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 Bronx High School of Science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, is a public high school in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, New York City.
Founded in 1938 with a traditional focus on mathematics and science, Bronx Science is one of a triumvirate of elite public schools in New York City, and is often hailed as one of the best high schools in America.
The Bronx High School of Science was founded in 1938 by resolution of the Board of Education of the City of New York with Dr. Morris Meister as the first principal of the school.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bronx_High_School_of_Science   (1026 words)

  
 bronx high school of science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bronx High School of Science is a public high school in the Bronx, New York City.
Founded in 1938 with a traditional focus on mathematics and science, "Bronx Science," as the school is known, is one of a triumvirate of elite public schools in New York City, and is often hailed as one of the best high schools in America.
Bronx Science counts five Nobel Prize winners among its graduates, including Dr. Jonas Salk (inventor of the polio vaccine).
www.yourencyclopedia.net /bronx_high_school_of_science.html   (250 words)

  
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Bronx Science is a place where students and faculty alike experience the power of the motivated mind and the samaritan heart.
Bronx Science is not simply an educational institution, it is a home - a home for an ever growing family with one common goal.
Bronx Science alumni have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, journalists, educators, and other great professions.
www2.bxscience.edu /about/index.php?id=&print=defined   (457 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bronx Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bronx Science's sports teams use Harris Field, a public field across West 205th St. from the school, for events.
Bronx Science, in fact, does not have a 4th floor, a pool, nor a football team.
Bronx Science counts six Nobel Prize winners among its graduates, the most of any secondary school in the world:
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bronx-Science   (487 words)

  
 Bronx Science High   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States.
In 1874, the western portion of the present Bronx County, consisting of the towns ofKingsbridge, West Farms, and Morrisania, was transferred to New York County, and in 1895 the Town of Westchester and portions of Eastchester and Pelham, were transferred to New York County.
Science is both a process of gaining knowledge, and the organized body of knowledge gained by this process.
www.swingdancemusic.com /send/12694-bronx%20science%20high.html   (717 words)

  
 City Journal Spring 1999 | How Gotham’s Elite High Schools Escaped the Leveller’s Ax by Heather Mac Donald
Though the principal of Bronx Science, Alexander Taffel, properly defended the entrance tests as both culturally neutral and essential to the school's mission, schools chancellor Harvey B. Scribner was far less certain of the school's good faith and freedom from bias.
Bronx Science's faculty, parents, alumni, and friends formed a council to save the school from destruction.
The science schools represent tiny islands of achievement in a vast sea of mediocrity or worse.
www.city-journal.org /html/9_2_how_gothams_elite.html   (4475 words)

  
 Bronx Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bronx Science is a hardworking, highly ambitious school, with large classes and a difficult, traditional curriculum.
Bronx Science was originally an all boys' school.
Bronx Science is among 209 successful schools the chancellor has excluded from the citywide uniform curriculum mandated in 2003.
teachnet-lab.org /motthall/asalcedo/HSUnit/Melanie%20Gomez/bronxscience.htm   (271 words)

  
 Intel STS Press | Science Service
The high schools with the most semifinalists are Bronx High School of Science in Bronx, N.Y., with 17; followed by Stuyvesant High School in New York, N.Y. (16), Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, NY (12), and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. (11).
Science and mathematics drive new technologies, and new technologies drive the U.S. standard of living and economic growth.
Science Service, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the understanding and appreciation of science through publications and educational programs, has administered the program since its inception in 1942.
www.sciserv.org /sts/press/20010117.asp   (729 words)

  
 H.S. 445 Bronx High School of Science
Bronx Science is a stressful, highly competitive place, with large classes and a demanding, traditional curriculum.
Bronx Science is among 209 successful schools the chancellor has exempted from the citywide uniform curriculum mandated in 2003.
An alumnus praises Bronx Science for its academics and the social atmosphere it fostered.
www.insideschools.org /fs/school_profile.php?id=1001   (2101 words)

  
 Bronx High School of Science - Uncyclopedia
The first Bronx High School of Science was built in Long Island City in Queens.
Soon after, Bronx Science, as it is commonly referred to, was captured by pseudo-fascist misanthropic sociopaths...
Bronx Science was razed to the ground in the famous Mash-mellow Riot of 2029.
uncyclopedia.org /uncyclopedia/index.php?title=Bronx_Science&...   (289 words)

  
 How Does Their Garden Grow
We are talking about Bronx Science, not Bronx A and M, a school renowned for having produced six Nobel laureates, all in physics, and 200 national winners in the Westinghouse and Intel science competitions.
Brewster landed at Bronx Science in early 2002, ostensibly as a substitute.
Bronx Science actually had two greenhouses that had been used for such a course in the past, but they had gone to dishevelment since the last horticulture teacher had retired five years earlier.
www.unity.edu /news/NYTimes_how_does_their_garden_grow.htm   (1002 words)

  
 Bronx Science uses two ringers to take abbreviated game victory
Bronx Science leads the best of five series over Stuyvesant 2-1, in both victories and ringers.
Science kept scoring runs in the middle innings, and Stuy struggled against pitchers Scott and Hector, explaining the "final score".
Science claimed that Stuy should come on time, it is not their fault the game has to be suspended in the bottom of the seventh inning.
www.angelfire.com /emo/thehigh/features/072601a   (450 words)

  
 Debate Team - Home
Since 1969, Bronx Science has competed in policy debate and has gone on to participate in every other forensic event, including Lincoln-Douglas debate, Congress, Extemporaneous Speaking, and all of the various speech events.
However, if it were not for the contributions of parents and alumni, Bronx Science would not be able to accommodate these gifted students with the expert coaching and funding required to travel throughout the state and country.
In an activity that draws many teams from elite private schools, the Bronx High School of Science stands out as an example of how a public school can compete among the most competitive, and wealthiest, schools in the nation.
bxscience.ny.schoolwebpages.com /education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=330   (318 words)

  
 Klein Plan Stirs Concern At Famed Bronx School
    Parents and alumni of the Bronx High School of Science are alarmed that their school may be removed from the direct supervision of the chancellor and come under the control of a superintendent with a track record of opposing gifted and talented programs.
    Bronx Science, Stuyvesant, and the other specialized high schools would, under the restructuring plan proposed by Chancellor Joel Klein, likely be supervised by the newly installed regional superintendents.
Zardoya’s tenure as superintendent of District 10, the number of students getting into Bronx Science and the other main specialized high schools has declined by more than two thirds, even though the pupil population of the district has increased by 25%.
daily.nysun.com /Repository/ml.asp?Issue=NYS/2003/03/03&ID=Ar00101&Mode=HTML   (1108 words)

  
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Alumni are needed at Bronx Science on a few afternoons in fall 2005 (Fridays expected).
Bronx Science is one of ten schools selected for Time Warner program to prepare students for careers in computer technology.
A number of Bronx Science alumni are participating in the Tanqueray Northeast AIDSRide (July 19 to 22, 2001), a 325 mile bike ride (Bear Mountain, NY to Boston) fundraising effort for AIDS patients.
www2.bxscience.edu /alum   (6159 words)

  
 Findings
In the five districts which send the most students to Stuyvesant and Bronx Science, roughly 68 percent of the middle school students are on grade for math.
Top sending districts have relatively high percentages of eighth graders taking Sequential I Math, the content of which is essential for the entrance examination for the elite schools; four of the top five have between a quarter and nearly one half their eighth graders in Regents math courses.
Actually, as of 1993, the largest sources of students for Stuyvesant and Bronx Science are private and parochial schools that are not in the New York City Community School Districts (16.9 percent).
www.acorn.org /index.php?id=535   (2667 words)

  
 Bronx Science Parents Association Web Site
Lehman College is close to Bronx Science and is close to the #4 train Bedford Park stop.
The next general membership meeting of the Parents' Association of the Bronx High School of Science will be held on Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 at 7:00pm in room 131.
Eligibility of office is limited to parents and guardians of children attending the Bronx High School of Science and who are not employed in the school.
www.bxsciencepa.org   (1664 words)

  
 Showdown At Bronx Science - May 27, 2005 - The New York Sun - NY Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There is an ugly situation developing at the Bronx High School of Science, my alma mater, the once flagship school of a public education system that was the envy of the nation.
The majority of the Bronx Science faculty is in open revolt, the principal is being publicly ridiculed, and the education of the students and the school's reputation are being undermined by the imposition of questionable educational theories.
Bronx Science is located in a remote section of the Bronx in a structure that was state-of-the-art back in the 1960s, when I roamed the halls.
www.nysun.com /article/14560   (252 words)

  
 Cyber Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Fox, the teacher in charge of Bronx Science's weather station when a teacher walked in and asked what the forecast was for the weekend.
Fox went onto the Bronx Science website for her, and found the forecast from our school's weather station.
The Institute on Climate and Planets (ICP) is a division of Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA at Bronx Science.
cyber.bxscience.edu /school/fox.html   (684 words)

  
 Four Bronx Science students regional science competition winners by David Greene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Four young scientists from the Bronx High School of Science were regional winners of a national science competition.
According to Mitchell Fox, the project advisor as well as a teacher in the school’s physical science department, the school received a digital camera and laptop computer as a result of the team’s project being selected.
On May 2, Toshiba announced the team from Bronx Science lost out to a team from La Jolla High School in California, who developed a device that measures a person’s chronobiology and biological rhythm.
www.bxtimes.com /news/2003/0522/Boroughwide_News/038.html   (540 words)

  
 Stuyvesant Spectator Online: Stuyvesant Loses City Championship to Bronx Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bronx Science and Stuyvesant were bitter division rivals and they had faced each other in many previous championships.
Bronx Science was undefeated in the playoffs and regular season play.
Bronx Science had won the city championships the preceding two seasons and was looking for a three-peat, while Stuyvesant had won the city championship an amazing ten years in a row before the last two seasons and was looking to reclaim its place on the throne.
spectator.stuy.edu /display.cgi?id=1083   (674 words)

  
 K. Edwards' Website - Questions and Answers
School Center is a software package that allows Bronx Science teachers to create and maintain a web page for their class(es).
Each member of the faculty and staff of Bronx Science has his or her own account.
To find a teacher's web page on School Center, you can either go to the Bronx Science homepage (www.bxscience.edu) or the School Center homepage (bxscience.ny.schoolwebpages.edu) and find the link to their site in their department heading.
bxscience.ny.schoolwebpages.com /education/components/faq/faq.php?sectiondetailid=2143&sc_timestamp=1090331949   (190 words)

  
 The Ron Brown Scholar Program
A native of the infamous housing projects of New York's South Bronx, raised in a single-parent home, Marquise McGraw has triumphed over obstacles which included the poverty, drugs, and crime that sidetracked many of his peers.
Marquise is extremely committed to the development of the youth in his community, as demonstrated by his work with underprivileged youth at a local school.
After only four months there as an assistant teacher of computers, he developed and taught a curriculum for a new and innovative general science class for elementary school children and hoping it would stimulate the students' interest in science at an early age.
www.ronbrown.org /cgi-bin/profile.cgi?user_id=125   (447 words)

  
 Bronx High School Science
Bronx High School of Science West Coast Alumni West Coast Alumni Take Over the Queen Mary During the 1999 Extravaganza.
BRONX HIGH SCHOOL OF SCIENCE L.E.A.P. ECOLOGY CLUB This WebSite is maintained by the Ecology Club Advisor.
The Bronx High School of Science is one of the most celebrated schools in...
www.fpschools.com /directory/bronx-high-school-science.html   (1201 words)

  
 Newsday.com: Health officials investigate Bronx Science illness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Health and school officials descended on the Bronx High School of Science Tuesday, testing bathrooms and the cafeteria in an effort to determine what made hundreds of students ill since last week.
At Bronx Science, despite the massive sick day Monday, some soldiered their way to school.
"Bronx Science has a pretty tough bunch," said Abba Leffler, 18, a senior, who said he was sick over the weekend but made it to school Monday.
www.newsday.com /news/health/nyc-sick0323,0,3592781.story?coll=ny-health-headlines   (567 words)

  
 Bronx High School of Science - NYWiki
Bronx High School of Science, aka "Bronx Science," is a public high school with an excellent reputation.
Bronx High School of Science was founded in 1938.
The school's original building was located at Creston Avenue and 184th Street.
www.nywiki.com /new-york-city/index.php/Bronx_High_School_of_Science   (162 words)

  
 Fwd: Bronx Science HS Alum Jeffrey Lam drowned trying to help fellow Marine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was working in Iraq's Anbar province, helping dig a fighting position for the assaul on the insurgent stronghold.
The Bronx High School of Science graduate was deployed in September, just a month after his wife gave birth to their daughter, Teri.
Re: Fwd: Bronx Science HS Alum Jeffrey Lam drowned trying to he
www.talkabouteducation.com /group/alt.alumni.bronx-science/messages/8163.html   (254 words)

  
 The Committee for a Better Bronx Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bronx High School of Science is under attack by a small number of disgruntled employees.
The Committee for a Better Bronx Science has not published a list of its members.
They can be identified by their eagerness to criticize the administration, students, parents, politicians, the public, teachers, other staff members who do not agree with the agenda of the "committee".
www.thecommitteeforabetterbronxscience.com   (251 words)

  
 Bronx Science -> Cornell - A Xanga Blogring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bronx Science -> Cornell - A Xanga Blogring
On the basement of Bronx Science, your yearbook picture was found in the showcase under the title "Cornell University" the year after you graduated.
This is the life of a girl who goes to school with a scooter Visit this restaurant if your in town(hehe free advertisement): HING FANG RESTAURANT 3489 Jerome Avenue Bronx, N.Y. sorry, no delivery.
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