Christ the King Regional High School

68-02 Metropolitan Avenue | Ridgewood | built 1962

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  1. 1963

    May 6

    Christ the King students hold their first classes in the unfinished Middle Village building

    The Diocese of Brooklyn started Christ the King High School with a freshman class in September 1962; while the Middle Village building went up, its teachers were based at Mater Christi High School in Astoria. The first classes at the still-unfinished school here were held on May 6, 1963.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1964

    April

    Christ the King is dedicated with separate wings for boys and girls

    The school opened with a boys' division staffed by the Marist Brothers and a girls' division staffed by the Daughters of Wisdom. Each took one of the building's two opposite wings, sharing the library, cafeteria and auditorium between them. The upper floors of each wing were built as living quarters for the two religious orders. The diocese dedicated the building in April 1964.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1966

    June 23

    Christ the King graduates its first class of 840, half boys and half girls

    The school's first commencement on June 23, 1966 sent off 840 graduates, split evenly at 420 boys and 420 girls. Every high school run by the Brooklyn Diocese was still free then; the diocese began charging $300 tuition in September 1968.

    “The first graduation took place on June 23, 1966 with 840 graduates, exactly split between 420 boys and girls.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1975

    October

    Students strike and refuse to leave after the bishop moves to close Christ the King

    After two years of failed contract talks with the growing lay faculty, the bishop announced in October 1975 that the school would close, letting seniors finish but moving everyone else to other diocesan schools. Students, backed by their families, went on strike and would not vacate the building. Talks between the school's supporters and the diocese followed, and in September 1976 it became Christ the King Regional High School.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 1998

    Sue Bird graduates from Christ the King during its run of state girls' basketball titles

    Sue Bird, class of 1998, went on to become a WNBA point guard for the Seattle Storm, a five-time Olympic champion and a Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Chamique Holdsclaw had graduated in 1995. The school's girls team won eleven straight Class AA New York State Federation titles from 1990 to 2000; Tina Charles, class of 2006, and Lamar Odom are among its other alumni.

    Source: Wikipedia

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