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    The Wadleigh High School for Girls was established by the NYC Board of Education in 1897 and moved into its new building in Harlem in September 1902. It...
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    Lydia Fowler Wadleigh (February 8, 1817 – October 27, 1888) was an American educator, principal of the first high school for girls in New York City, and...
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  • high schools in New York City. List of high schools in New York State List of school districts in New York NYC Department of Education: High School Directory...
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    was the elder sister of actress Doris Dowling. She attended Wadleigh High School for Girls in New York City. Dowling was a dancer at the Paradise nightclub...
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    Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, often referred to simply as LaGuardia or "LaG", is a public high school specializing in...
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    Harlem (section Schools)
    German Evangelical Lutheran Church, a New York City landmark Wadleigh High School for Girls, a New York City landmark Washington Apartments, a New York...
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    use as a documentary photographer." Lange graduated from the Wadleigh High School for Girls, New York City; by this time, even though she had never owned...
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    East Harlem (section Schools)
    residents a range of community-based programs, including boys and girls clubs, a sewing school and adult education classes. Vestiges of Italian Harlem Southern...
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    Anna Rosenberg (category Medal for Merit recipients)
    attended Wadleigh High School for Girls. In 1917, Lederer became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Rosenberg became known as a labor mediator as early as high school...
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    The school started out as a branch of Wadleigh High School for Girls, known at first as Girls' Technical High School, the first school for girls in the...
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    mother was an authorized Christian Science healer. She attended Wadleigh High School for Girls in New York City. At one point during her youth, she ran away...
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  • sole breadwinner for her sister's family, she began work in a zipper factory. She started attending Wadleigh High School for Girls in Harlem, where her...
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    painter who studied at The Educational Alliance Art School. She graduated from Wadleigh High School for Girls, and studied with Solon Borglum. She married Samuel...
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    one-room apartment in Harlem rented for $50–$74, while comparable apartments rented for $30–$49 in white slums. The high rents encouraged some property speculators...
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    Other sources have her last name as La Buna. She attended Wadleigh High School for Girls. She was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being one of the...
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  • pioneer Kool Moe Dee – old-school rapper and one-third of the Treacherous Three Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock – rap duo best known for their hit "It Takes Two"...
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  • attended Wadleigh High School (later known as Wadleigh High School for Girls) in Manhattan. During the summer after her sophomore year of high school, Harris...
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    The Spence School is an American all-girls private school in New York City, founded in 1892 by Clara B. Spence. Spence has about 740 students, with grades...
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    University, as well as 28 other schools. LREI's sports teams include soccer (boys, girls and MS co-ed), volleyball (HS girls, MS co-ed), cross-country track...
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    The High School of Art and Design is a career and technical education high school in Manhattan, New York City, New York State, United States. Founded...
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    The High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College (often abbreviated to High School for Math, Science and Engineering, HSMSE, or HSMSE...
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  • for Girls" and Wetmore ran the business end. The two ended their partnership in 1901, and Miss Chapin's School was born. Chapin's first high school diplomas...
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    website Wadleigh, Wells E. (2002). Jane Matheu (ed.). Through These Arches: 50 Years at Crystal. Hillsborough, California: Crystal Springs Uplands School....
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    1930 as Textile High School, a vocational high school for the textile trades, complete with a textile mill in the basement; the school yearbook was titled...
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  • Preparatory School League and include: Girls Varsity Volleyball won the 2023 New York State Independent School (NYSAIS) Championship after having an undefeated...
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  • Catholic Church St. Andrew's Church St. Nicholas Historic District Wadleigh High School for Girls Washington Apartments Other points of interest Adam Clayton...
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    the Gossip Girl book series by NBS alumna Cecily von Ziegesar '88, the character's elite all-girls school, Constance Billard School for Girls, is based...
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    Rice High School was a private, Catholic, college preparatory high school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is located within...
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    [citation needed] Hunter was an all-girls school for its first 105 years, with the official name "Hunter College High School for Intellectually Gifted Young Ladies"...
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  • Brearley School is an all-girls private school in New York City, located on the Upper East Side neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan. The school is divided...
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