Hillcrest High School
160-05 Highland Avenue | also 87-01 Parsons Boulevard | Jamaica Hills | built 1971
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- 1971
Hillcrest High School opens with the Brave as its mascot
Hillcrest High School opened in 1971 as a four-year public high school in Jamaica Hills, operated by the city's Department of Education. Its original mascot was the Brave; the school later switched to the hawk, and its colors are violet and gray. By 2014-15 it enrolled 3,289 students.
“The mascot is the hawk (changed from the Brave, the original mascot chosen when the school opened in 1971)…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1975
Fran Drescher and Ray Romano graduate together in Hillcrest's class of 1975
Two future television stars finished Hillcrest in the same class of 1975: Fran Drescher, best known for The Nanny, and Ray Romano, best known as Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. Drescher was told while at Hillcrest to get voice lessons, and her Nanny character, Fran Fine, is also written as a Hillcrest graduate.
“Fran Drescher (Class of 1975), actress, best known for her role on The Nanny. While there she was told to get voice lessons.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2002
Hillcrest is named the city's most violent high school
In 2002 Hillcrest appeared at the top of the list of the most violent high schools in New York City. Stephen M. Duch was principal at the time; he led the school from 1996 until early 2014 and was followed by David T. Morrison, a Hillcrest graduate who had been an assistant principal of English.
“In 2002, Hillcrest was listed as the most violent high school in the city.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2023
Hundreds of Hillcrest students protest a teacher over a pro-Israel rally
Several hundred Hillcrest students on November 20, 2023, took part in a protest whose aim was to get one of their teachers fired. Her offense, in the protesters' view, was that she had joined a rally held in support of Israel.
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Further reading
- Hillcrest High School (Queens)Wikipedia
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