Grover Cleveland High School (Queens)

Not to be confused with another high school with identical name, Grover Cleveland High School (Buffalo, New York).

Grover Cleveland High School
Address
21–27 Himrod Street Ridgewood , New York 11385 United States
Coordinates	40°42′41″N 73°54′32″W
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	Unity in Diversity
Established	1931
Principal	Marc Pascente
Faculty	approx. 200
Number of students	approx. 2,450
Color(s)	Black & Gold
Mascot	Tiger
Newspaper	The Grover Cleveland Herald
Website	www.groverclevelandhs.org

Grover Cleveland High School is a large, comprehensive high school in Ridgewood, Queens. Grover Cleveland High School, Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, and Andrew Jackson High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints in order to save money. The school is named after former US president Grover Cleveland.

Extracurricular activities

Sports

Sports teams include:

Boys

• Baseball (Varsity and Junior Varsity)
• Basketball (Varsity and Junior Varsity)
• Bowling (Varsity)
• Cross Country
• Handball
• Indoor Track (Varsity)
• Outdoor Track (Varsity)
• Soccer (Varsity)
• Swimming (Varsity)
• Tennis (Varsity)
• Volleyball (Varsity)
• Wrestling

Girls

• Basketball (Varsity and J.V.)
• Bowling (Varsity)
• Indoor Track
• Outdoor Track
• Swimming (Varsity)
• Tennis (Varsity)
• Volleyball (Varsity and J.V.)

Academic teams

Physics Robotics Science Olympiad Science Research Debate (won the 2009 NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championships in the Rising Star Tier)

Yearbook

The yearbook was called the Cleveland Log.

Notable alumni

• Cheryl James – singer from Grammy Award-winning Salt-N-Pepa
• Jim Gordon – sportscaster
• Marisol Maldonado – model
• Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. – Medal of Honor USMC veteran
• Rosie Perez – award-winning actress, activist
• Emanuel Xavier – award-winning poet, LGBTQ activist
• Bob Sheppard – Yankee Stadium announcer
• Joe Massino – former boss of the Bonanno Crime Family
• Julius LaRosa – singer and entertainer
• Catherine Nolan – Assemblywoman of District 37 Ridgewood, Queens
• Salvatore Vitale – former underboss of the Bonanno crime family
• Gerard Yantz – member of the United States field handball squad which played at the 1936 Summer Olympics
• George Eisenbarth – expert in type 1 diabetes

External links

• Grover Cleveland High School - New York City Department of Education