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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]
JFK spent his first year in high school at the Canterbury School in Connecticut, a small Catholic school where students live and study together. Jack was quite unhappy there. By the end of the term he was so sick he had to return home.
History. John F. Kennedy High School opened in 1964. It was named for John F. Kennedy (JFK), the 35th President of the United States who was assassinated on November 22nd 1963. John F. Kennedy was the youngest man elected president, as well as the youngest to die.
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History. The Beginning. 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.
- 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
History. John F. Kennedy High School opened in 1964; it was named for John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated on November 22, 1963. John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever to be elected president, as well as the youngest to die.
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Historical Background and Context. This photograph was taken around 1934 during Jack’s high school years at the Choate School in Connecticut. He was about 17 years old at the time. With snow in the background, the photograph was probably taken on school grounds in the winter or early spring.
