PRINT
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY HOME
ELIGIBILITY
  • Open to New York City residents
  • For Zoned Program only: priority to students who live in the zoned area

SITE ACCESSIBILITY
  • Not Accessible

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
  • Collaborative Team Teaching (CTT)
  • SETSS
  • Special Class

ELL PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • Bilingual Programs
    • Chinese
    • Korean
    • Spanish

PROGRESS REPORT
YearGrade LevelGrade
2008HS B
2007HS C

QUALITY REVIEW
YearScore
2008Proficient
2007Proficient
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Our highly professional staff and personalized student/family guidance program are the two greatest qualities of our school. The cornerstones of our mission are to encourage democratic values and community service, to promote creativity, critical thinking and high expectations for all students, and to foster self-awareness and career development.

COURSES AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Programs: Thurgood Marshall Law program includes Mock Trial, Moot Court and Debate Teams; Environmental Maritime Math and Science Institute, Business Entrepreneurship Program, Internships, College Now, Saturday Classes and Tutorials, Extended Day Classes, PSAT/SAT Prep Classes ( Kaplan & Princeton Review)
Language Classes: Chinese, French, Korean, Spanish
Advanced Placement Courses: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chinese Language and Culture, Computer Science A, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, French Language, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Statistics, United States History, World History

PARTNERSHIPS
  • Community-Based Organizations: Child Center of New York, United Way, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
  • Higher Education Institutions: Queens College, Hunter College, LaGuardia Community College, Queensborough Community College, State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime, New York University (NYU), Hofstra University, St. John’s University, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • Cultural/Arts Organizations: Flushing Town Hall, Queens Council of the Arts, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Oratorio Society
  • Not-for-Profit: The After-School Corporation, New York Junior Tennis League, Row New York, The Latimer House, United Way, New York Cares
  • Corporate: 92.3 FREE; Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP
  • Financial Institutions: Queens Community Bank
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Leadership & Support: Attendance Intervention Program, Champion’s Club - a five day after-school program which includes tutoring, sports, arts and music, Unido (Peer Mentoring)
Academic: Arista, TRI-M (Music Honor Society), Math Team, Law Team, Virtual Enterprise, Mock Trial, Moot Court, Debate Team, Journalism, Year Book
Artistic: Arts, Beginning Vocal, Honors Chorus, Professional Chorus, Concert and Jazz Bands, Guitar, Piano, Art Studio, Painting and Drawing, Cartooning, Set Design, Play Production
Clubs: School newspaper "Forum", Yearbook, Korean, Chinese, Asian, Multicultural, Prom Committee, Leadership, Aspira, Leo's, Health, Art

PSAL SPORTS TEAMS
Boys: Baseball & JV Baseball, Basketball & JV Basketball, Bowling, Football, Handball, JV Football, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling
Girls: Basketball, Handball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball & JV Softball, Volleyball

SCHOOL SPORTS
Weight Training, Basketball, Table Tennis, Yoga, Softball, Volleyball, Crew, Wrestling
PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Zoned (Zoned)
Academic Comprehensive Program
Q18Z Unscreened 9 N/A N/A

PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Thurgood Marshall Law Academy (Law & Government)
Introduction to Law, Criminology, Practical Law, Trial Techniques, Constitutional Law, Minorities and the Law, Sociology, Psychology and the Law and Literature
Q18A Ed. Opt. 9 N/A N/A
10 N/A N/A

PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Environmental Maritime Math and Science Institute (Environmental Science)
Offers a specialty in Marine Environmental Science with AP classes in Mathematics and Science; special collaborative with State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime
Q18B Ed. Opt. 9 N/A N/A
10 N/A N/A

PROGRAM CODE SELECTION METHOD GRADE 2008 PROGRAM SEATS 2008 TOTAL APPLICANTS
Business Entrepreneurship (Business)
MOS certification in Excel, Word and PowerPoint, specialty in business courses with participation in Virtual Enterprise Program (Sports Finest, Virtual Timekeepers and Virtual Radio Station), in 11th and 12th grades collaboration with 92.3, Michael Fina
Q18C Ed. Opt. 9 N/A N/A
10 N/A N/A
Zoned Unscreened, Law & Government Ed. Opt., Environmental Science Ed. Opt., Business Ed. Opt.
OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 9:00 AM

DID YOU KNOW?
  • Flushing High School was the first Public High School incorporated in 1875.
  • Our school houses four life-size Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals.
  • Our school building is a National Historic Landmark on the Flushing Freedom Mile.

FAMOUS ALUMNI
Steven Hanft, Producer; George Maharis, Actor; Vincent Sardi, Restauranteur; Charles Colden, Supreme Court Justice; Joseph D. Armstrong, Rhodes Scholar; Reverend Calvin Butts,Ph.D.; Jose Peralta, State Assemblyman.
HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORY
Flushing High School, DBN 25Q460 , Borough of Queens