Garden City High School (New York)

Garden City High School
Location
170 Rockaway Avenue Garden City , Nassau County 11530 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"Inspiring Minds, Empowering Achievement, Building Community"
Established	1925[1] (at current location since 1955)[2]
School district	Garden City Union Free School District
NCES School ID	3611760[3]
Principal	Kevin Steingruebner
Teaching staff	99.03 FTEs[3]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,076 (as of 2023–2024)[3]
Student to teacher ratio	10.87[3]
Color(s)	Maroon and grey
Publication	Mast, Inkspots (previously Ink Spots), Echo
Website	School website

Garden City High School is the public high school in the Incorporated Village of Garden City in the Town of Hempstead, New York, United States. In 2016 Garden City High School was ranked the #121 school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.^[4]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,188 students and 94.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 46 students (3.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 4 (0.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[3]

Notable alumni

Academia

• Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
• R. Inslee Clark Jr., Dean of undergraduate admissions, Yale University

Arts

• Liza Huber, actress and daughter of Susan Lucci
• Joe Iconis, musical theater writer; 2019 Tony Award nominee for Be More Chill^[5]
• Susan Lucci, actress, star of All My Children, class of 1964
• Elliott Murphy, singer/songwriter, class of 1967^{[citation needed]}
• John Tesh, pianist, composer

Broadcast journalism

• Greg Kelly, talk radio host, former Good Day New York host.
• Lara Spencer, television journalist, co-anchor of Good Morning America, class of 1987
• John Tesh, radio host and television presenter

Finance

• John J. Phelan Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange

Government

• Michael Balboni, former deputy secretary for Public Safety for the State of New York, New York State Senator and Assemblyman
• Steven Chu (born 1948), former U.S. Secretary of Energy and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997,^[6] class of 1966
• John R. Dunne, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and New York State Senator
• Kashyap "Kash" Patel, attorney, Congressional aide, and federal government official
• Kathleen Rice, U.S. Representative for New York's 4th congressional district and former district attorney of Nassau County, New York

Literature

• Sarah Langan, horror writer, class of 1992
• Sarah Smith, author of mysteries and science fiction^[7]

Science

• Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
• Michael Wigler, geneticist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory^[8]

Sports

• Carl Braun, professional basketball player for the New York Knicks^[9]
• Matt Daley, New York Yankees relief pitcher
• Dave Jennings, NFL punter and football analyst^[10]
• Don McCauley, All-American running back at North Carolina, Baltimore Colts, College Football Hall of Fame^[11]

Miscellaneous

• John Chatterton, commercial scuba diver, subject of the bestselling book Shadow Divers^[12]

Notable faculty

• Irvin Faust, noted novelist and short-story writer; director of guidance, 1960–1995^[13]

References

1. John Ellis Kordes, Visions of Garden City, 2005, p. 79
2. John Ellis Kordes, Visions of Garden City, 2005, pp. 23, 79
3. School data for Garden City High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 27, 2024.
4. "Garden City High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
5. "About Joe". Mr Joe Iconis. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
6. Kerr, Kathleen (July 16, 2008). "They Began Here: Around the country, leading thinkers in health and science can trace their roots to Long Island". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 9, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
7. "Sarah Smith". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
8. "Michael Wigler". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
9. BasketballReference.com
10. Jeansonne, John. "Dave Jennings, former Giants punter, dead at 61". Retrieved March 17, 2019.
11. Bellissimo, Tony. "Nassau H.S. sports Hall of Fame grows". Retrieved March 17, 2019.
12. "LXD 013 : John Chatterton - Shadow Diver, Wreck Legend, Host". ScubaGuru. March 14, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
13. Encyclopedia.com article, accessed February 25, 2010.

External links

• Garden City High School website
• Photographs from Garden City High School sporting events Archived November 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
• Garden City Wings ice hockey team

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