Garden City High School (New York) Explained

Garden City High School
Motto:	"Inspiring Minds, Empowering Achievement, Building Community"
Established:	1925^[1] (at current location since 1955)^[2]
Grades:	9-12
District:	Garden City Union Free School District
Type:	Public high school
Principal:	Kevin Steingruebner
Enrollment:	1,090 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:	99.09 FTEs
Ratio:	11.00
Us Nces School Id:	3611760
Colors:	Maroon and grey
Publication:	Mast, Inkspots (previously Ink Spots), Echo
Location:	170 Rockaway Avenue
City:	Garden City
County:	Nassau County
Zipcode:	11530
Country:	United States
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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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
• 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]

External links

• Garden City High School website
• Photographs from Garden City High School sporting events
• Garden City Wings ice hockey team

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Notes and 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. Web site: Garden City High School. U.S. News & World Report. November 6, 2016.
4. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3611760&ID=361176000942 School data for Garden City High School
5. Web site: About Joe. Mr Joe Iconis. en-US. 2019-11-21.
6. News: They Began Here: Around the country, leading thinkers in health and science can trace their roots to Long Island . Kathleen . Kerr . Newsday . July 16, 2008 . September 17, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609022451/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-century_of_science_dissons,0,7662594.story . June 9, 2008 .
7. Web site: Sarah Smith. Simon & Schuster. en. 2019-11-21.
8. Web site: Michael Wigler. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. en-US. 2019-11-21.
9. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/braunca01.html BasketballReference.com
10. News: Jeansonne . John . Dave Jennings, former Giants punter, dead at 61 . 17 March 2019.
11. News: Bellissimo . Tony . Nassau H.S. sports Hall of Fame grows . 17 March 2019.
12. Web site: LXD 013 : John Chatterton - Shadow Diver, Wreck Legend, Host. 2018-03-14. ScubaGuru. en-US. 2019-11-21.
13. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401500186.html Encyclopedia.com article