Sarah Kamboj
09/11/07
Benjamin Cardozo High School
This picture shows the main part of Benjamin Cardozo High School. Established in 1966, Benjamin Cardozo High school is a public school operated by the New York City Department of Education. It is commonly referred to as just "Cardozo" or as students like to call it "dozo". Cardozo was named after Benjamin N. Cardozo who, at first was a chief judge of the New York Court of Appeal and then later served as a judge of the U.S. Supreme Court. Cardozo is located in Bayside, Queens where students come from all five boroughs to attend. The school offers the following programs; Contract Law, DaVinci Research program that focuses on math and science, and a competitive Performing Dance program which students are selected a rigorous audition process.
Statistics show that Benjamin N. Cardozo High School is one of the most victorious high schools. Wikipedia states that "Some have rated it among the best public schools in the city, in 1998 Newsweek magazines rated it one of the top 100 school in the United States". Cardozo has an enrollment of 4,200 students with class sizes around 34 students, its attendance is 91%, and its graduation rate is 88.7%. It has a 7 year graduation rate 92.7%.
At Cardozo between classes, instead of annoying bells to indicate the changing of periods, they play music. All types of music, ranging from classical to hip hop. Another interesting aspect of Cardozo is its "42 street", which is the main hall that every student passes at least two to three times a day. It is by far the busiest area at Cardozo.
Being a graduate of Cardozo High School, class of 2007, I can honestly say Cardozo High School is an extremely interesting and unique school. There are dozens of activities; clubs, volunteering possibilities to choose from and competition amongst students are very high. With such a large student body attending Cardozo High school one can only imagine the many ethnicities. In Cardozo there are 22% whites, 18% African-American, 14% Hispanics, and 47% Asians. Being exposed to different cultures and religions at Cardozo High School and its belief in tolerance and acceptance has definitely made me a better person. I know why Cardozo is also known as "A school with a heart".
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