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Far Rockaway High School

Far Rockaway High School

Far Rockaway High School was a public high school in New York City, at 821 Bay 25th Street in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens. It operated from 1897 to 2011. Its alumni include three Nobel Prize laureates and convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff.

The school was closed as part of a plan to stop students' average grades from declining. It stopped accepting students in 2008 and closed for good on June 27, 2011.

Its longest-serving principal was Sanford J. Ellsworth, who served for more than 40 years; its last one was Denise J. Hallett.

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Some Famous Alumni of Far Rockaway High School

  • Amirah Vann

    Amirah Vann
    television actor, film actor

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  • Richard Feynman

    Richard Feynman
    writer, politician, physicist, inventor, university teacher, percussionist, science communicator, quantum physicist, theoretical physicist

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  • Joyce Brothers

    Joyce Brothers
    actor, psychologist, television presenter, columnist, journalist

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  • Bernard Madoff

    Bernard Madoff
    economist, banker, financier, stockbroker

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  • Ruth Madoff

    Ruth Madoff
    business executive, bookkeeper

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