High School for Arts and Business is a public high school in New York City, located in Corona in the borough of Queens. It has an enrollment of 779. The building was previously utilized as a bowling alley. Later, on February 1, 1973 the building was first occupied as a school, Newtown High School Annex.
The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the New York City Department of Education, and has an overall 60% graduation rate with many students going to college. The school, located in a highly populated Hispanic serving community, is close to a busy highway minutes away from shopping stores, and businesses.
Arts and Business ranked 223 on Newsweek Magazine's 2006 list of the country's best public high schools. It was the highest-ranked of New York City's schools, of which nine made the 1,139-school list. The rankings evaluated schools by the ratio of Advanced Placement exams taken by the number of students graduating.
The school is housed in a windowless building that was once a bowling alley, but manages to make good use of its limited facilities. Common areas are clean and decorated with student work. There are no outdoor fields or gym, but physical education classes take place in a dance/aerobics room and well-equipped weight room.
The schools sports are baseball for boys, track for both boys and girls, soccer for boys and girls, and handball for boys and girls.
The Rachel's Challenge was held and it was enjoyed by many on May 24, 2007.
The school is also the site for the Yabc in Queens, a program that is dedicated to help students who are 17 years old or older achieve their high school diploma from their base high school
As of May 2008, HSAB is the top school in all of New York City, and is voted 219 on the list of top High Schools in the nation.
References
External links
- High School for Arts and Business website
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