FOREST HILLS HIGH SCHOOL Famous Alumni [Est. 1937]

Описание: The famous alumni of Forest Hills high school, est. 1937. As there are many most famous alumni who went to Forest Hills, Queens, I decided to not only film the school, but also provide a fun history lesson on all of the famous people who went to the school. There is even a fictional character who didn't go to the school, but the school written in his comic book is actually based on Forest Hills high school. In fact the character even lives in Forest Hills.

From Simon and Garfunkel to The Ramones, from Jerry Springer to Captain Kangaroo, there is a whole host of famous people who once attended Forest Hills High School. See how many of them you recognize!! Spiderman also makes a cameo appearance :)

I hope that you all enjoy the video, it took me an awfully long time to put this together due to the added pictures, but I hope that it is enjoyed. My NYC Stories weekly video will be moving to Sunday's from now on.

Forest Hills High School (FHHS) is a high school in the Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. Dedicated in 1937, it educates students in grades 9–12 and is operated by the New York City Department of Education. The school serves students from Forest Hills and Rego Park, as well as other nearby Queens neighborhoods such as Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Flushing, Jackson Heights, Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Middle Village, and Woodside.

FHHS has often been extremely overcrowded throughout its history, often running several overlapping sessions. Traditionally, a large percentage of FHHS graduates have gone on to attend colleges.

The school is a recipient of the silver medal from U.S. News & World Report's list of the best high schools in the nation.

Plans for a new high school were in the works since 1937, when the Board of Education announced plans for "a new building at Forest Hills High School, 110th Street and Sixty-sixth Road, Queens, [for] $2,900,000." In 1938, while announcing plans for new construction, the Cord Meyer Development Company, already responsible for the development of most of Forest Hills, mentioned that plans for a high school were under consideration, in order to accommodate the growing population of families in the area and their demands for quality, public education.

In 1939, the Board of Education planned to build a new school adjoining "the World Fair's Grounds", in order to alleviate overcrowding at Newtown, Grover Cleveland, and Jamaica High Schools. Local residents were sending their kids to the aforementioned schools, since the growing community at Forest Hills did not yet have a local high school. It was expected to cost $3,225,000, and was to be built in a modified Georgian Design. The vice president of the board at the time, Ellsworth S. Buck, called it "the most beautiful educational structure in the city... establishing a high point in the city's building program." It was to have shades of red brick, a gray slate roof, and a limestone trim. The school design was innovative in and of itself, with the gymnasiums and auditorium separated from the main unit. This created separate gymnasiums for boys and girls, with the extended wings forming a plaza. In order to meet the conditions of the locality, it was designed to be three stories high, with a total of 10 acres allotted to it. Partly due to its lot size, an athletic field was built into the back part of the lot, with a grandstand designed for 3,000 people and a "spacious" field for football and track.

The school was formally dedicated on April 29, 1941, 7 months behind schedule, but coming in under budget at a total cost of $2,550,000. It was hailed as an architectural masterpiece, "representative of the forward looking objectives of the New York City administration." The dedication ceremonies were attended by Mayor La Guardia. During his speech to the students of the newly dedicated school, he warned them to not be quitters – a subtle reference to the brewing events of World War II.

Almost immediately, the school developed a reputation for excellence. In 1949, four students from the school qualified to compete in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search (known today as the Intel Science Talent Search), two more than Bronx Science at the time. In 1968, it made history as the first school to produce three Westinghouse Scholars in one year. The school's strong science program offered courses simulating a research environment similar to the one in which adult scientists worked.

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