John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York)
| Bellmore JFK High School | |
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| Address | |
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3000 Bellmore Ave , , United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°39′04″N 73°31′30″W / 40.65111°N 73.52500°WCoordinates: 40°39′04″N 73°31′30″W / 40.65111°N 73.52500°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1966 |
| NCES School ID | 3619020[1] |
| Principal | Mr. Gerard Owerburg
Mr. Daniel Jantzen (Assistant Principal) Dr. Marie A. Netto (Assistant Principal) Mr. Vincent Pisano (Assistant Principal) |
| Faculty | 78.5 FTEs[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,040 (as of 2018–19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.2:1[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Dartmouth green and gray/silver |
| Team name | Cougars |
| Nobel laureates | Paul Krugman (2008) |
| Website | www |
John F. Kennedy High School is a public high school located in Bellmore, New York. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,040 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1. There were 98 students (9.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (0.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.[2] In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK.[citation needed]
District[]
There are four other schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District: Wellington C. Mepham High School, Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick Avenue Middle School, and Grand Avenue Middle School. About 6,050 students are enrolled at the school district, with approximately 1,200 students in each school.[citation needed]
Bellmore JFK is known for its men and women's volleyball teams.[citation needed]
Notable alumni[]
The Official Alumni Association of the high school is called: Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. The link to the website is here. Link to Alumni that have been inducted to the JFK Hall of Fame is here.
- Tim Canova, politician and law professor
- Doug Ellin, creator of Entourage
- Paul Feinman (1960–2021), New York State Court of Appeals judge[3]
- Amy Fisher, convicted of the 1992 shooting of wife of her lover
- Bill Freiberger, Emmy-nominated writer and producer of The Simpsons, The PJs, and Drawn Together
- Artie Kempner, Director for NFL on Fox and Nascar
- Michael Kors (born 1959), fashion designer
- Paul Krugman (born 1953), economist, Princeton University Professor, and columnist for The New York Times, Nobel Prize in economics
- Steve Levy (born 1965), host of ESPN SportsCenter
- Scott Lipsky (born 1981), tennis player
- Daryl Palumbo, vocalist of Glassjaw and vocalist for Head Automatica
- Marc Rowan , (born 1962) Co-Founder Apollo Capital Management, Billionaire Philanthropist
- Noah Rubin (born 1996), tennis player
- Adam Schefter, ESPN football analyst
- Marc Slutsky, musician
- Jason Smilovic, writer and producer
- Laurence Traiger (born 1956), composer and musicologist
- Mike Greenberg, Director of Football Administration, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Scott Zakarin, film producer
References[]
- Notes
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e School data for John F Kennedy High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
- ^ Cougar Crier On-Line Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Roberts, Sam. "Paul Feinman, First Openly Gay Judge on N.Y. High Court, Dies at 61", The New York Times, April 1, 2021. Accessed April 2, 2021. "After graduating from John F. Kennedy High School in nearby Bellmore, he earned a bachelor’s degree in French literature in 1981 from Columbia University."
External links[]
Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. http://www.bellmorejfkalumni.org/
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