Millennium High School (New York City)
| Millennium High School | |
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| Address | |
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75 Broad Street, 13th floor, New York, NY, 10004 New York, New York United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°42′17″N 74°00′41″W / 40.704606°N 74.011444°WCoordinates: 40°42′17″N 74°00′41″W / 40.704606°N 74.011444°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 2002 |
| Founder | Robert Rhodes |
| School number | M418 |
| CEEB Code | 333798 |
| Principal | Colin McEvoy |
| Faculty | 40 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | approx. 630 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17:1 |
| Colour(s) | Black and Red |
| Athletics conference | PSAL |
| Mascot | The Phoenix |
| Website | http://www.millenniumhs.org |
Millennium High School is a selective public high school for grades 9 through 12 in Manhattan. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education in Region 9 and is ranked 77th within New York State and 688th nationwide.[1]
The Phoenix is the school's mascot, meant to symbolize the school rising from the ashes of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks.
History
Millennium High School was founded in 2002 with a $500,000 grant from New Visions for Public Schools with money donated from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the Open Society Institute. Community Board 1 raised $12 million to build the school. The space within the building was made possible with several million dollars worth of grants from the federal government in 2003, as well as contributions from concerned groups such as New Visions for Public Schools, in an attempt to revitalize the lower Manhattan area following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Campus
The school occupies the 11th, 12th, and 13th floors of the former ITT building, in Manhattan's Financial District at its southern tip.[2] The interior is modern, colorful, open, and well-lit. The design uses large rooms and gathering spaces more often than corridors and sealed doors, because of its location in an office building.
Academics
Millennium offers a rigourous schedule, though as a small school, the Advanced Placement courses are few: AP English (language and literature), AP United States History, AP Studio Art, AP World History, AP Biology, and AP Calculus. Other advanced courses are offered in chemsitry and physics. The school has a partnership with the YMCA of Greater New York, and provides numerous extracurricular offerings, sports organizations, and other activities for the students.
Factulty
Former principal Robert Rhodes has long been a public school teacher and administrator. He received Clark University's Secondary Educator of the Year award in 2003. He announced on February 16, 2012 that he would step down from his position after June 2012 to become principal at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY.[3] The staff of Millennium High School all have master's degrees and have attended colleges and universities including: NYU, Dartmouth, University of Connecticut, Stanford, Barnard, University of Rochester, Bucknell, Columbia, Michigan, Haverford, MIT, Indiana, Connecticut College, The Ohio State University, Cornell, Rutgers, Wellesley, Skidmore, Wisconsin, UMass, Tufts, and Duke. Many have been recipients of highly competitive grants and have studied around the world.
References
- ↑ http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-york/districts/new-york-city-public-schools/millennium-high-school-13103
- ↑ http://insideschools.org/high/browse/school/69
- ↑ Brian, Marschhauser. "Chappaqua Superintendent Chooses Next Horace Greeley Principa". the daily chappaqua. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
External links
- NYC Department of Education: Millennium High School
- Millennium High School
- Millennium High School Fencing Team