

History

The founding

The Bronx High School of Science was founded in 1938 as a specialized science and math high school for boys, by resolution of the Board of Education of the City of New York, with Morris Meister as the first principal of the school. They were given use of an antiquated Gothic-gargoyled edifice located at Creston Avenue and 184th Street. The building, built in 1918 for Evander Childs High School, had been successively occupied by Walton High School (1930) and by an annex of DeWitt Clinton High School (1935). The initial faculty were composed in part by a contingent from Stuyvesant High School.^[15]

Principal Meister put his imprint on the school from its formation, for example selecting as school colors 'green to represent chlorophyll and gold the sun, both of which are essential to the chain of life.'^[16]

Expansion to co-education

Bronx Science started with about 150 ninth year students and 250 tenth year students, the remaining facilities of the building being used by DeWitt Clinton. As more boys began to attend Science, the Clinton contingent was gradually returned to its own main building. During their joint occupation, which lasted for 2 years until 1940, the two schools had separate teaching staff and classes, but the same supervision and administration.

In 1946, as a result of the efforts of Meister, the faculty, and the Parents Association, the school became co-ed, giving girls of New York equal opportunity to pursue a quality education in a specialized high school, previously denied to them. This expansion to co-education preceded its rivals Stuyvesant (1969) and Brooklyn Tech (1970) by more than two decades.

In 1958, after 20 years as principal of the school, Morris Meister resigned to become the first president of the newly organized Bronx Community College. Alexander Taffel succeeded Meister as principal.

The move to modern facilities

From the beginning, the Parents Association and Principal Morris Meister campaigned for a new building. After twenty years, but under Principal Taffel, plans were finally completed for a new $8 million building, designed by the architectural firm of Emery Roth and Sons^[17]. The new building would be on 205th Street near Bedford Park Boulevard, in a predominantly institutional area, between DeWitt Clinton High School and its large football field on one side, and Harris Field and Hunter College (now Lehman College) on the other. On March 3, 1959, students and faculty occupied the new building for the first time, solving the problem of how to move the books from the old library to the new in typical Bronx Science manner: on Friday afternoon each student took home five library books from the old building, and on Monday returned them to the new one.

They entered a school equipped with modern classrooms, laboratories, and technical studio areas. The main lobby entrance featured a 63-foot (19 m), Venetian glass mosaic mural overhead, depicting major figures from the history of science such as Marie Curie and Charles Darwin under the protective hands of a God-like figure representing knowledge, with this quote from John Dewey: 'Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.' The mural is an original work by Frank J. Reilly entitled Humanities Protecting Biology, Physics, Chemistry, reflecting the school's mission to excel not only in the sciences and mathematics, but also in the humanities. Legions of students over the years, bemoaning the lack of swimming facilities, have sarcastically referred to the mural as 'the Science swimming pool', perpetuating the idea - perhaps apochryphal - that a choice was made to fund a mural rather than a pool in the new building; but the mural continues to epitomize the special nature of the Bronx High School of Science.^[18]

The move was not without incident. In the first spring of the move, rumors swept the school that various Bronx youth street gangs were coming to the school, and that the Fordham Baldies would shave the hair of Science students. This never happened. Another incident did happen that spring: The first time Science girls appeared on the outdoor physical education field in skimpy shorts/t-shirts (which probably showed less than in the average high school in 2006), some students from the neighboring, all-male DeWitt Clinton High School charged the separation fence between their field and the Science field. The fence held, but the female students exercised indoors for the remainder of that year.

When Bronx Science celebrated its silver anniversary in June 1963, President John F. Kennedy hailed it as 'a significant and pathfinding example of a special program devoted to the development of the student gifted in science and mathematics.' The President had recently selected one of its graduates, Harold Brown, of the class of 1943, for the position of Director of Defense Research and Engineering; he would later serve as Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter.

Holocaust Museum and Studies Center

In 1978, Stuart S. Elenko, a Social Studies faculty member, founded a Holocaust Museum and Studies Center at Bronx Science, funded by grants, donations, and the New York City Council. The Museum was one of the first of its kind in the United States, and houses a collection of rare documents, photographs, artifacts and other material from the Nazi era; the Studies Center sponsors speakers and puts together and distributes educational materials about the Holocaust. The Museum has had over 60,000 visitors, and has received acclaim from leaders in the field.^{[citation needed]} In 2003, the Museum celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a gala. In 2004 an anonymous benefactor - an alumnus of the school - made a very large donation which is allowing the Museum to modernize and be totally revamped. In 2006, the Museum finally moved out of its original home into a larger space. Its facilities have been upgraded to include a plasma television screen and a computer to display presentations about different topics related to the Holocaust.

Tours of the museum are given by students in the Holocaust Leadership Class to any guest that requests one, as well as to sophomore World History students. ^[19][20]

Recent administration

When Alexander Taffel retired as principal in 1978, the chairman of the Biological Science Department, Milton Kopelman, became Principal.^[21] He remained so for over ten years. Upon Principal Kopelman's retirement in 1990, long-time faculty member and Biology Assistant Principal Vincent Galasso became Principal. He was followed by Physical Science Department Assistant Principal Stanley Blumenstein, a 1963 graduate of Bronx Science.

In 2000 William Stark, an Assistant Principal of the Social Studies Department, was appointed Acting Principal. He was expected to move up to the Principal's office, when Chancellor Harold O. Levy decided to try to find a Nobel laureate to become Principal;^[22] that effort failed, but Stark was still not offered the job as principal. Stark said that if he wasn't officially offered the job by a certain date, he would take another position being offered to him elsewhere. When the deadline came and went, Stark accepted a job as Principal of Manhasset High School. Many faculty and parents were upset that Stark was not appointed in a timely way and thus had left the school; Vincent Galasso agreed to an interim appointment for one term in 2001.^[22]

Despite Levy's desire to appoint a Nobel laureate, Valerie J. Reidy, Assistant Principal of the Biology Department, was appointed Principal in September 2001; she was the first female principal in the school's history. She has been a controversial figure, and several teachers left the school in response to her becoming principal. Some teachers have openly criticized her to newspapers and some students staged a protest walkout in 2008.^[22][23] Most recently, this resulted in student protests in 2005 and 2008^[24].

Enrollment

The Bronx High School of Science has a student body of about 2,800 students. Admission is based exclusively on an entrance examination, known as the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT),^[25] open to all eighth and ninth grade New York City students and covering math (word problems and computation) and verbal (reading comprehension, logical reasoning, unscrambling paragraphs). Out of the 26,000 students taking the entrance examination each year, only about 700 are admitted to Science.

The student body is diverse, comprising almost every ethnic group in New York City. In 2008, 59.92% of the school was of Asian descent.^[26] The students are evenly split between males and females.^[27]

Facilities and resources

• Computerized & renovated science laboratories, including the Syracuse University @ Bronx Science Crime Lab and DNA Research Lab
• Computer laboratories
• Weather Station
• Harris Field-a 15-acre (61,000 m²) field across 205th street where many Bronx Science sports teams practice.
• Rooftop planetarium
• High speed internet access in every room
• a website with a .edu top-level domain, one of a few obtained by high schools before the rules changed in October, 2001 restricting .edu to post-secondary schools. [4]
• Televisions equipped with DVD/VHS players in every room

• Animal Room
• Foreign Language Multimedia Learning Center

The Bronx Science library provides resources ranging from traditional print and microform to electronic subscription e-journals and databases. Located on the first floor just off the main lobby, the library is composed of three smaller rooms encompassing approximately 65,000 square feet (6,000 m²) with a seating capacity of 100. Holdings include over 30,000 volumes, 135 different magazines, microforms (including the New York Times on microfilm dating back to 1851) and readers, and computers in the computer room. Among its electronic resources is ScienceDirect, a free science journal service provided by Elsevier to a select few science high schools. It is used by students as a gateway to firsthand experience with published scientific research. ^[28]

A rooftop solar panel installation was completed in February 2006. The 33.6 kW (DC) photovoltaic (PV) arrays consist of 168 Sharp Solar 200 watt DC PV modules laminated to PowerLight's flat-roof PowerGuard mounting system and utilizes a Xantrex PV-30208 30 kW AC 3 phase inverter. Integration with the school's computer network allows students to monitor the solar panels' production of electricity in real time, while saving on the school's energy cost. A screen just off the main lobby displays production data at every moment.^[29]

Academics

Bronx Science students take a college preparatory curriculum that includes four years of lab science, math, English, social studies, three years of foreign language and a year of fine arts, with required courses and a wide selection of electives, including advanced placement (AP) classes, which allow students to place out of introductory college science courses. Over 600 classes are offered.^[30] Students have an opportunity to do independent research, and many compete in the annual Intel Science Talent Search (formerly sponsored by Westinghouse).

In the life sciences, the students have the additional option of taking a special 'double honors' biology course, which features extra laboratory exposure. Science electives include microbiology, physiology, forensic science, human genetics, evolution, astronomy, organic chemistry, electronics and others.

The mathematics department offers the standard AP courses in AB/BC calculus and statistics, courses in multivariable calculus and computer science, including AP Computer Science. A course in linear algebra and differential equations was offered for the first time in fall 2007.

Students take four years of English, with electives including journalism, Shakespeare, creative writing and AP English.

Four years of social studies or history classes are required, and include US and world history, economics, with electives in psychology, law, finance, and global studies, among others.

Three years of languages are required. Bronx Science offers French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Russian, Modern Greek, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. At one time Hebrew and German were also offered.

Students are required to take Technical Drawing (formerly known as Mechanical Drawing) and a Science Techniques Laboratory course; technology courses include engineering and architectural drawing, telescope making, computerized graphics, robotics technology, and medical illustration. Art and Music Appreciation are also required courses, with a range of studio art electives and music performance electives available.

Health and Physical Education courses are also required, with activities including step aerobics, weight training, basketball, skating, team handball, fitness and yoga.

Representative Electives

• ENGLISH- Dramatic Tragedy & Comedy, Women in Literature, A Study in Evil, Literature & Film, Shakespeare: Behind the Scenes, Poetry & Inner Visions, Basic and Advanced Acting, Play Production, Journalism Workshop, Yearbook Workshop
• SOCIAL STUDIES- Mock Trial, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Constitutional Law, The Principles of Economics and Finance, Film Studio, Holocaust Leadership Class, Social Science Research Projects
• MATHEMATICS- Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Senior Math Team, Junior Math Team, Sophomore Math Team, Freshman Math Team, Math Projects, Visual Basic & Java, Advanced Placement Computer Programming, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
• BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Biology Research, Animal Behavior & Human Psychology, Human Genetics & Evolution, Plant Physiology and Horticulture, Nutritional Science, Microbiology, Forensic Biology, Biomedical Ethics
• PHYSICAL SCIENCES - Physical Science Research, Organic Chemistry, Earth System Science (Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography and Geology), Modern Frontiers in Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electronics, Physics of Engineering
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE- Honors Literature Courses in French, Modern Greek and Spanish. Honors Conversation courses in French, Italian & Spanish. College level Russian. Intermediate Korean Language and Culture.
• TECHNOLOGY- Photography, Internetworking, Architectural Drafting, Computer Technology, Principles of Engineering, Computer Graphics, Cisco Networking, Advanced Internetworking, Theater Technology, Robotics Technology, Television Production Technology
• FINE ARTS and MUSIC- Studio in Drawing and Design, Studio in Painting, Studio in Sculpture, Orchestra, Chorus, Band
• HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION- Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Aerobatics, Whiffle Ball, Gymnastics, Yoga, Weight Training, Fitness, Flag Football, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Hockey, Team Handball

Advanced Placement courses

• ENGLISH- English Literature, English Language and Composition
• SOCIAL STUDIES- American History, European History, World History, U.S. Government and Politics (1 Year), U.S. Government and Politics (2 Years), Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics & Macroeconomics, Comparative Government and Politics, American Government
• MATHEMATICS- Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Computer Science (JAVA)
• SCIENCE- Biology, Environmental Science, Psychology, Chemistry, Physics without Calculus, Physics with Calculus
• LANGUAGE- Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, French Language, French Literature, Italian Language & Culture, Latin (Virgil), Latin Poetry (Catullus/Ovid), Chinese Language, Japanese Language
• ARTS- Studio Art, Art History, Music Theory

Student opportunities

Research

Along with a rigorous academic foundation and an array of extracurricular choices, students are provided with original research opportunities in the biological, physical, and social sciences, and programs that hone students' investigative skills and prepare them for academic competitions. Interested students may apply for research programs in their freshman year and begin a three-year sequence of voluntary work on their projects in their sophomore year. During this time, students collaborate with scientists at local laboratories to develop and complete an independent research project, usually concentrated during two summers. The program culminates in the writing of a scientific paper in the senior year, which is submitted to various competitions, such as the Intel Science Talent Search. Since the inception of this prestigious national competition in 1942, Bronx Science has accumulated the highest number of finalists: 132.^[11]

Publications

• The Observatory is Bronx Science's prizewinning yearbook. The current yearbook office has a new custom built web server to manage the production of the yearbook powered by MediaWiki and Coppermine software. The yearbook also has state of the art D300 cameras.
• Science Survey is Bronx Science's entirely student-run newspaper. Students manage everything: reporting, layout, design, editing, and final production, under the supervision of the journalism teacher. The paper runs purely on funds from its advertisers, with no fiscal school support. The paper is distributed on average 7 times per year, gratis. The Science Survey has been the name of the Bronx Science student newspaper since the founding of the school in 1938.
• Math Bulletin is the annual publication of the Bronx Science Mathematics Department. Student term papers, original student mathematics research, and interesting topics in mathematics are featured.
• Reactions is a school publication written by Physical Science students.

• Dynamo is the literary magazine of the Bronx Science English Department. The entire student body is encouraged to submit original poems and other works which are considered for publication.

• BioNIC, the Biology News and Information Center, features biology-related events at Bronx Science, student-written articles, opportunities, and links to helpful and interactive pages in an annual web publication.

• Bronx Science publishes an annual Biology Journal. It is a joint venture between students and the faculty of the Biology Department to document advances in the field, both within Bronx Science and in the outside world. Each themed issue contains interviews, commentaries, artwork, featured student research papers, and abstracts from every student Biology research project that year (see Research).

• Exposition is an annual production of the Bronx Science Social Studies Department.^[31]

Student life

Events

A comprehensive events calendar is maintained on the school's website.^[32]

• Earth Day Festival- hosted annually by the LEAP club on Earth Day.^[33]
• Day of Silence- an annual event to educate students about the difficulties faced by the gay, lesbian, and transgender community.
• Winter & Spring Concerts- features performances from Science's bands and chorus.
• Poem In Your Pocket Day
• Holocaust Remembrance Assembly, held annually on Yom Hashoah
• Black Organization of Student Strength/West Indian Society cultural assembly-produced by BOSS/WIS
• Lunar New Year - produced by the Lunar New Year Productions club
• Spring musical
• UNIDAD - produced by UNIDAD
• International Food Fair/Multicultural Day
• Music Festival
• Homecoming Day - on the day before Thanksgiving, graduates from the previous year return to campus
• Senior Prom.
• NASHA Cultural Assembly-Annual Indian, Pakistani, and Bengali Cultural Show
• TFO Day

Extra-curricular activities

Sports

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• Baseball: Boys, J.V. & Varsity
• Basketball: Boys & Girls, J.V. & Varsity
• Bowling: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Crew: Co-ed, Varsity
• Cricket: Co-ed
• Cross Country: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Fencing: Co-ed, Varsity
• Golf: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Gymnastics: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Handball: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Indoor and Outdoor Track: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Soccer: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Softball: Girls, J.V. & Varsity
• Swimming: Boys & Girls,^[34] Varsity
• Tennis: Boys & Girls, Varsity
• Volleyball: Boys & Girls, J.V. & Varsity
• Ultimate Frisbee: Co-ed, Club team
• Wrestling: Boys Varsity

Academic teams

Founded in 1969 by renowned debate coach Richard B. Sodikow, the Bronx High School of Science Speech and Debate Team has been prominent and successful. With the creation of Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1979, came the creation of the Bronx Science LD squad which has had national success. David Yalof won the national championship in 1984, and two years later, Hee-Sun Hong received the first-ever Tournament of Champions title in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. In 1988, Jonathan Koppell and Peter Colavito closed out the final round of the Tournament of Champions.

Bronx Science debaters have amassed many major titles: Emory University's Barkley Forum for High Schools, the Harvard National Invitational, the Lexington Winter Classic, Hendrick Hudson, T.A. Edison, University of Southern California, Villiger, the Northeast Regional Championships, the Newark Debates, the Westchester Classic, the Robert J. Kaiser Invitational, the Scarsdale Jeffrey Williams Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championship, Woodward Academy Novice Nationals, Woodward Academy Second Year Nationals, the MBA Round Robin, the Bronx Round Robin, the Glenbrooks Round Robin.^[35][36][37]

• Ocean Sciences Bowl Team, for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition

• Moot Court Team competes in the New York City Bar Association's Moot Court Competition

• Mock Trial Team
• Robotics Team. The Bronx Science Robotics Team (FIRST Team 1155)^[38] competes annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The team is an extensive collaboration between students and faculty to design, fund, and construct a winning robot.

• Winners, 2007 New York City Regional Chairman's Award
• Winners, 2007 New Jersey Regional Finalists
• Winners, 2006 New York City Engineering Inspiration Award^[39][40]
• Winners, 2005 New York City Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers Entrepreneurship Award^[39][40]
• Winners, 2004 New York City Delphi Driving Tomorrow Award^[39][40]

Clubs

Dress code

The school's dress code has evolved over the years. Once boys were required to wear ties and 'collar' shirts and not allowed to wear 'patch-pocket' pants (jeans) or hats; girls were required to wear skirts or dresses, no matter what the weather. Offenders were sent home if they were not dressed according to the rules. Many girls walking to school in the winter along wind-swept Goulden Avenue between the Jerome Park Reservoir and Clinton's football field, wore slacks under their skirts and removed them when they arrived at school. Boots also had to be removed.

In 1968 the students successfully demanded that the dress code be relaxed; girls then were allowed to wear slacks and boys could wear t-shirts.

Today's students still are not allowed to wear hats (a NYC Department of Education rule), and the dress regulations are less specific, forbidding clothing that is 'distracting', 'offensive', or 'degrading'; anything promoting drug use or offensive language is similarly banned; and 'undergarments must not be visible, and tops and bottoms of outer garments must meet or overlap'.^[42]

Faculty

The Bronx Science faculty includes educators with advanced degrees, including the Ph.D., in their field, and many have taught at universities. Unlike most New York City public schools, teachers are not hired according to seniority. Instead, teachers are interviewed and reviewed by a committee of current teachers from the department.

Many teachers are alumni of the school: Michael Contente (ret. June 2007), the former coordinator of the Department of Mathematics (1966); Jean M. Donahue, Ph.D., the assistant principal of the Department of Biology (1977); Fred Levy, assistant principal of the art, music, and technology departments; David Cohen (math and technology), Richard Lee (biology), Sherrill Mirsky (math), Beatrice Robertson (math), Polly Schoenfeld (English), Daniel Abella (filmmaking), John Liu (Global and U.S. History). Because of such relations, many teachers have had other teachers as students at Science at some time during their career.

Many teachers also play an active role in the advancement of the school's vision. For example, Fanny K. Ennever, Ph.D., a former teacher in the Physical Science Department and adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University,^[43] was responsible for securing a $27,500 grant in both 2004 and 2005 for developing and modifying the Bronx Science chemistry laboratory curriculum, in order to make sessions less 'cookbook' and more inquiry-based.^[44]

Every year, the senior members of ARISTA National Honor Society vote for the Honored Teacher Award. Winners of the award include Patricia Nunez, Gregory Greene, and James Perna. During the 2007-2008 school year, the award was given to Mr. Reutershan (Multivariable Calculus), Dr. Wheeler (Advanced Placement Biology), and Mrs. Ramos (Advanced Placement Chemistry). For the 2008-2009 year, the award was presented to Louis DiIulio (Advanced Placement United States History).

Popular references

In Season 1, Episode 18 of The West Wing, Mallory O'Brien mentions Bronx Science in a discussion of public school reform and school vouchers. Rob Lowe's character, Sam Seaborn says, “Boston Latin, the oldest public school in the country, is still the best secondary school in New England.” Mallory O'Brien replies 'They all can't be Boston Latin and Bronx Science.'

In the television show Head of the Class, Bronx Science is named explicitly throughout the show as Fillmore High School's rival, often appearing against them in academic competitions.

In Season 1, Episode 12 of What I Like About You, Henry says he goes to Bronx Science and has a GPA of 3.7.

In one episode of Everybody Hates Chris, Chris and his friend both apply for Bronx Science. In the end, only Chris's friend was accepted.

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Northern Exposure was a show about a doctor whose medical education was financed by an Alaskan town where he was then obliged to work. Dr. Joel Fleischman (played by Rob Morrow) often reminisced about his high school days at Bronx Science. When Dr. Fleischman's role diminished, he was succeeded by Dr. Phil Capra, played by Paul Provenza, who is an actual Bronx Science graduate.

Notable alumni and former students

Nobel Prize-winning physicists

The Bronx High School of Science counts seven Nobel Prize-winning physicists among its graduates:

• Leon N. Cooper 1947, Brown University awarded the 1972Nobel Prize in Physics
• Sheldon L. Glashow 1950, Boston University, awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics^[45]
• Steven Weinberg 1950, University of Texas at Austin, awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Melvin Schwartz 1949, Columbia University, awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics^[46]
• Russell A. Hulse 1966, Princeton University, awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics^[47]
• H. David Politzer 1966, California Institute of Technology, awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Roy J. Glauber 1941, Harvard University, awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics^[48]

No other secondary school in the world has as many alumni who have won Nobel Prizes.

If Bronx Science were a country, it would be tied at 23rd with Spain for number of Nobel laureates (as of 2008). Were Bronx Science a university, it would be tied for 58th place, matching UNC-Chapel Hill, UMD and McGill.

Other notable highly-educated alumni

Six alumni have won the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor bestowed by the U.S. President and thus far awarded to 425 scientists and engineers. Bronx Science also counts among its graduates twenty-nine current members of the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS), an honor attained by only about 2,000 American scientists. Twenty-two Bronx Science graduates are current members of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE), ten are current members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and at least one is a current member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Pulitzer Prize winners

Bronx Science also has six Pulitzer Prize-winning graduates:

• William Sherman 1963, reporter at the New York Daily News, awarded 1974
• William Safire 1947, author and columnist at The New York Times, awarded 1978
• Joseph Lelyveld 1954, Executive Editor at The New York Times, awarded 1986
• Bernard L. Stein 1959, Editor Emeritus of the Riverdale Press; current editor of Hunts Point Express, awarded 1998
• William Taubman 1958, Professor of Political Science at Amherst College, awarded 2004
• Gene Weingarten, 1968, reporter and columnist for The Washington Post, awarded 2008^[49]

Other notable alumni and former students

Other notable graduates and former students include:^[50]

• Bruce Ackerman 1960, constitutional law scholar, Yale Law School
• Richard Alba 1959, sociologist of Italian-American life, Vice-President Emeritus of American Sociological Association
• Bruce Ames 1946, biologist, winner of National Medal of Science
• Emanuel Azenberg, multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning producer
• Judith Baumel 1973, poet, winner Walt Whitman Award, 1987
• Peter S. Beagle 1955, author, singer, guitarist, best known for The Last Unicorn
• James Bethea 1982, producer/television executive
• Ira Black (1941-2006), neuroscientist and stem cell researcher who served as the first director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey.^[51]
• Mark Boal 1991, Journalist & Screenwriter, winner of the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Hurt Locker.
• Rose Marie Bravo 1969, Vice Chairman, Burberry, former President, Saks Fifth Avenue.
• Clifford Brody 1975, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Edcomm Group Banker's Academy (1989-2009).
• Harold Brown 1943, former U.S. Secretary of Defense (1977-1981)
• Joseph Capecci 1951, inventor, architect, academic dean
• Stokely Carmichael 1960, Black Power activist
• Majora Carter 1984, environmental justice advocate, recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship 'Genius Grant'
• Gregory Chaitin 1964, mathematician, computer scientist
• Marsha Alpert Chandler 1961, Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer at the Salk Institute; former Executive Vice Chancellor, University of California San Diego
• Dominic Chianese 1948, actor (best known as 'Uncle Junior' on the HBO series The Sopranos)
• Gregory Cooper 1978, chief of gastroentorology and colon cancer studies at University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH.
• Jon Cryer 1983, actor
• Richard J. Danzig 1961, 71st Secretary of the U.S. Navy
• Bobby Darin (as Walden Robert Cassotto) 1953, singer, songwriter, actor
• Samuel R. Delany 1960, science fiction author
• E. L. Doctorow 1948, author of Ragtime and other books
• Millard Drexler 1962, CEO, J.Crew; ex-CEO, Gap
• Jonah Falcon 1988, talk show host
• Jon Favreau 1984, actor/director
• Jerald G. Fishman,1962, CEO, Analog Devices
• Jeffrey S. Flier,1964, Dean, Harvard Medical School
• Paul Galant, Chief Executive Officer of Global Transaction Services, Citigroup
• Todd Gitlin 1959, writer and social critic, former head, Students for a Democratic Society
• Harrison J. Goldin 1953, former NYC Comptroller
• Mark Gottdiener 1960, sociologist/urbanist/semiotician
• Alan Grayson 1975, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
• Jeff Greenfield 1960, CNN reporter/commentator
• Gene Grossman 1973, former Chair, Department of Economics, Princeton University
• Pablo Guzmán (as Paul Guzman) 1968, CBS-2 reporter
• Clyde Haberman 1962, New York Times reporter/columnist
• Marilyn Hacker 1959, poet, winner of National Book Award
• Michael Hirsh 1960s, head, Cookie Jar group (animation); founder, Nelvanaanimation
• Martin Hellman, 1962, cryptologist
• Scott Ian (as Scott Ian Rosenfeld) 1982, rock musician
• Martin Jay,1961, prominent intellectual historian
• Michael Kanthal, 1964, prominent User-advocate in deregulating the Bell System in the early 1980s, Vice President of Citicorp's domestic satellite network
• Michael Kay 1978, New York Yankees sportscaster
• David Karp, founder of Tumblr
• Thomas Keenan, 1966, Internet culture scholar and university dean
• Leonard Kleinrock, 1951, computer scientist
• Kenneth Kronberg, 1964, printing company owner, LaRouche movement member
• James Kyson Lee 1993, actor
• Leslie Lamport, 1957, computer scientist
• Elliott Landy, 1959, Woodstock photographer
• Leonard Lauder, 1950, former president Estee Lauder Inc., and an heir to the Estee Lauder fortune.
• Ronald Lauder 1961, former NYC mayoral candidate and an heir to the Estee Lauder fortune, former US Ambassador to Austria
• Bill Lann Lee 1967, United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Clinton Administration
• Jeanette Lee, professional pool player (attended, did not graduate)
• Robert J. Lefkowitz 1959, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Duke Univ, 2008 winner of the National Medal of Science
• Harold O. Levy 1970, former New York City Schools' Chancellor
• Daniel Libeskind 1965, architect of Freedom Tower, Berlin Holocaust Museum, Royal Ontario Museum, etc.
• John Liu 1985, New York City Comptroller
• Nita Lowey 1955, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
• Jerome Lynch, civil engineer selected as one of Popular Science's 2009 'Brilliant 10' ^[52]
• Anthony Marx 1977, President, Amherst College
• Marvin Minsky 1945, computer scientist
• Robert Moog 1952, synthesized music pioneer
• Al Nagler, 1953, optical engineer, founder of Televue
• Lars-Erik Nelson, 1959, award-winning correspondent and columnist for New York Daily News, Newsweek, Newsday
• Tom Paley, 1945, old-time musician and founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers
• Jay Pasachoff 1959, astronomy professor
• Martin Peretz 1955, editor-in-chief, The New Republic magazine
• Kevin Phillips, 1957, author and political analyst
• Richard Price 1967, author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter
• Robert Price 1950, New York State Commissioner of Investigation
• Paul Provenza, 1975, actor
• Christopher 'Kid' Reid 1982, rap musician and actor
• Daphne Maxwell Reid 1966, actress
• David Ren, writer/director
• Donald L. Ritter, former Member of Congress
• George Ritzer 1958, sociologist
• Frank Rosenblatt 1946, computer pioneer
• Jun John Sakurai 1951, theoretical physicist
• Joel Sherman, 1979, Scrabble champion
• Ben Shneiderman 1964, developer of computer visualization and human-computer interaction
• Lawrence Slobodkin, ecologist
• Karina Smirnoff, professional ballroom Latin dancer
• April Smith 1967, author, Emmy-nominated television producer and writer
• Dava Sobel 1964, author
• Michael I. Sovern, former President of Columbia University
• Norman Spinrad 1957, science fiction author and screenwriter
• Robert Strom 1962, second biggest winner, The $64,000 Question TV show
• Worley Thorne, 1950, TV writer and script consultant ('The Paper Chase,' 'Dallas,' 'Star Trek: The Next Generation')
• Terence Tolbert, 1982, political consultant for Barack Obama and other candidates
• Neil deGrasse Tyson 1976, Frederick P. Rose Director, Hayden Planetarium at American Museum of Natural History
• Eliot Wald 1962, TV and film writer ('Saturday Night Live,' 'Camp Nowhere')
• Gary Weiss,1971, journalist and author
• Barry Wellman 1959, sociologist, founder of International Network for Social Network Analysis, Fellow - Royal Society of Canada
• Wolf Wigo 1991, Olympic water polo player, Captain of the US National Water Polo Team
• Dave Winer 1972, computer scientist, blogger
• Grace Wong 2004, Miss International 2007 semifinalist including Miss Hong Kong 2007 1st runner up
• George Yancopoulos 1976, biologist, member of the National Academy of Sciences

Alma Mater

Words and music by H. Rensin^[53]

Science High our school that towers, seeking truth and light; all for thee our hearts and powers solemnly unite.

Chorus

Harken now the chorus heighten as our praises soar; through the years your glories brighten: Science evermore.

In our hearts your name is graven, there to keep immortal. Hope and faith have found a haven, hidden in your portal.

Chorus

Harken now the chorus heighten as our praises soar; through the years your glories brighten: Science evermore.

References

1. ^2004-2005 ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORT, Bronx High School of Science.
2. ^Heather Mac Donald (Spring 1999). 'How Gotham’s Elite High Schools Escaped the Leveller’s Ax'. City Journal. http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_2_how_gothams_elite.html. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
3. ^ Speech by Singapore's Minister for Education: 'SPEECH BY MR THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION & SECOND MINISTER FOR FINANCE, AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE HIGH SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE (NUS HIGH SCHOOL)'. Singapore Ministry of Education. April 23, 2007. http://www.moe.gov.sg/speeches/2007/sp20070423_print.htm. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
4. ^ The Manila Science High School in the Philippines was modeled after Bronx Science's curriculum. 'History of the Philippines' First Science High School'. 40th Commencement Exercises Yearbook, Manila Science High School. 2003. http://www.oocities.com/demokrasya/paaralan/htmls/index.html. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
5. ^ See, for example, this: 'Brueck Promoted to UNM Distinguished Professor'. University of New Mexico. October 26, 2006. http://www.ece.unm.edu/morenews/brueck.htm. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
6. ^'Gold Medal Schools'. U.S. News and World Report. December 14, 2008. http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/high-schools. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
7. ^Herman Badillo (2006). One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups. Sentinel. p. 28.
8. ^'By the Numbers: Public, Private and Religious High Schools' (PDF). The Blackboard Awards. 2006. http://www.blackboardawards.com/downloads/BBA_2006_Numbers_HS.pdf. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
9. ^ Joseph Berger, 'How Do You Get To Bronx Science? The Yellow Bus; A Private Transportation Service Fosters the Queens Connection'. New York Times, January 14, 2003.
10. ^'How Gotham’s Elite High Schools Escaped the Leveller’s Ax', by Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, Spring 1999.
11. ^ ^abIntel awards
12. ^Bronx Science alumni Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners
13. ^Other National Awards
14. ^'NCSSSMST Institutional Members'. http://www.ncsssmst.org/institutionalmembers.aspx. Retrieved August 14, 2007.
15. ^'Timeline - click on 1930s - 1937/1938'. The Campaign for Stuyvesant - History. OurStrongBand.org. http://www.ourstrongband.org/history/timeline.html#. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
16. ^About Bronx Science, The Bronx High School of Science.
17. ^About the architect
18. ^Tyson, Neil deGrasse. 'Special Feature—City of Stars'. Natural History Magazine. http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/city_of_stars/03_bronx_hs.html. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
19. ^Donor Gives New Lease on Life to Holocaust Studies Center
20. ^At Bronx Science, A Different Kind Of Lab
21. ^'Alexander Taffel Dies at 86; Championed Bronx Science', The New York Times, January 25, 1997. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
22. ^ ^abcTeacher flight feared at elite high school. Columbia University Journalism School. March 5, 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20070626070451/http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/bronxbeat/2001/030501/science0305_01.html. Retrieved October 22, 2006.
23. ^Showdown At Bronx Science. The New York Sun. May 27, 2005. http://www.nysun.com/opinion/showdown-at-bronx-science/14560/. Retrieved October 31, 2006.
24. ^'Students Stage Walkout At Bronx Science'. The Sun. The Sun. January 16, 2008. http://www.nysun.com/new-york/students-stage-walkout-at-bronx-science/69594/. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
25. ^DEAD LINK (Specialized High Schools Student Handbook)
26. ^'NYC DOE School Portal: Bronx High School of Science(X445): Register, Statistics, About Us'. January 22, 2008. http://www.nycboe.net/SchoolPortals/10/X445/AboutUs/Statistics/register.htm. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
27. ^ According to Bronx Science FAQs, 'The ratio of boys to girls at Science ranges from 51:49 to 49:51, averaging 50:50' [1]
28. ^Teaching the Fourth ‘R’ of Science Education: Research. T.H.E. Journal. October 1, 2005. http://thejournal.com/articles/17452. Retrieved November 2, 2006.
29. ^Sunlight as Energy. New York Power Authority. http://www.nypa.gov/annualreport/2005AR/sec8.htm. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
30. ^Lists of classes
31. ^Exposition - Home
32. ^School Calendar
33. ^Earth Day
34. ^(PSAL playoff team for past 15 years)
35. ^Speech & Debate Team - Welcome!
36. ^BOBBY ESNARD WINS SCARSDALE: Matt Ross Also Wins Novice Title for Bronx Science; Regis Takes Public Forum, Victory Briefs Daily, Feb. 9, 2008.
37. ^BRONX SCIENCE CLOSES OUT SECOND-YEAR NATIONALS; LARRY LIU IS NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPION: Bronx Science Wins Second-Year Policy Tournament, Victory Briefs Daily, April 6, 2008.
38. ^http://www.bxsciborgs.org
39. ^ ^abchttp://bxsciborgs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=39
40. ^ ^abchttp://www.archive.org/download/BronxScienceRoboticsTeam_10/parentnightpowerpoint.ppt SciBorgs Prospective Parent's Night Presentation
41. ^ Message sent to members and circulated around school. In addition removed from official list of clubs
42. ^ 'Student Rules and Responsibilities' (January 2002) Very few of these rules are regularly enforced. http://www.bxscience.edu/student_rules_responsibilities.jsp?rn=1128.
43. ^Columbia University's MPA in Environmental Science and Policy
44. ^http://web.archive.org/web/20080120091445/http://www.dreyfus.org/sg05awards.shtml
45. ^Glashow, Sheldon. 'Sheldon Glashow - The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 - Autobiography'. Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1979/glashow-autobio.html. Retrieved June 2, 2008.
46. ^'Melvin Schwartz - Autobiography'. Nobel Foundation. 1988. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1988/schwartz-autobio.html. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
47. ^'Russell A. Hulse - Autobiography'. Nobel Foundation. 1993. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1993/hulse-autobio.html. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
48. ^'Roy J. Glauber - Autobiography'. Nobel Foundation. 2005. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2005/glauber-autobio.html. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
49. ^Chatological Humor* (Updated 7.29.05)
50. ^ See also [2] for a different take on Notables in the class of 1959.
51. ^ Pearce, Jeremy. 'Dr. Ira B. Black, 64, Leader in New Jersey Stem Cell Effort, Dies', The New York Times, January 12, 2006. Accessed August 13, 2009.
52. ^[3]
53. ^Commencement Declaration and Alma Mater

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Coordinates: 40°52′42″N73°53′27″W / 40.87833°N 73.89083°W

The Bronx High School of Science (commonly called Bronx Science or Science, and formerly Science High) is a publicmagnet, specialized high school in Bronx, New York, United States. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

Admission to Bronx Science involves passing the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. Each November, about 30,000 eighth and ninth graders take the 3-hour test for admittance to eight of the nine specialized high schools. The test is extremely competitive, with only 900 of the 30,000 applicants being accepted to Bronx Science each year.Founded in 1938 in the Bronx in New York City, Bronx Science is now situated in an educational area known as the Educational Mile in Bedford Park, a neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx. The exam administered to students in the 8th grade was reportedly taken by more than 20,000 students every year as of 1999. Although known for its focus on mathematics and science, Bronx Science also emphasizes the humanities and social sciences and continually attracts students with a wide variety of interests beyond math and science. Its alumni have received eight Nobel prizes and eight Pulitzer Prizes.

• 2History
• 3Academics

Name[edit]

The Bronx High School of Science is often referred to as Bronx Science, Bronx Sci, and sometimes just Science.^[3][4] It was formerly called Science High and its founder, Morris Meister, is said to have frequently called the school 'The High School of Science.'^[5]

History[edit]

Founding[edit]

Bronx Science was founded in 1938 as a specialized science and math high school for boys, by resolution of the Board of Education of the City of New York, with Morris Meister as the first principal of the school. They were given use of an antiquated Gothic-gargoyled edifice located at Creston Avenue and 184th Street, in the Fordham Road-Grand Concourse area of the Bronx. The building, built in 1918 for Evander Childs High School, had been successively occupied by Walton High School (1930) and by an annex of DeWitt Clinton High School (1935). The initial faculty were composed in part by a contingent from Stuyvesant High School.^[6]

Principal Meister put his imprint on the school from its formation, for example selecting as school colors 'green to represent chlorophyll and gold the sun, both of which are essential to the chain of life.'^[7]

Expansion to co-education[edit]

Bronx Science started with about 150 ninth year students and 250 tenth year students, the remaining facilities of the building being used by DeWitt Clinton. As more boys began to attend Science, the Clinton contingent was gradually returned to its own main building. During their joint occupation, which lasted for 2 years until 1940, the two schools had separate teaching staff and classes, but the same supervision and administration.

In 1946, as a result of the efforts of Meister, the faculty, and the Parents Association, the school became co-ed, giving girls of New York equal opportunity to pursue a quality education in a specialized high school, previously denied to them. This expansion to co-education preceded its rivals Stuyvesant (1969) and Brooklyn Tech (1972) by more than two decades.

In 1958, after 20 years as principal of the school, Morris Meister resigned to become the first president of the newly organized Bronx Community College. Mr. Meister personally selected a teacher, Alexander Taffel, to succeed him as principal.

Move to modern facilities[edit]

From the beginning, the Parents Association and Principal Morris Meister campaigned for a new building. After twenty years, but under Principal Taffel, plans were finally completed for a new $8 million building, designed by the architectural firm of Emery Roth and Sons.^[8] The new building would be on 205th Street near Bedford Park Boulevard, in a predominantly institutional area, between DeWitt Clinton High School and its large football field on one side, and Harris Field and Hunter College (now Lehman College) on the other. On March 3, 1959, students and faculty occupied the new building for the first time, solving the problem of how to move the books from the old library to the new in typical Bronx Science manner: on Friday afternoon each student took home five library books from the old building, and on Monday returned them to the new one.

Bronx Forensic Link Program For High School Students

They entered a school equipped with modern classrooms, laboratories, and technical studio areas. The main lobby entrance featured a 63-foot (19 m), Venetian glass mosaic mural overhead, depicting major figures from the history of science such as Marie Curie and Charles Darwin under the protective hands of a God-like figure representing knowledge, with this quote from John Dewey: 'Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.' The mural is an original work by Frank J. Reilly entitled Humanities Protecting Biology, Physics, Chemistry. Legions of students over the years, bemoaning the lack of swimming facilities, have sarcastically referred to the mural as 'the Science swimming pool', perpetuating the idea – perhaps apocryphal – that a choice was made to fund a mural rather than a pool in the new building.^[9]

The move was not without incident. In the first spring of the move, rumors swept the school that various Bronx youth street gangs were coming to the school, and that the Fordham Baldies would shave the hair of Science students. This never happened. Another incident did happen that spring: The first time Science girls appeared on the outdoor physical education field in gym clothes, some students from the neighboring, all-male DeWitt Clinton High School charged the separation fence between their field and the Science field. The fence held, but the female students exercised indoors for the remainder of that year.

When Bronx Science celebrated its silver anniversary in June 1963, President John F. Kennedy hailed it as 'a significant and pathfinding example of a special program devoted to the development of the student gifted in science and mathematics.' The President had recently selected one of its graduates, Harold Brown, of the class of 1943, for the position of Director of Defense Research and Engineering; he would later serve as Secretary of Defense under President Jimmy Carter.

Academics[edit]

Bronx Science students take a college preparatory curriculum that includes four years of lab science, math, English, social studies, two or three years of foreign language and a year of fine arts, with required courses and a wide selection of electives, including advanced placement (AP) classes, which allow students to place out of introductory college science courses. Over 160 distinct courses are offered.^[10][11] Students have an opportunity to do independent research, and many compete in the annual Intel Science Talent Search (formerly sponsored by Westinghouse).

In the biological sciences, the students have the additional option of taking a special 'double honors' biology course, which features extra laboratory exposure. Science electives include microbiology, physiology, forensic science, human genetics, evolution, astronomy, organic chemistry, electronics and others.^[11] The mathematics department offers the standard AP courses in AB/BC calculus and statistics, courses in multivariable calculus and computer science, including AP Computer Science A. A course in linear algebra and differential equations was offered for the first time in fall 2007.^[11] Students take four years of English, with electives including honors creative writing, exploring science fiction, journalism workshop, and AP English.^[11] Four years of social studies or history classes are required, and include US and world history, economics – with electives in psychology, law, finance, and global studies, among others.^[11] Three years of languages are required. Bronx Science offers French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Modern Greek, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.^[11] At one time Hebrew, Russian, and German were also offered.

Students in their sophomore year are required to take either Applied Science or a class to satisfy the Sophomore Research Requirement. Classes that satisfy the Sophomore Research Requirement include Introduction to Engineering, Social Science Research, Biology/Physical Science Research, and Math Research.^[11] Students have the option of continuing their research in their junior and senior years, which gives them the opportunity to work with mentors and submit their final research paper to prestigious competitions such as the Intel Science Talent Search.^[11] Students must also obtain credits from two terms of a class in the fine arts or the equivalent. The fine arts requirement is usually satisfied during Bronx Science's Summer Program which offers Drama, Music, and Art.^[11] Students usually 'double up' on two of these courses to satisfy the fine arts requirement for once and all during the time period of one summer. However, it is possible to satisfy the fine arts requirement by taking a music elective such as Jazz Band or an arts elective such as AP Studio Art during the regular school year.^[11]

Health and Physical Education courses are also required, with activities including step aerobics, weight training, basketball, skating, team handball, fitness, and yoga.^[11]

Advanced Placement courses[edit]

Bronx Science offers all of the AP courses, except for AP German Language and Culture. The courses include:^[11]

• English – AP English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition
• Social Sciences – AP U.S. History, AP European History, AP World History (2 Years), AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Comparative Government & Politics, AP Human Geography
• Mathematics – AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science
• Science – AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1&2 (without Calculus), AP Physics C (with Calculus)
• Language – AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, AP French Language and Culture, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Latin (Caesar and Virgil), AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP Japanese Language and Culture
• Arts – AP Studio Art, AP Art History, AP Music Theory

School publications[edit]

There are several school publications, some produced by students, others produced by individual departments.

The Science Survey is Bronx Science's entirely student-run newspaper.^[12][13][14] Students manage everything: reporting, layout, design, editing, and final production, under the supervision of the journalism advisor. The paper is printed using funds from its advertisers, with no fiscal school support. The paper is distributed on average five times per year at no charge. The Science Survey has been the name of the Bronx Science student newspaper since the founding of the school in 1938.

Dynamo is the literary magazine sponsored by the English Department, consisting of original poems and stories submitted by students from all grades.^[15]The Observatory is Bronx Science's prize-winning yearbook.^[16] The yearbook office has a custom-built web server to manage its production, powered by MediaWiki and Coppermine software.

Link Program For Schools

The Biology Department sponsors two publications. BioNIC^[17] (the Biology News and Information Center) is an annual web publication featuring biology-related events at Bronx Science, student-written articles, opportunities, and links to helpful and interactive pages. Biology Journal, a joint venture between students and faculty, documents advances in the field within the school and in the outside world. Each themed issue contains interviews, commentaries, artwork, featured student research papers, and abstracts from every student biology research project that year.

Other department-produced publications include the annual Math Bulletin,^[18] consisting of student term papers, original student mathematics research, and topics in mathematics; Exposition, an annual production of the Social Studies Department; and Reactions,^[19] written by physical science students.

Reputation[edit]

Link Program For High School Students

Bronx Science has received international recognition^[a] as one of the best^[b] high schools in the United States, public or private, regularly ranking in the top 100 in U.S. News and World Report's lists of America's 'Gold-Medal' high schools. In 2014, they ranked 34th out of all high schools nationwide and 2nd in New York State;^[24] nationwide, Bronx Science ranked 33rd in 2008 and 58th in 2009.^[25] It attracts an intellectually gifted blend of culturally, ethnically,^[26][27] and economically diverse students from New York City.^[28] As of 2012, Bronx Science is ranked as one of the '22 top-performing schools'^[29] in America on The Washington Post as well as number 50 out of a list of the best 1,000 high schools in the country on The Daily Beast's 'America's Best High Schools'^[30] list. In 2014 it was ranked second highest on Cities Journal's list of the '15 Best High Schools in New York',^[31] along with Stuyvesant (ranked third)^[32] and Brooklyn Tech (ranked eighth).^[33]

The average SAT score in 2012 was 2,010 out of 2,400.^[34] Almost all Bronx Science graduates continue on to four-year colleges, and it is a 'feeder school' with many graduates going on to attend schools in the Ivy League and other institutions each year.^[35] Bronx Science has counted 132 finalists in the Intel (formerly Westinghouse) Science Talent Search, the largest number of any high school.^[36] Eight graduates have won Nobel Prizes—more than any other secondary education institution in the United States^[37]—and six have won Pulitzer Prizes.^[38][39] Of the eight Nobel Prizes earned by Bronx Science graduates, seven of them are in physics, which earned Bronx Science a designation by the American Physical Society as an 'Historic Physics Site' in 2010.^[40][41]

Bronx Science is a member of the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS).^[42] Together with Stuyvesant High School and Brooklyn Technical High School, it is one of three original specialized science high schools operated by the New York City Department of Education.^[43]

Transportation[edit]

The New York City Subway's Bedford Park Boulevard (B and ​D trains) and Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College (4 train) stations are located nearby.^[44] Additionally, New York City Bus's Bx10, Bx22, Bx26 and Bx28 routes stop near Bronx Science.^[45]

Notable alumni[edit]

Notes[edit]

1. ^Examples include:
   • The Minister for Education of Singapore citing the school as a paradigm for Singapore's own schools;^[20]
   • the use of the Bronx Science curriculum as a model for the Manila Science High School in the Philippines;^[21]
   • and plans for schools in the former Soviet Union, Turkey, Japan, Korea, and China to be developed according to the Bronx Science curriculum.^[22]
2. ^See, for example, this^[23]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcd'Search for Public Schools - Bronx High School of Science (360008701922)'. National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
2. ^'The Bronx High School of Science'. www.bxscience.edu.
3. ^Sederer, Lloyd I. (October 22, 2012). 'A Safe Place to Be Smart: The Bronx High School of Science'. Huffington Post.
4. ^'Eighteenth Commencement Exercises'(PDF). The Bronx High School of Science. January 30, 1950. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
5. ^'Mission'. The Bronx High School of Science. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
6. ^'Timeline – click on 1930s – 1937/1938'. The Campaign for Stuyvesant – History. OurStrongBand.org. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
7. ^'The Bronx High School of Science'. Bxscience.edu. December 31, 1999. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
8. ^'About the architect'. Nyc-architecture.com. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
9. ^'About Bronx Science'. The Bronx High School of Science Alumni Association & Endowment Fund. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2017. For over 50 years it has been rumored that the administration chose to fund the mural rather than a swimming pool in the new building. It’s simply not true.
10. ^'Lists of classes'. Bxscience.edu. December 31, 1999. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
11. ^ ^abcdefghijkl'The Bronx High School of Science Course Guide 2013'(PDF). Course Guide. The Bronx High School of Science. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 13, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
12. ^'Science Survey - Home'. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
13. ^'The Science Survey'. Retrieved August 20, 2019 – via issuu.com.
14. ^'About – The Science Survey'. The Science Survey. The Bronx High School of Science. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
15. ^'Dynamo'. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
16. ^'Bronx Science Yearbook Garners National Awards'. The Bronx High School of Science. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
17. ^'BioNIC Publication at Bronx Science'. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
18. ^'Math Bulletin'. Bxscience.edu. December 31, 1999. Archived from the original on December 10, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
19. ^'Bronx Science's Physical Science Magazine'. Bxscience.edu. December 31, 1999. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
20. ^'SPEECH BY MR THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION & SECOND MINISTER FOR FINANCE, AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE HIGH SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE (NUS HIGH SCHOOL)'. Singapore Ministry of Education. April 23, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
21. ^'History of the Philippines' First Science High School'. 40th Commencement Exercises Yearbook, Manila Science High School. 2003. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
22. ^'About Bronx Science – Bronx High School of Science Alumni Association'. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
23. ^'Brueck Promoted to UNM Distinguished Professor'. University of New Mexico. October 26, 2006. Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
24. ^'The Bronx High School of Science in BRONX, NY'. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
25. ^'Gold Medal Schools'. U.S. News and World Report. December 14, 2008. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
26. ^Herman Badillo (2006). One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups. Sentinel. p. 28.
27. ^'By the Numbers: Public, Private and Religious High Schools'(PDF). The Blackboard Awards. 2006. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 26, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
28. ^Joseph Berger, 'How Do You Get To Bronx Science? The Yellow Bus; A Private Transportation Service Fosters the Queens Connection'. The New York Times, January 14, 2003.
29. ^Winston, Kimberley (May 18, 2012). 'Education'. The Washington Post.
30. ^[1]Archived May 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
31. ^'15 Best High Schools In New York: #2 The Bronx High School of Science'. Cities Journal. 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
32. ^'15 Best High Schools In New York: #3 Stuyvesant'. Cities Journal. 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
33. ^'15 Best High Schools In New York: #8 Brooklyn Technical High School'. Cities Journal. 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
34. ^'NewsWeek's Top 20 high schools: Northeast ''. The Daily Beast. May 20, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
35. ^Heather Mac Donald (Spring 1999). 'How Gotham's Elite High Schools Escaped the Leveller's Ax'. City Journal. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
36. ^'Intel Science Talent Search'. web.archive.org. January 27, 2001. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001.
37. ^Newman, Andy (October 10, 2012). 'Another Nobel for Bronx Science, This One in Chemistry'. The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
38. ^'Bronx Science Alumni'. web.archive.org. February 19, 1997. Archived from the original on February 19, 1997.
39. ^'Distinguished Alumni Achievers'. web.archive.org. January 27, 2001. Archived from the original on January 27, 2001.
40. ^'A Nobel Laureate Returns Home to Bronx Science', The New York Times, October 15, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
41. ^'High School, Summer School Gain Historic Site Designation'. APS News. American Physical Society. January 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
42. ^'NCSSS Institutional Members'. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
43. ^Kahlenberg, Richard D. (June 22, 2014). 'Elite, Separate, Unequal: New York City's Top Public Schools Need Diversity'. The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
44. ^'MTA Neighborhood Maps: Van Cortlandt Park / NY Botanical Garden'(PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
45. ^'Bronx Bus Map'(PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

External links[edit]

• Official website