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| {{Infobox Secondary school | |||
| | name = Stuyvesant High School | |||
| | logo = ] | |||
| | motto = Pro Scientia Atque Sapientia<br />''(For knowledge and wisdom)'' | |||
| | established = 1904 | |||
| | type = ] (]) secondary | |||
| | principal = Stanley Teitel | |||
| | faculty = 200 | |||
| | students = approx. 3,000 | |||
| | mascot = ] | |||
| | colors = Red and blue | |||
| | city = ] | |||
| | state = ], | |||
| | country = ] | |||
| | website = | |||
| | grades = 9-12 | |||
| | address = 345 Chambers Street | |||
| | newspaper = ''The Stuyvesant Spectator'' | |||
| | yearbook = ''The Indicator'' | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Stuyvesant High School''', commonly known as '''Stuy''', is a ] ] that specializes in ] and ]. The school opened in 1904 on ]'s East Side and moved to a new building in ] in 1992. The school is noted for its strong academic programs and for having produced many ] (including four ]). A large percentage of its graduates go on to attend such prestigious universities as ], ], ] and the ] insititutions. | |||
| Together with ] and ], Stuyvesant is one of the three original ]. These schools are operated by the ] and are open, with no ] fee, to all residents of New York City (only). Admission is by ] only. There has been a long-standing friendly rivalry between Stuyvesant and Bronx Science over the ], with both schools claiming dominance at various times. | |||
| The school was boys-only for 65 years. It became ]al in 1969 and upon the construction of its Battery Park City building, the facilities for girls became on par with those for boys. | |||
| Classes were in session at Stuyvesant when a terrorist attack destroyed the nearby ] towers, and the school building served as a command post for several weeks afterwards. The school was temporarily relocated and shared facilities with Brooklyn Tech until it could return to its own building. The special issue of the ''The Spectator'' on the tragedy was reprinted in '']''. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ] art featuring the 15<sup>th</sup> Street Stuyvesant building]] | |||
| Stuyvesant High School is named after ], the last ] governor of ] before the ownership of the colony was transferred to ] in 1664.<ref>{{cite paper|title=(Former) Stuyvesant High School|publisher=Landmarks Preservation Commission|url=http://www.stuyvesant.ourstrongband.org/LandMarkDesignation/Stuy%20Landmark%20Designation.pdf|date=]|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> | |||
| The school was established in 1904 as a ] school for boys, hosting 155 students and 12 teachers. In 1907, it moved from its original location at 225 East ] to a building designed by ] at 345 East 15th Street, where it remained for the following 85 years. Its reputation for excellence in math and science continued to grow, and enrollment was restricted based on previous scholastic achievement starting in 1919.<ref name="cfs_timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuyvesant.ourstrongband.org/Timeline%20Annual.htm|title=Stuyvesant High School Timeline by Class Year|publisher=The Campaign for Stuyvesant|accessdate=2006-06-04}}</ref> | |||
| The school went on a double session plan in 1919 to accommodate the rising number of students. The practice allowed double use of classroom space, with some students attending in the morning and others in the afternoon and early evening. All students still studied a full set of courses. Double sessions would run until 1956.<ref name="cfs_timeline"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/segal73.htm|title=Interview with George Segal|publisher=] ]|first=Paul|last=Cummings|date=1973-11-26|accessdate=2006-06-04}}</ref> | |||
| In the 1930s, entrance examinations were implemented, making admission to the school even more competitive. During the 1950s, the building underwent a $2 million renovation to update its classrooms, shops, libraries and cafeterias.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuy-pa.org/files/documents/04-05ParentHandbook.pdf|title=History of Stuyvesant High School|first=Eugene|last=Blaufarb|work=Stuyvesant High School Parent Handbook|publisher=Stuyvesant Parents Association|format=PDF|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> | |||
| In 1957, a team of 50 students began construction of a ], a project sponsored by the physics department. By 1962, a low-power test of the device succeeded. Matt Deming '62 remembered that a later attempt at full-power operation "tanked the electrical system for the building and surrounding area".<ref name="OSB_cyclotron">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuyvesant.ourstrongband.org/extracurriculars.htm#cyclotron|title=The Cyclotron Committee|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref><ref name="stuy_timeline">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuy100.org/stuy-timeline.html|title=Stuyvesant 100 Year Timeline|accessdate=2006-06-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20041014033551/www.stuy100.org/stuy-timeline.html|archivedate=2004-10-14}}</ref> According to Abraham Baumel, Stuyvesant principal from 1983 to 1994, "... I can tell you with certainty that the cyclotron never worked at Stuyvesant any more than it did for ], and he was awarded a Nobel Prize for his invention of the cyclotron. The Russians never succeeded in getting one to work, either".<ref name="OSB_cyclotron"/> | |||
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| In 1969, 14 girls were admitted to Stuyvesant and 12 enrolled at the start of September, marking the school's first co-educational year. Now, approximately 43% of students are female.<ref name="NYCDOE2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycenet.edu/daa/SchoolReports/03asr/171475.pdf|title=2002-2003 Annual Report, Stuyvesant High School|format=PDF|author=Manhattan Superintendancy|publisher=New York City Public Schools|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> | |||
| In 1972, Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, Stuyvesant and ] were chosen by the New York State Legislature as specialized high schools of New York City. The act called for a uniform exam to be administered for admission to Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science and Stuyvesant High School. The exam, named the ] (SHSAT), tested students in math and verbal abilities. Admission to LaGuardia High School was by audition rather than examination, in keeping with its artistic mission.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_2_how_gothams_elite.html|title=How Gotham’s Elite High Schools Escaped the Leveller’s Ax|first=Heather|last=Mac Donald|date=Spring 1999|publisher=City Journal|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> | |||
| In 1992, a new, waterfront building was constructed to house the high school (see ]). | |||
| Stuyvesant is a quarter-mile (approx. 400 metres) or about a 5-minute walk from ] of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed on ]. The school was evacuated during the ordeal and the students were temporarily relocated to Brooklyn Tech starting ] while the Stuyvesant building was used as one of several bases of operations by rescue and recovery workers. This caused serious congestion at Brooklyn Tech and required the students to go to school in two shifts. Normal classes resumed three weeks later on ]. | |||
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| Because of Stuyvesant's close proximity to ], some were initially concerned about the possibility of ] exposure to Stuyvesant. Indeed, the Stuyvesant High School Parents' Association has contested that the ]'s (EPA) initial suggestion that the area was safe is not accurate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuypa.org/Environment/OIG%20Summary%2009-15-03.doc|title=Parents' Association briefing about EPA report|first=Dave|last=Newman|date=]|format=MS-Word|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> However, the EPA indicated at that time that Stuyvesant was safe from asbestos, and had conducted a thorough cleaning of the Stuyvesant building. Some problems have been reported, including respiratory problems of former teacher Mark Bodenheimer, who accepted a transfer to The Bronx High School of Science after having difficulty continuing his work at Stuyvesant. Other isolated cases similar to Bodenheimer's have been reported such as Stuyvesant's 2002 Class President Amit Friedlander, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, who received local press coverage in September 2006 after he was diagnosed with cancer.<ref name="SUN_2006-10-02">{{cite news|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/40726|title=Stuyvesant Grads Say They Returned Too Soon After 9/11|first=Eric|last=Krangle|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=2006-10-04}}</ref> Nonetheless, there is no definite evidence that such cases relate to Stuyvesant. Stuyvesant students did spend a full year in the building before the theater and air systems were cleaned, however, and a group of Stuyvesant alumni is currently lobbying for health insurance as a result.<ref name="SUN_2006-10-02"/> | |||
| Alumni who were killed during the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center include Daniel D. Bergstein '80,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=519|title=Daniel D. Bergstein|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Alan Wayne Friedlander '67,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1113|title=Alan Wayne Friedlander|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Marina R. Gertsberg '93,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1173|title=Marina R. Gertsberg|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Aaron J. Horwitz '94,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1383|title=Aaron J. Horwitz|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> David S. Lee '82,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=3515|title=David S. Lee|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Arnold A. Lim '90,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1650|title=Arnold A. Lim|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Gregory D. Richards '88,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=2275|title=Gregory D. Richards|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> ] '97<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=2602|title=Maurita Tam|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> and Michael Warchola '68.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=2747|title=Michael Warchola|publisher=September 11, 2001 Victims|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> ] '60 was on the ]. | |||
| On ] ], the school paper, ''The Spectator'', included a special full-color 9/11 insert containing student photos, reflections and stories. The insert was reprinted in the ] ] issue of '']''. | |||
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| In the months after 9/11, Annie Thoms, an English teacher at Stuyvesant, a 1993 alumna, and the theater adviser at the time, suggested that the students take accounts of staff and students' reactions during and after 9/11 and turn them into a series of monologues. Thoms then published these monologues as ''With Their Eyes: September 11th – The View from a High School at Ground Zero'' (ISBN 0-06-051718-2). Alexander Epstein of ''The Stuyvesant Standard'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuystandard.org|title=The Stuyvesant Standard|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> an independent newspaper serving the school's community, contributed the section ''Out of the Blue'' to the book ''At Ground Zero: Young Reporters Who Were There Tell Their Stories'' (ISBN 1-56025-427-0). | |||
| During the 2003-2004 school year, Stuyvesant celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a full year of activities. Events included a parade from the 15<sup>th</sup> Street building to the Chambers Street one; a meeting of the ]; an all-class reunion; and visits and speeches from notable alumni. ] ] spoke at the graduation of Stuyvesant's class of 2004. | |||
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| ==Enrollment== | |||
| Stuyvesant has a total enrollment of about 3,200 and is open to residents of New York City entering either ] or ]. Enrollment is based solely on performance on the ] (SHSAT).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycenet.edu/OurSchools/HSDirectory/SpecializedHighSchoolsStudentHandbook.htm|title=NYC DoE Specialized High Schools Student Handbook|year=2005|publisher=New York City Dept. of Education|accessdate=2006-03-25}}</ref> The list of schools using the SHSAT has since grown to include all of New York's specialized high schools except LaGuardia High School, where entry is by audition rather than examination. Since its relocation to its ] campus, the test score necessary for admission to Stuyvesant has been higher than that needed for admission to the other schools using the test.<ref name="NYCDOE_round">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycenet.edu/Offices/StudentEnroll/HSAdmissions/hsProcess/Specialadm/special.htm|title=Specialized Admissions Round|publisher=New York City Dept. of Education|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Admission is currently based on an individual's score on the examination and his or her pre-submitted ranking of Stuyvesant among the other specialized schools. Each year, about 22,000 of New York City's 90,000 ] sit for the test. Only about 800 applicants are offered admission to Stuyvesant. Ninth and rising tenth graders are also eligible to take the test for enrollment, though far fewer students are admitted this way. | |||
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| According to Article 12 of New York education law, "Admissions to the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, and Brooklyn Technical High School shall be solely and exclusively by taking a competitive, objective, and scholastic achievement examination, which shall be open to each and every child in the city of New York".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.counsel.nysed.gov/Decisions/volume35/d13477.htm|title=Appeal of CARY MARK GOODMAN, on behalf of his son, MOSAH FERNANDEZ GOODMAN, from action of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York regarding a specialized high school test|date=]|author=Corporation Counsel|publisher=New York City Dept. of Education|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> The current admission policy is available from the NYC Department of Education.<ref name="NYCDOE_round"/> According to the Department of Education, Stuyvesant accepts students solely based on their performance on the SHSAT, although former Mayor ] and community activist group ] have argued that the exam may be biased against ] and ].<ref name="ACORN_SA2RRR">{{cite web|url=http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=540|title="Secret Apartheid II: Race, Regents, and Resources"|publisher=ACORN|accessdate=2006-05-06}}</ref> | |||
| Stuyvesant has contributed to the education of several ] laureates, winners of the ] and the ], and a host of other accomplished alumni. It consistently leads the nation in the number of ] awarded and regularly trades off the leading position in the number of Intel Science Talent Search Semi-Finalists and Finalists with Bronx Science.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.sciserv.org/sts/press/20010117.asp|title=Intel Science Talent Search Awards $600,000 to 300 Student Semifinalists and 166 Schools|accessdate=2006-07-09|date=]|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/doc9.htm|title=Nurturing Science's Young Elite: Westinghouse Talent Search|first=Scott|last=Huler|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=2006-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=At Stuyvesant, Kudos for Scientific Creativity in the Shadow of Ruin|date=]|first=Yilu|last=Zhao}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=Stuyvesant Defeats Inertia To Lead Intel Rivals Again|date=]|first=Jennifer|last=Medina}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=Stuyvesant Again Leads in Science Contest|date=]|first=Kimetris|last=Baltrip}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=New York Students Dominate Intel Science Contest. Again.|first=Lili|last=Koppel|date=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=New York Tops Other States In Science Award Semifinals|first=Caroline|last=Palmer|date=]}}</ref> | |||
| Stuyvesant, along with other similar schools, has regularly been excluded from Newsweek's annual list of the Top 100 Public High Schools. The ], ], issue states the reason as being, "because so many of their students score well above average on the SAT and ACT."<ref>{{cite news|publisher=]|title=What Makes a High School Great?|date=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7760504/site/newsweek/|title=America's Best High Schools FAQ|publisher=], ]|date=]|first=Jay|last=Matthews|accessdate=2006-08-02}}</ref> | |||
| Stuyvesant sends nearly all its students off to four year universities, and around 15 percent go on to the ]. Stuyvesant graduates have an average ] score of about 1410 (690 verbal, 724 math).<ref name="NYCDOE2003"/> Recently, there were two students who achieved perfect scores on their SAT I and SAT II tests, an unusual accomplishment. Stuyvesant also was the high school with the highest number of ] exams taken, and also the highest number of students reaching the mastery level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/education/26advanced.html|title=New York Tops Advanced Placement Tests|publisher=]|date=]|first=Susan|last=Saulny|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> | |||
| ==School facilities== | |||
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| By the 1980s, the East 15th Street building was no longer a quality educational facility by modern standards, and the number of students had also increased to several thousand and could not be accommodated by the five-story building. The New York City Board of Education secured an agreement with the Battery Park City Authority for a new building, and construction began in 1989. The new ten-floor building, located near lower Manhattan's ], was constructed at a cost of about $148 million, and included 65 classrooms with about 450 computers on 13 networks, 7 pairs of ]s, various indoor sporting facilities including two ] and a pool built to ] standards, a theater with acoustics and lighting to accommodate music and drama productions, two lecture halls with movable partitions, a skylit ] overlooking the ], 12 science laboratories (including a ] lab and an ] lab) and special shops for instruction in ], ], ], ]s, ], ]ics and energy studies. One room in the Stuyvesant building, called the "Museum Room", was built as a replica of a room in the 15<sup>th</sup> Street Stuyvesant building as a request by students, with desks, chairs, a table and blackboard brought from there, as well as paint and flooring in its style. The room was dedicated to teacher Dr. A. Edward Stefanacci, who died in 1993. The school's library has a capacity of 40,000 volumes and overlooks Battery Park City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CEFDB1531F935A35755C0A965958260|title=ARCHITECTURE VIEW On the Hudson, Launching Minds Instead of Ships|first=Herbert|last=Muschamp|date=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> | |||
| The New York City Department of Education reports that public per student spending at Stuyvesant is slightly lower than the city average.<ref name="NYCDOE2003"/> However, Stuyvesant also receives some private contributions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourstrongband.org/Videos/CampaignForStuyvesant_Broadband.wmv|title=Stuyvesant promotional video|format=video (WMV)|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Shortly after the new building was completed, the $10 million TriBeCa Bridge was built to allow students to enter the building without having to cross the busy West Street. | |||
| The new building is one of the 5 additional sites of P721M, a school for older (aged 15-21) students with multiple ] and ]. Wheelchair-bound students can sometimes be seen throughout the building. | |||
| Glass boxes set into various places in the building's wall hold mementos from the year of each graduating class. Items displayed include water from most large rivers, mud from the ], a ] button, pieces of the 15<sup>th</sup> Street Stuyvesant building and of monuments around the world, and various chemical compounds. In 1997, the eastern end of the mathematics floor (in which the math department office is located) was dedicated to Dr. Richard Rothenberg, the math department chairman before his death from a sudden heart attack in 1997. The Rothenberg memorial, commissioned in his honor, is a wall made up of 49 of these boxes, each featuring a concept in mathematics. | |||
| ==Academics== | |||
| Stuyvesant students undergo a ] curriculum including four years of ], ], and a laboratory-based ], three years of ] (though most students opt to take four years) and foreign language, a semester each of introductory ], ], ], ], and two lab-based technology courses (although there are several exemptions by which students may be excused from technology education in their senior years).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuy-pa.org/files/documents/04-05ParentHandbook.pdf|title=Graduation Requirements|work=Stuyvesant High School Parent Handbook|publisher=Stuyvesant Parents Association|format=PDF|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://register.stuy.edu/program_office/grad_reqs.html|title=Graduation Requirements|publisher=Stuyvesant High School|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> | |||
| Stuyvesant offers students a broad selection of elective courses. Some of the more unusual offerings include robotics, ], ], and the mathematics of ]s.<ref name="STUY_COURSES">{{cite web|url=http://register.stuy.edu/program_office/course_descriptions.html|title=Online Course Guide|publisher=Stuyvesant High School|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> Most students take ], and the school offers math courses through ]s and ]. A year of ] used to be required; students learned how to draft by hand in its first semester and how to draft using a computer (CAD) in the second. Now, students take a one-semester class called Technology Graphic Communications (equivalent to the former year of drafting), and a semester of introductory computer science in order to introduce the mainly science-oriented students to computer programming early in their careers. | |||
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| A variety of Advanced Placement courses (31 are available at Stuyvesant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuy100.org/about.html|title=Stuyvesant H.S. 100 Year Anniversary|accessdate=2006-06-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050305222753/http://www.stuy100.org/about.html|archivedate=2005-03-05}}</ref>) offer students the chance to earn college credits. A few students earn enough college credit to start college as sophomores. In 2004, Stuyvesant began complying with Department of Education regulations mandating that ] courses be weighted by a factor of 1.1 in ]. However, this caused widespread outcry among students, faculty, and teachers, and in 2005, Stuyvesant was granted special permission to revert the weight of AP courses back to 1. {{fact}} | |||
| Computer science enthusiasts can take two additional computer programming courses after the completion of advanced placement computer science: systems level programming and ]. There is also a 2 year ] sequence which can earn students ] (CCNA) certification. | |||
| Stuyvesant's foreign language offerings rival those of many colleges, including the basics like ] and ] as well as ], ], ], ], and ]. In 2000, ] and ] for native speakers were introduced in recognition of Stuyvesant's now majority ] population. Courses are also offered in ] and ], but these courses, along with Korean, may only be taken as electives. | |||
| Stuyvesant's ] and Geo-science department offers courses in molecular biology (a course sequence comprised of a molecular science class in the Fall and a molecular genetics class in the Spring), ], ], medical and veterinary diagnosis, human disease, ] and ], ], ] techniques, medical human ], ], the molecular basis of cancer, nutrition science, and ]. The Chemistry and Physics department offers ], ], astronomy, ] mechanics, and ].<ref name="STUY_COURSES"/> | |||
| Although primarily known for its strength in math and science, Stuyvesant is also home to a robust music program and offers students ten music groups, ranging from a symphony ] and ] ensemble to a chamber ]. Comprehensive programs in the ] offer students courses in British and classical literature, ], ], ], ], ], and a host of ] and ] classes. The history core requires a year of ], ] and ], as well as a semester of ] and ]. Humanities electives include American ], ] and ], ], "] and ]", "], ] and ] issues", small business ], and ]. | |||
| Stuyvesant has recently entered into an agreement with ], in which the college funds advanced after-school courses that are taken for college credit but taught by Stuyvesant teachers. Some of these courses include physical chemistry, linear algebra, advanced Euclidean geometry, and women's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi?id=1361|title=Stuyvesant Students Get a Taste of College After School|date=]|fisrt=Jin-ji|last=Kim|accessdate=2006-06-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050223090251/http://spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi?id=1361|archivedate=2005-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi?id=1360|title=Staff Editorial|accessdate=2006-06-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050223084654/http://spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi?id=1360|archivedate=2005-02-23}}</ref> | |||
| ==Extracurricular activities== | |||
| ===Sports=== | |||
| Stuyvesant fields 26 ]s, including a ] team, as well as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]/], ], ], ]/], ] and ] teams. In addition, Stuyvesant club teams include boys' varsity and junior varsity, and girls' varsity ] teams. The boys' Ultimate team, Sticky Fingers, won the City Championship title in 2005 and 2006. The Stuyvesant Cross Country team was ] City Champions in 2004 and 2005. The Stuyvesant Boys Swimming Team, the Pirates, have been PSAL City Champions consecutively since 2000 and Opens champions since 1995. The Stuyvesant Bowling Team has been the PSAL Manhattan Borough Champion consecutively since 1990. The girls soccer team, the Mimbas, brought home the City Championship title in 2001, 2004, and 2005, despite a severe lack of practice space and lack of a home field. {{fact}} | |||
| Unlike most American high schools, every sports team at Stuyvesant has its own name, like the Peglegs (football), Chipmunkz (softball), Ballers (boys soccer), Penguins (girls swimming), Phoenix (girls basketball), Mimbas (girls soccer), Dragons (boys handball), and Sticky Fingers (girls and boys ultimate). These names tend to change with time and lend each Stuyvesant team a unique flavor. | |||
| In ], Stuyvesant added a varsity ice hockey team, the first public school in New York City to do so. The team was run by students without administrative assistance for several years. There is also an annual alumni game, where notable Stuyvesant alumni hockey players such as ] and ] often appear. The team has been in first place in its 8-team ] league every year, though it often plays teams from outside the league. Stuyvesant is also a powerhouse in fencing with a string of city championships from 1986 through 1989. Stuyvesant does not, however, have a football field, baseball field, or tennis court, though the new building does have a pool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://physed.stuy.edu/sportsteam.html|title=Stuyvesant Athletics|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> | |||
| ===Clubs=== | |||
| Stuyvesant offers clubs, publications, teams and other opportunities under a system similar to that of many colleges. It hosts over 200 clubs ranging from "PottyRings", a club dedicated to '']'' and '']'', to Pink LEMONed, a Japanese rock culture club, to Help the Helpless, dedicated to community service, the Thinkers club (philosophy), and the Robotics Team, which competes in the international ].<ref name="clubsandpubs">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuysu.org/cp|title=Clubs and Pubs|publisher=Stuyvesant High School|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> The ] and debate team is nationally recognized and arguably one of Stuyvesant's most successful teams, with a 25+ year history of winning national championship tournaments on both individual and team levels. Other debating clubs include ] (a political debate club) and ]. The Stuyvesant Theater Community puts on three student-run productions a year (a fall ], a winter ], and a spring ]) as well as a one-act festival and several smaller studio productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuytheater.org|title=Stuyvesant Theater Community|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> | |||
| ===Publications=== | |||
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| Stuyvesant hosts 25 publications, including many departmental ]s.<ref name="clubsandpubs"/> | |||
| ====The Spectator==== | |||
| ''The Spectator'' is Stuyvesant's official school ]. It contains 11 sections: news, features, ], arts & entertainment, sports, photography, art, layout, copy, business, and web. The departments are each headed by at least two editors, all of whom encompass the editorial board of the paper. The editorial board meets daily in the Spectator ] class and is headed by the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor. At the start of their term, the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor select four editors to be members of the Managing Board, a group that advises the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor on matters relating to the paper. There are over 250 total staff members who help to produce the bi-weekly publication. At the beginning of the fall and spring terms, there are recruitments, but interested students may join at any time. The Spectator is independent from the school, but it remains the prime news source for students, teachers, and administrators. | |||
| The Spectator, founded in 1915, is one of Stuyvesant's oldest publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuyvesant.ourstrongband.org/extracurriculars.htm#Spectator|title=The Spectator|work=Stuyvesant High School Extra-curricula's|publisher=The Campaign for Stuyvesant|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> It has a long-standing connection with its older namesake, ] '']'', and it has been recognized by the ] ] on several occasions, most recently in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/awards-to-people/sullivan/recipients/index.html|title=Awards to People|publisher=]|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> | |||
| ====The Stuyvesant Standard==== | |||
| Founded in 2001, ''The Stuyvesant Standard'' is a bi-weekly, school-funded newspaper published by Stuyvesant students for the community in and around the school. It covers news at school, city, state, national and international levels and contains "interest sections" such as Business, Science, Literary and Puzzle (Leisure), alongside the standard departments of Opinions, Sports, and Arts & Entertainment. Always a laboratory for innovative columns, its current columns include: "Meet This Teacher," "The Critical Lens," a space on students' opinions, "Sports Beat" and "Tomorrow's Technology Today." The Standard is distributed within Stuyvesant and throughout the surrounding community. | |||
| Despite its youth, The Standard is now one of the largest organizations at Stuyvesant. Its alumni remain close to the current staff and are very active in the paper. | |||
| ====Other publications==== | |||
| *''Caliper'', Stuyvesant's biannual literary magazine. Caliper is one of the oldest high school literary publications in the nation, and along with monthly open mic sessions, helps the Stuyvesant literary community flourish in an environment focusing on math and science. | |||
| *''Indicator'', the Stuyvesant year book. | |||
| *''Math Survey'', the annual Math Department publication. Many of Stuyvesant's notable mathematicians were first published in Math Survey. The is available online. | |||
| *''Political Fire:'' An unofficial newspaper started in 2006 which deals solely with political issues. | |||
| *''The Broken Escalator:'' A humor publication, featuring joke articles about Stuyvesant. | |||
| *''The Biomed Times:'' The annual journal of recent biological developments. | |||
| *''A Comic is You:'' A comic publication. | |||
| ===Academic teams=== | |||
| Stuyvesant's academic teams include its nationally recognized Speech and Debate team, ], ], science olympiad, and math, which regularly compete successfully at major regional, national, and — at least in the case of the math team — international tournaments. A FIRST Robotics team, called Stuypulse,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuypulse.com|title=Stuyvesant Robotics 694|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> was founded in 2000 and has since won the New York City Regional ('03), and the New York Chairman's Award ('05). Stuyvesant also has a ] team, a JSA (]) chapter, and a Model Congress team which competes at regional colleges. The Model United Nations team hosts STUYMUNC, an annual conference which takes place at Stuyvesant. | |||
| ===SING!=== | |||
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| The annual theater competition known as ] pits seniors, juniors, and "soph-frosh" (freshmen and sophomores working together) against each other in a race to put on the best performance. Started in 1947 at ] in ], SING! is a tradition at many New York City high schools. At Stuyvesant, SING! started as a small event in 1973 and has grown to a huge school-wide event — in 2005, nearly 1,000 students participated. The entire production is written, produced, and funded by students. Their involvement ranges from cast, chorus, Irish Jig, Step, Bollywood Dance, Latin Dance, and tech crews. SING! begins in late November and culminates in final performances on three nights in March/April. The show sells out all three nights, raising over $30,000 for Stuyvesant's Clubs and Pubs via the Student Union Budget. {{fact}} | |||
| ==Student body== | |||
| For most of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, the student body at Stuyvesant was heavily ]ish; however ] students began a significant influx in the 1970s. As of 2005, the student body was approximately 51 percent ] and 38 percent ], with ] and ]s each constituting roughly four percent of the population apiece.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycenet.edu/OurSchools/Region9/M475/default.htm|title=Stuyvesant High School|publisher=New York City Dept. of Education|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> Russian and South Asian students are well-represented, and Jews continue to comprise a large portion of the student body. Stuyvesant possesses a disproportionate amount of historical minorities in comparison to national and local population distributions.<ref name="Stern2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.educationnext.org/20033/20.html|title=Façade of Excellence|first=Sol|last=Stern|year=2003|publisher=]|accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref><ref name="NYCDOE2003"/> (See also ].) Although students may only legally attend Stuyvesant if they live in the New York City area, an unknown number of students may live in Long Island or New Jersey. | |||
| === Controversy === | |||
| ==== Accusations of bias in admission tests ==== | |||
| The school's off-center demographic profile and relative paucity of black and Hispanic students have often been a source of consternation for some city administrators. John Lindsay, mayor of New York City from 1966 to 1973, argued that the test was culturally biased against Black and Hispanic students and sought to implement an ] program. At the protest of parents, however, the plan was scrapped and led to the passage of Article 12, stating that admissions would continue to be by examination only. Despite this, however, a small number of students judged to be economically disadvantaged and who come within a few points of the cut-off score may be given an extra chance to pass the test.<ref name="Stern2003"/> | |||
| In 1996 community activist group ACORN published two reports called "Secret Apartheid" and "Secret Apartheid II", calling the SHSAT "permanently suspect" and a "product of an institutional racism", and claiming that Black and Hispanic students did not have access to proper test preparation materials.<ref name="ACORN_SA2RRR"/> Along with Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew, they began an initiative for more diversity in NY's gifted and specialized schools, in particular demanding that since only a few districts send the majority of Stuyvesant's and Bronx Sciences's students, that the SHSAT be suspended altogether "until the Board of Education can show that the students of each middle school in the system have had access to curricula and instruction that would prepare them for this test regardless of their color or economic status". Jesse Shapiro, Stuyvesant valedictorian, and Micah C. Lasher, then a sophomore, published several editorials in response, and the outcome was averted.<ref name="stuy_timeline"/><ref name=DartmouthReview1997>{{cite web|url=http://www.dartreview.com/archives/1997/05/28/destroying_excellence.php|title=Destroying Excellence|date=]|first=Jeffrey|last=Hart|accessdate=2006-06-27|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20041030110521/http://www.dartreview.com/archives/1997/05/28/destroying_excellence.php|archivedate=2004-10-30}}</ref> | |||
| ====Self-segregation allegations==== | |||
| In the early 2000s, Ling Wu Kong '01 published several articles in ''The Spectator'', the school's paper,<ref name="raceatstuy">{{cite web|url=http://spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi?id=212|title=Race at Stuy|accessdate=2006-06-27|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:-IoH4wuu3y0J:spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi%3Fid%3D212|archivedate=2005-07-15}}</ref> bemoaning an apparent lack of interaction between the different ethnic groups at Stuyvesant,<ref> | |||
| {{cite web|url=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:-IoH4wuu3y0J:spectator.stuy.edu/display.cgi%3Fid%3D212 |title=Abacus Guide to Stuyvesant High School |accessdate=2006-05-06 |last=Glickman |first=Emily |year=2002}}</ref> While many students do socialize within their own ethnic groups, each having their own area to socialize in, friendships that cross racial boundaries are common.{{fact}} In fact, there is less of a "racially divided" culture in Stuyvesant than in other high schools; students are accepting and have friends of all cultures.{{fact}} Indeed, Stuyvesant's numerous clubs include a myriad of cultural understanding organizations, and cultural festivals are held to promote a better understanding of other cultures. The International Food Festival, hosted by the foreign language department, takes place every spring. | |||
| ==Notable people== | |||
| {{Main|List of Stuyvesant High School people}} | |||
| Stuyvesant has many mathematicians among its alumni, including more leading figures in the field than are associated with most major universities. A number of leading physicists and chemists are also Stuyvesant alumni, as well as several well known entertainers and authors, including '']'' star ], '']'' star ], ], core member of the musical group ], and actor ]. | |||
| Stuyvesant alumni include four Nobel laureates: | |||
| *] (1941) - 1958 ] | |||
| *] (1944) - 1993 ] | |||
| *] (1954) - 1981 ] | |||
| *] (1963) - 2004 ] | |||
| Author ] taught English at Stuyvesant before the publication of his novels '']'', '']'', and '']''. ''Teacher Man'''s third section, titled ''Coming Alive in Room 205'', is all about McCourt's time at Stuyvesant, and mentions a number of students and faculty. | |||
| ''See also ]'' | |||
| ==In pop culture== | |||
| *The Stuyvesant High School building in Battery Park City was one of the main settings of the film '']'', although it was not mentioned by name. As in the film, Stuyvesant has no pool on the roof, despite a long history of seniors selling "rooftop pool passes" to new freshmen. It does, however, have a pool on the ground floor and a roof deck for its technology classes. | |||
| *In an episode of '']'', a female Stuyvesant student is murdered. The investigation leads Detectives ] and ] to the school, where they interview her classmates. | |||
| *The 2004 ] featured an ad campaign with a stylized depiction of the school entitled ''Fast Times at Stuyvesant High''. | |||
| *The entrance to the high school is visible in the ]' music video for the song ''Ch-Check It Out''. It is seen in the beginning of the video, where the three rappers are walking down the TriBeCa Bridge. | |||
| *] of the Beastie Boys wears a boy's red Stuyvesant High School Physical Education leader T-shirt in the video for ''].'' This has occasionally sparked a rumor that one or all of the Boys attended Stuyvesant. They did not;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/musicgoesglobal/na/mmiked.html|publisher=]|year=2001|title=Q&A With Mike D. of the Beastie Boys|first=Alex|last=Smith}}</ref> however ], the band's original drummer, did. | |||
| *Stuyvesant has been chronicled in popular literature based in New York City. The ] novels '']'' and '']'' are prominent examples of this trend. | |||
| *Certain characters on the primetime television show '']'' spoke of their alma mater Stuyvesant HS. | |||
| *On the primetime television show '']'', "Holly", played by ], attended Stuyvesant before starting and quitting college. | |||
| *A ], entitled ''The Ticket'', is currently being filmed about the Student Union elections at Stuyvesant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suhfilms.com|title=THE TICKET (a documentary film)|publisher=Suh Films|accessdate=2006-05-24}}</ref> | |||
| *Alec Klein '85, a reporter for the ], is currently researching a book "which strives to explain what sets Stuyvesant apart from other high schools".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Alumni Spectator|month=Spring|year=2006|publisher=Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association}}</ref> | |||
| * In 2006, a controversial article about the different sexual orientations in Stuyvesant and how they represent a national trend appeared in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/15589/|title=The Cuddle Puddle of Stuyvesant High School|author=Alex Morris|publisher=New York Magazine|year=2006|accessed=2006-03-29}}</ref> | |||
| * The 2006 autobiographical young adult novel, ''The Notebook Girls'', highlights the lives of four Stuyvesant students in the form of a journal. | |||
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