Bronx High School of Science

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.

Together with Stuyvesant High School (in Manhattan) and Brooklyn Technical High School, Bronx Science is one of three original Specialized Science High Schools of New York City. Admission to the three schools is by competitive examination only, and only residents of the five boroughs of the City of New York are eligible to attend.

The school is a perennial leader in the Intel/Westinghouse science competition. It is a member of the NCSSSMST. Almost 100% of Bronx Science graduates go on to 4 year colleges. Many go on to Ivy League schools and other prestigious schools of the nation. The school is frequently ranked amongst the best in the nation and the world.

Bronx Science has more than one gym, but it does not have its own field. Gym classes sometimes utilize neighboring DeWitt Clinton High School's field. Bronx Science's sports teams use Harris Field, a public field across West 205 Street (aka, Bronx Science Blvd.) from the school, for events.

The current principal is Dr. Valerie J. Reidy .

Notable alumni

Bronx Science counts six Nobel Prize winners among its graduates, the most of any secondary school in the world:

• Leon N. Cooper '47, 1972, Brown University
• Melvin Schwartz '49, 1988, Columbia University
• Sheldon L. Glashow '50, 1979, Boston University
• Steven Weinberg '50, 1979, University of Texas at Austin
• Russell A. Hulse '66, 1993, Princeton University
• H. David Politzer '66, 2004, California Institute of Technology

Bronx Science also has five Pulitzer Prize-winning graduates:

• William Sherman '63, 1974, Reporter at the New York Daily News
• William Safire '47, 1978, author and columnist at The New York Times
• Joseph Lelyveld '54, 1986, Executive Editor (1994-2001, 2003) at The New York Times
• Bernard L. Stein '59, 1998, Editor of the Riverdale Press
• William Taubman '58, 2004, Professor of Political Science at Amherst College

Other noted graduates include singer Bobby Darin, Freedom Tower architect Daniel Libeskind, author Samuel Delany, CBS-2 reporter Pablo Guzman, actors Jon Favreau and Jon Cryer, Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael, Olympic water polo player Wolf Wigo , computer scientists Gregory Chaitin and Leslie Lamport, Poet Judith Baumel , and former New York City Schools' Chancellor Harold O. Levy .

External links

• Official Bronx HS of Science Website
• Alumni Association
• Vallo Transportation, Ltd. Website: Provider of premier bus service for Queens students to Bronx Science
• Jeffrey Lam Fund, in memory of Jeffrey Lam who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in support of his wife and daughter.
• Gagnon Bus Site: Gagnon Bus Service from Queens to High School of American Studies at Lehman College