Newcomers High School

28-01 41st Avenue | also 40-11 28th Street | Dutch Kills | built 1902

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1995
Newcomers High School opens to teach recent immigrants
High School 555, known as Newcomers High School, opened at 28-01 41st Avenue in 1995 under principal Lourdes Burrows. The school was set up to teach English to newly arrived immigrant students and introduce them to American culture.
“It opened in 1995 with Lourdes Burrows as its principal…”
Source: Wikipedia
2009
U.S. News ranks Newcomers sixth among American high schools
In 2009 U.S. News & World Report put Newcomers High School at number 6 on its list of the top 500 high schools in the country. That made it the highest-ranked of the 12 New York City public schools that appeared on the list.
Source: Wikipedia
2024
Newcomers High School takes the new name ATLAS
In 2024 the school renamed itself ATLAS, for Arts, Technology, Language, Advocacy, and Social Justice. The principal and students wanted to leave the "Newcomers" label behind and make the school an option for students from across Queens. Its 2019-2020 enrollment had been 836.
Source: Wikipedia

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