The George Washington Educational Campus is a facility of the New York City Department of Education located at 549 Audubon Avenue at West 193rd Street in the Fort George neighborhood of the Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Within the building are located four schools:
- The first floor is the High School for Media and Communications (M463)
- The second floor houses The College Academy, formerly the High School for International Business and Finance (M462)
- The third floor houses the High School for Health Careers and Sciences (M468)
- The fourth floor houses the High School for Law and Public Service (M467)
The building was opened on February 2, 1917, as an annex of Morris High School. George Washington High School was founded in 1919, and moved into the building in 1925. It was known by that name until 1999, when the building was divided into the four small schools.
George Washington Education Campus has a Works Progress Administration (WPA) mural, The Evolution of Music, painted by Lucienne Bloch in 1938. This mural was painted in a room originally used as a music room and later as a dance studio.
The campus also houses one of only two NJROTC units in New York City, within its basement, led by Commander Edward Gunning (Ret.) and Chief Petty Officer John Sikora (Ret.). The unit is much more known than the already famous sports teams thanks in part to the pride the cadets wear their uniforms in every Wednesday.
ID cards were first used in the school in February 1972 for students and staff. Currently, the building has scanning machines. In order to enter the building, one must go through scanning.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital maintains a clinic on the first floor.
Sports
In 1989, the Trojan American football team won the 1989 City "B" Division Championship. They defeated Lincoln H.S. in the championship game. On November 23, 2008, the squad defeated Far Rockaway High School (Queens), 20â€"14, in an overtime finish at the Midwood Athletic Complex in Brooklyn. The victory earned GW the 2008 PSAL Cup Championship, their first football title since 1988. Far Rock beat GW 38â€"8 in the season opener. It was their only loss of the season. The Trojans won their next nine games, holding their last four opponents to a total of 21 points. That included defeating previously unbeaten South Bronx HS, 24â€"8, to earn the trip to the championship game.
On June 6, 2008, the George Washington Trojans baseball team beat the James Madison Knights, with an 11th-inning finish of 4-0, to win the Division "A" City Championship at Shea Stadium.
On June 9, 2006, the George Washington Trojans (baseball team) went to the championship to play against James Monroe High School of the Bronx but lost the championship to Monroe. #1 James Monroe 4, #3 George Washington 0. In 2004, the team went to the championship to play against Monroe High School of the Bronx but lost the championship.
In 2000, the baseball/football/track field was fixed by the City of New York and some players with the New York Yankees were there to help.
- 1983: cross country Division champions
- 2008: Varsity baseball team win in Shea Stadium
- 1988, 2008 and 2013: American football champions
- American football team: 1928 â€" present (no team in the late 1950s and 1960s)
- Baseball: 1928 â€" present
- Basketball: 1950s - present
- Softball: 1980s - present
- Volleyball: 1920s - present
- Cheerleading: 2006 â€" present
Baseball coach Steve Mandl won three championships in 27 years. He was suspended by the PSAL for 16 months for "recruiting violations" and was reinstated to his job thereafter; the case prompted questions about how the PSAL handles charges brought without witnesses or evidence. According to The New York Times, "The Mandl case offers another perspective: the possibility that petty, meritless charges can get traction and turn the disciplinary process itself into a form of punishment long before a verdict has been reached."
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Moshe Arens (born 1925), former Israel Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, member of Knesset with the Likud Party
- Harry Belafonte (born 1927), actor and singer.
- Frank Cannonito (born 1926), professor of mathematics, Univ. of Calif., Irvine 1945 - 1991.
- Rod Carew (born 1945), Major League Baseball Hall of Famer.
- Gene Colan (1926-2011), Marvel and DC Comics artist, Comic Book Hall of Fame
- Alan Greenspan (born 1926), economist, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
- Morris Halle (born 1923), Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Murray Jarvik, (1923â€"2008) UCLA pharmacologist who showed that nicotine was the addictive factor in tobacco and invented the nicotine patch for smokers trying to quit
- Jacob Javits (1904â€"1986), senator and state attorney general
- Marvin Kalb (born 1930), veteran American journalist
- John George Kemeny (1926â€"1992), atomic scientist and computer-science pioneer.
- Henry Kissinger (born 1923), former United States Secretary of State, 1973 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Sue Mengers (born 1931), Hollywood talent agent
- Hyman Minsky (1919-1996), economist, Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Edwin Newman (1919â€"2010), journalist, graduated in 1935
- Ron Perlman (born 1950), actor, graduated in 1967
- Irving Peress (born 1917), dentist target of Joseph McCarthy. Graduated 1935.
- Milly Quezada (born 1955), singer, actress, graduated about 1972
- Manny RamÃrez (born 1972), baseball player (did not graduate)
- Nellie RodrÃguez (born 1994), baseball player
- Guy Williams (1924â€"1989), Hollywood actor
References
Notes
Sources
- George Washington High School profile
External links
- NYC Dept of Education official websites for the four academies:
- High School for International Business and Finance (M462)
- High School for Media and Communications (M463)
- High School for Law and Public Service (M467)
- High School for Health Careers and Sciences (M468)
- George Washington High School profile provided by schooltree.org
- A site made by Media & Communication from the George Washington high school campus class of 2005
