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Revision as of 15:39, 7 May 2006 by 82.67.200.12 (talk) (According to filming of "The Squid and the Whale")(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Midwood High School, at Brooklyn College, is a New York City Public High School located on Bedford Avenue.
The school, which is administered by the New York City Department of Education, is comprised of over 4000 students and is ranked as a "School Of Excellence" by U.S. News and World Report. Well known for its Medical Science program, it also has a program that focuses on the Humanities and one labeled "Collegiate" which takes in students from the surrounding neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn. It traditionally places among the top ten best high schools in Brooklyn, after specialized high school Brooklyn Tech.
Midwood has problems with overcrowding. In 2003 a seven percent increase brought the enrollment to 171 percent of capacity. There were 69 serious "crimes and police incidents" compared to 31 the year before.
School sports include basketball, football, track, lacrosse, baseball, handball, tennis, bowling, swimming, and others.
The school features the Intel program which is a science research course aimed to successfully build a student's science abilities. The scholarships for the program are also relatively high, usually ranging in the thousands.
SING!, an annual student-run musical theater competition put on by some high schools in New York City, was started by Bella Tellis, a music teacher at Midwood, in 1947, and is still being produced in 2006. The 1989 movie Sing was based on the concept of SING!.
In the summer of 2004, the film "The Squid and the Whale" filmed in Midwood High School's auditorium, using students from the school's drama club as extra seat fillers, in 80's style costumes. The production also used background scenes on the stage that had been painted for the Drama Club's production of Bye Bye Birdie, two months prior. The film production crew also enlisted the help of a former drama club and SING! lighting manager to help them light the stage for the scene. The filming, which was due to take place for 9 hours, was extended to 12, and many student extras left without signing filming waivers or being paid.
External links
- Midwood High School Official Website
- "Testimony of Frank Volpicella before the City Council Education Committee", vice president for academic high schools of the United Federation of Teachers.
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