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John F. Kennedy High School was a four-year comprehensive New York City public high school, opened in 1972 and graduating its final class in 2014. The building and associated facilities currently operates as John F. Kennedy Educational Campus, housing five public high schools and two charter high schools. [2]
- Massachusetts Elementary School Years
- JFK’s New York Education
- JFK at Choate: A Member of The “Muckers Club”
- Choate’s Influence on JFK
- JFK’s Academic Record and Harvard Application
- Resources and Further Reading
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, JFK attended the local public school, the Edward Devotion School, from his kindergarten year in 1922 until the beginning of third grade. Some historical records state he left earlier, though school records show that he studied there until third grade. He suffered from occasional poor health, partly...
After moving to New York, the Kennedys set up their house in Riverdale, an upscale section of the Bronx, where Kennedy attended Riverdale Country School from 5th through 7th grade. In 8th grade, in 1930, he was sent to Canterbury School, a Catholic boarding schoolfounded in 1915 in New Milford, Connecticut. There, JFK assembled a mixed academic rec...
For his high school years, starting in 1931, JFK eventually enrolled at Choate, a boarding and day school in Wallingford, Connecticut. His older brother, Joe, Jr., was also at Choate for JFK’s freshman and sophomore years. JFK tried to get out of Joe’s shadow, sometimes by carrying out pranks. While at Choate, JFK blew up a toilet seat with a firec...
There is no doubt that Choate left a significant impression on Kennedy, and the release of recent archival documents shows that this impression may have been greater than previously understood. Kennedy’s famous speech that includes the line “Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country” may have reflected a Choate h...
Kennedy’s academic record at Choate was unimpressive and placed him in the third quarter of his class. Kennedy’s application to Harvard and his transcript from Choate were less than spectacular. His transcript, released by the Kennedy Library, shows that JFK struggled in certain classes. He earned a mark of 62 in physics, though Kennedy earned a re...
Finnegan, Leah. “Would JFK Get Into Harvard Today?” HuffPost News, 15 Jan. 2011.“JFK's Iconic Speech Inspired by Ex-Headmaster?” CBS News, 3 Nov. 2011.- Blythe Grossberg
5 days ago · John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially the Cuban missile crisis, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress.
Scenes from the 1960 Democratic National Convention, which nominated as candidate for president U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy, who, in his acceptance speech, spoke of his hopes for a “New Frontier.”- John F. Kennedy being sworn in as U.S. president, January 20, 1961.
- President John F. Kennedy announcing the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba on October 22, 1962.
John F. Kennedy High School which was located in the Lee-Harvard Community at 17100 Harvard Avenue had a tradition of being the first. It was the first new Cleveland high school to open in 30 years.
Dec 18, 2023 · John F. Kennedy High School is a former four-year comprehensive New York City public high school, located at 99 Terrace View Avenue along the border of the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx and the Marble Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, near the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.
John F. Kennedy High School or John F. Kennedy Catholic High School may refer to:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president.
