John Adams High School
101-01 Rockaway Boulevard | also 101-02 Rockaway Boulevard, 102-10 Rockaway Boulevard | South Ozone Park | built 1929
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- 1930
John Adams High School holds its first classes in Ozone Park
Planning for the school started in 1927, and students arrived in September 1930. The city used the same set of plans for several other high schools built around then, among them Samuel J. Tilden, Far Rockaway, Abraham Lincoln, Bayside and Grover Cleveland. The building has three floors over a basement with a swimming pool and cafeteria, and its campus spreads over about six by three blocks with athletic fields behind.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1962
Future Wiccan leader and gay activist Eddie Buczynski enrolls at John Adams
Eddie Buczynski, who went on to become a prominent Wiccan and gay activist, was a student here from 1962. He left without finishing in 1964, driven out in large part by the bullying he suffered at the school.
“Eddie Buczynski, prominent Wiccan and gay activist. He attended from 1962 until dropping out in 1964, largely because of the bullying…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1977
Gym teacher Lenny Schultz teaches at John Adams while appearing on network television comedy
Comedian Lenny Schultz taught physical education at John Adams at the same time as he performed on television. His credits included Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and Blansky's Beauties in 1977, Ball Four in 1976, and appearances on the Tonight Show and the Merv Griffin Show.
“…taught physical education at John Adams High School while at the same time appearing on television shows such as the Tonight Show…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2015
A Northwell-LIJ health center opens in the John Adams basement
In 2015 a school-based health center run by Northwell-LIJ opened in the basement of John Adams. The basement also holds the cafeteria, a swimming pool, locker rooms, a weight-training room and classrooms.
“…a Northwell-LIJ School Based Health Center that opened in 2015…”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- John Adams High School (Queens)Wikipedia
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