Lilly Lucas (Excelsior Preparatory High School) Tashon Haywood (Queens Preparatory Academy) Charles Anderson (Preparatory Academy for Writers) Janice Sutton (George W. Carver High School)
Springfield Gardens High School was apublic 4-yearhigh school located in theSpringfield Gardens section in theNew York City borough ofQueens. The school was opened in 1965.[3] Closed in 2007,[4] The Springfield Gardens High School building is now a complex made up of four other schools namedSpringfield Gardens Educational Campus. The schools are namedPreparatory Academy for Writers,Queens Preparatory Academy,Excelsior Preparatory High School, andGeorge Washington Carver High School for the Sciences.
Opening in 1965, Springfield Gardens High School was plagued by poor test scores and a high drop-out rate by the late–1970s.[5] After years of poor performance, the school graduated its last class in June 2007.[6][7]
Excelsior Preparatory High School[8] and George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences are preparatory schools with an emphasis on science. To help the students prepare for college, students may participate in aGateway Institute for Pre-College Education science program that will allow students to have internships or work withQueens College professors. Students wishing to pursuetechnical orvocational training may participate in Excelsior Prep's program with the School of Cooperative Technical Education. Aveterinary program is offered at George Washington Carver.
Success Academy Charter Schools was co-located on the campus during the 2014/2015 school year. The schools participate in a program to improve college education for Latino and black boys called the Expanded Success Initiative.
Preparatory Academy for Writers carries sixth and seventh graders and is the only school of the four currently taking junior high students. Shared facilities across the schools include acafeteria,gymnasium, media center and outdoor fields for sports programs.
This is a partial list of notablealumni of Springfield Gardens High School. Names on this list should either have an accompanying existing article link which verifies they are an alumnus, or reliable sources as footnotes against the name showing they are a notable alumnus.
