George Washington High School

Our students have one of highest standardized test scores in the country! So proud!

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Our teachers are very dedicated

Do you need to make up or take classes to graduate high school? Our summer schools offer “a-g” courses for credit recovery and CAHSEE preparation, and Senior Graduation Summer School is available specifically for seniors who need graduation credits or CAHSEE preparation.

We try to help every student achieve an understanding of his own importance and dignity as a member of this community. Our code of behavior is one that is firm but that at the same time possesses a certain Benedictine gentleness.

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Our educational quality is superb

Early Program provides athat creates a strong foundation for successful academic learning as well as social and emotional development.

The Möller organ in the auditorium of George Washington High School was the second of the seven organs to be installed, and it had a three-manual mahogany stop-key console on a movable platform. Wind pressure for the organ was 5 inches, except for the 16' Tuba, which was on 10 inches. Unfortunately, the console was destroyed in student riots of 1970.

Of the Revolutionary War battle for which the Washington Heights section of Manhattan was named. The first George Washington High School was built and opened in 1919, and then moved into the current building at 549 Audubon Avenue on Washington's Birthday, February 1, 1925.

Notable alumni of George Washington High School school include: Harry Belafonte, actor and singer; Rod Carew, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer; Gene Colan, Marvel and DC Comics artist; Alan Greenspan, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve; Jacob Javits, senator and state attorney general; Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State, 1973 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; Manny Ramírez, Major League Baseball player; Ron Perlman, actor; Victor De La Cruz, Minor League Baseball player.