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Grover Cleveland High School is a large, comprehensive high school in Ridgewood, Queens. Grover Cleveland High School, Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, and Andrew Jackson High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints in order to save money. The school is named after former US president Grover Cleveland.

Extracurricular activities[edit]

Sports[edit]

Sports teams include:

Boys
  • Baseball (Varsity and J.V.)
  • Basketball (Varsity and J.V.)
  • Bowling (Varsity)
  • Cross Country
  • Handball
  • Indoor Track (Varsity)
  • Outdoor Track (Varsity)
  • Soccer (Varsity)
  • Swimming (Varsity)
  • Tennis (Varsity)
  • Volleyball (Varsity)
  • Wrestling
Girls
  • Basketball (Varsity and J.V.)
  • Bowling (Varsity)
  • Indoor Track
  • Outdoor Track
  • Swimming (Varsity)
  • Tennis (Varsity)
  • Volleyball (Varsity and J.V.)

Academic teams[edit]

Physics Robotics Science Olympiad][2]Science Research Debate (won the 2009 NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championships in the Rising Star Tier)

Notable alumni[edit]

  • Cheryl James – singer from Grammy Award winning Salt-N-Pepa
  • Jim Gordon – sportscaster
  • Marisol Maldonado – model
  • Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. – Medal of Honor USMC veteran
  • Rosie Perez – award winning actress, activist
  • Emanuel Xavier – award winning poet, LGBTQ activist
  • Bob Sheppard – Yankee Stadium announcer
  • Joe Massino – "The Last Don," final head of the Bonanno Crime Family
  • Julius LaRosa – singer and entertainer
  • Catherine Nolan - Assemblywoman of District 37 Ridgewood, Queens
  • Salvatore Vitale- former underboss of the Bonnano Crime Family
  • Marta Nadgorska - winner of The Voice of Poland
  • Joshua Hong - member of Seventeen (South Korean band)
  • Gerard Yantz - member of the United States field handball squad which played at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References[edit]

  1. ^ URL legitimacy checked by nyc.gov "Grover Cleveland High School". NYC department of education. Retrieved 2021-04-19. School website https://www.groverclevelandhs.org/
  2. ^ "Home Page". soinc.org. Retrieved 1 March 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

  • Grover Cleveland High School - New York City Department of Education