John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York)
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John F. Kennedy High School | |
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Bellmore, NY USA |
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Type | Public school |
Established | 1966 |
Principal | Lorraine Poppe (head) Assistant Principals - Gerard Owenburg, Vincent Pisano, and Jon LaRochester |
Faculty | 85 |
Number of students | 1,320 |
Campus | suburban |
Color(s) | Dartmouth green and gray/silver |
Nobel laureates | Paul Krugman (2008) |
Mascot | Cougar |
Website | www |
John F. Kennedy High School is a high school located in Bellmore, New York. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.[1] In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK.[citation needed]
Demographics
Ethnic Group | Percentage |
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White | 94.67% |
Asian | 1.97% |
Hispanic | 2.50% |
African American | 0.83% |
Native American | 0.00% |
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.
- Spencer Eig, attorney for Elian Gonzales[2]
- Doug Ellin, creator of Entourage
- 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
- Michael Kors, fashion designer
- Paul Krugman, 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
- Noah Rubin (born 1996), tennis player
- Adam Schefter, ESPN football analyst
- Jason Smilovic, writer and producer
References
- Notes
External links
Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. http://www.bellmorejfkalumni.org/
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