John Bowne High School

John Bowne High School is a public high school located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, next to Queens College, City University of New York. It has an enrollment of nearly four thousand students.^[1] The school, which opened in 1964, is named after the English immigrant John Bowne. John Bowne High School offers multiple programs including a science research program, a law program, a creative arts program, writing program, and an agriculture program.

John Bowne High School

40°44′19″N 73°49′26″W / 40.73861°N 73.82389°W / 40.73861; -73.82389

Public

1964

New York City Department of Education

360012202014^[1]

Laura Izzo Iannelli

211.66 (on an FTE basis)^[1]

9-12

3,003 (2022-2023)^[1]

14.19^[1]

City: Large

Navy Blue, Gray and White

Wildcats

Opus

www.johnbowne.org

S.T.E.M[edit]

S.T.E.M is the name of Bowne's science research program. It puts the students though a variety of tasks in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

The Doshi students are also able to compete in a variety of competitions such as Bridge Building.

Academy for Creative Artists[edit]

Center for Writing (CFW) is an intensive writing program offered by the school that focuses on certain aspects of writing that are not found in the other programs.

For the 2015 school year, Center for Writing was renamed Academy for Creative Artists (ACA), aiming for drama and acting rather than just writing.

Agriculture[edit]

John Bowne contains its own 3.8 acre farm which the Agriculture program uses to teach agriculture related activities. A farm located within the vicinity of the school provides students enrolled into the program exposure and experience with farm related work. The two concentrations within the program are Animal Science and Plant Science. There are many different types of Plants, and Animals as well, for hands-on learning.

Sports[edit]

John Bowne's male athletic teams consist of: Varsity Baseball and JV Baseball, Varsity Basketball and JV Basketball, Varsity Bowling, Coed Cricket, Cross Country, Coed Golf, Varsity Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Volleyball, and Varsity Wrestling.

John Bowne's female athletic teams consist of: Varsity Basketball, Cross Country, Varsity Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Varsity Volleyball, JV Volleyball and Varsity Softball.

In 1994, the John Bowne Men's Varsity Tennis team placed dead last losing all regular season meets. In 1998, the Men's Varsity Tennis team went undefeated during the regular season and went on to win the NYC divisional championship on court at the USTA. Two of the three singles players advanced to the third round at the state level.

In 2011, the Varsity Baseball team won the B City Championship by defeating Van Buren in the finals at MCU Park 2–1.

– animation historian

Jerry Beck

– professional basketball player (transferred to Putnam Science Academy)^[2]

Hamidou Diallo

- Professor of Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the field of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Adele Diamond

– boxer and star on the television show The Contender^[3]

Ehinomen Ehikhamenor

- professor and author of How to be an Anti-Racist and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

– boxer

Kevin Kelley

– vocal coach, music arranger, accompanist, author, and music director

Robert Marks

– hip hop group

Main Source

– Major League Baseball player^[4]

Steve Ratzer

– Major League Baseball relief pitcher^[5]

Heathcliff Slocumb

– film producer and founder of Miramax Films and the Weinstein Company; convicted sex offender on February 24, 2020 after he was found guilty on 3 counts of sexual abuse cases starting in October 2017

John Bowne High School