Benjamin N. Cardozo High School is a public high school in Bayside, Queens of New York City, United States, and is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Cardozo is one of the leading academic high schools in New York City, and in May 2008, Newsweek ranked Benjamin N. Cardozo High School among the top 5% of high schools in the United States. The school is named for Benjamin N. Cardozo, who served as justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
True to its namesake, the school is known for its Mentor Law and Humanities program, offering classes in such subjects like criminal justice, contract law as well as a legal internship course. In addition, the school's DaVinci Science and Research Institute program provides students an emphasis on science and mathematics, and the Performing Dance program, for which students are selected through an audition process, provides instruction in many different forms of dance.
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Academics
Cardozo High School offers a wide variety of Honors and Advanced Placement Courses, including AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Computer Science A, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP U.S. History, AP World History, AP U.S. Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, and AP Microeconomics.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,510 students and 143.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 24.5:1. There were 1,578 students (45.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 382 (10.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school's Science Olympiad team consistently ranks in the top five at the New York City Regional Competition. The team won second place in 2008, third place in 2009, and fourth place in 2010. On February 5, 2011, the school's Science Olympiad team ranked first for the first time since 1999 at the New York City Regional Science Olympiad Competition, ranking above several private and specialized high schools renowned for their academic rigor. In 2012, the team ranked second at the regional competition.
The Debate team won the NYC championship in 2008.
Cardozo's chapter of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) consistently places among the top students/schools on the city-level and on the state level of the competitions in various competitive events such as Marketing, Economics, Personal Finance, Business Math, Cyber Security, Parliamentary Procedures, Networking Concepts, Business Procedures, Hospitality Management, Accounting I, Sports Management, and more. Students place in the top of their competitive events, gaining higher rankings than students from schools such as Ward Melville HS, Brighton HS, Mamaroneck HS, Jericho HS, Shenendehowa HS, and many other schools. In 2011, Cardozo FBLA went on to the national level of the competitions in Orlando, Florida.
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Athletics
Cardozo also has a large number of sports teams, which are:
- Boys: Track, Baseball, Football, Basketball, Cross country, Fencing, Golf, Handball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball.
- Girls: Track, Basketball, Cross country, Fencing, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Lacrosse, Softball, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, and Volleyball.
- Co-ed: Bowling and Wrestling.
Notable alumni
- Rafer Alston (born 1976), former NBA player.
- Dawoud Bey (David Smikle) (born 1953), photographer, writer and curator.
- Duane Causwell (born 1968), NBA player.
- Darryl Hill (born 1982), professional basketball player.
- Royal Ivey (born 1981), NBA player with the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Ron Jeremy (born 1953), adult film actor.
- Dalilah Muhammad (born 1990), track and field athlete who won the gold medal in 400 meters hurdles during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- Pete Munro (born 1975), MLB pitcher who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros.
- Sean Murphy (born 1986), musician, frontman for the band Endwell.
- Jay "Flowsik" Pak (born 1985), rapper in Aziatix (hip hop group)
- Frankie Palmeri (born 1969), musician, frontman for the band Emmure.
- Anthony Raneri (born 1982), lead singer of Bayside (band).
- Howie Rose (born 1954), New York Mets Broadcaster.
- Carol Shaya (born 1970), former NYPD officer who appeared in the August 1994 issue of Playboy magazine.
- Elissa Shevinsky, entrepreneur, information security researcher, feminist.
- Spyder-D, rapper.
- George Tenet (born 1953), former director of the CIA.
- Reginald VelJohnson (born 1952), actor, known for his role in Family Matters.
Notable faculty
- Matthew "Matt Striker" Kaye (born 1974), former social studies teacher who was fired from his job at Benjamin Cardozo after using sick time to work as a professional wrestler.
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