Queens High School for the Sciences at York College

Public | 9-12 | 408 students |  

PHONE: (718) 657-3181

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94-50 159th St

Jamaica, NY 11451

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Jamaica's Queens High School for the Sciences at York College serves grades 9-12 in the New York City Department of Education district. It is among the few public high schools in New York to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.

This school has an average Community Rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 12 school community members.

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Posted on Sep 27, 2011
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its nice sometimes youll get a teacher who gives 2 much hw but overall 5/5
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Posted on Jan 23, 2011
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Great school, the principal is the best. She gets things done and makes you feel like you're important. This is hard to get at a big school. MOST of the teachers are dedicated and love to help with exceptions of a few.
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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I love how every staff members and teachers know the students in school, which makes it easier to bond and get help from the staff members. The school is smaller, which means the school can pay more attention to all the students unlike a really big school. Our school also has fundraiser events to help with charity and consists of dances and many shows.
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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It's peaceful. The teachers and students are very close. There are many events. The grades are closely knit and everybody gets along well. It's my second home.
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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Its small so you know everyone very easily and the students and teachers are really nice
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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Queens High School for the Sciences is a school that not only teaches its students well academically, rather it also prepares students for the real world while creating an excellent atmosphere to learn well. I loved my experiences at qhssyc. It was truly great, the teachers, the students, the environment. In qhssyc, we were truly a family, everyone literally knew everyone, and we helped each other succeed. This school excels in almost all apects

Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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It's a small school, so everyone knows each other. This place, is literally like a family. Not only does your peers know your name, the teachers, deans, and even our own principal knows you. They also offer a variety of classes to the students, however, if we did get the money, I'm sure we could fund our clubs / technology. Such as smart boards, etc.
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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We have the best teachers :D and all the students are friendly XP Plus we have 'advanced' classes LOL
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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We're amazing! we're on a college campus, have a swim team, tennis team, and handball team (who has ever heard of a handball team?!). Although we only have about 400 students, we learn more, and have personal relationships with the teachers. Since we have so few students, we're located mainly on one floor, which is good, because we don't have to worry about being late to school! there are sooo many to mention, but i need to do my hw now :) soo, I'll leave it at that.
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Posted on Sep 20, 2009
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I love my school! ;] Even though the homework/exams/projects may be too much sometimes; the friends you make there are all worth it in the end!
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