Aviation High School, official name Aviation Career & Technical Education High School,^[1] is taxpayer-supported public high school #Q610 owned and operated by the New York City Department of Education. It is located in Long Island City, which is a largely industrial neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The school accepts students selectively. Eileen B. Taylor has been Principal of Aviation High School since 1991 but has left in 2009 due to personal reasons.The new pricipal is Deno Charalumbus who was once the vice principal.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,863 students and 104.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 17.9.^[2]

Educational emphasis

Aviation High School is certified by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the training of Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs). Students who successfully complete the school's rigorous technical programs are allowed to take their FAA certification examinations without further qualification.

In order to achieve this, students at the school spend about third of every day in "shop," technology related classes that concentrate on every aspect of an aircraft's structure, systems, and components, as well as more general aviation subjects such as aerodynamics and Federal Aviation Regulations. These specialized classes are taught by FAA-certificated AMTs, many of whom are themselves alumni of the school.

In addition to aviation-related subjects, Aviation High School also provides a full academic curriculum to its approximately 1,900 students, who come from all five boroughs of New York City. The school has consistently enjoyed excellent attendance rates (averaging 90 percent) and a high graduation rate (also approximately 90 percent). About 80 percent of graduates go on to college, many studying aeronautics, engineering, or other technology-related subjects. As freshmen in this high school, they wear aprons during shop for less rigorous work. From Sophomores to Seniors, they wear coveralls. It is full body coverage to protect from oil, paint and other corrosive and messy materials. Aviation High school, starting on March 20th, 2007, will be the only school in NYC DOE to have a fully automated lunch system.

Facilities and Physical Plant

The school's present main campus, which was completed in 1958, occupies an entire city block at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and 36th Street. The six-story school building houses academic classrooms, specialized shop classrooms, and a hangar where seniors (12th-year students) apply the skills they have learned to the maintenance of retired aircraft, many of which were donated by the U.S. military. In October 2000, the school also opened an extension campus at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

AHS JROTC marchers

Almost 45% of Aviation High School's teachers are alumni.

Famous alumni

• Michael Bentt, former WBO World Heavyweight Champion and actor went to Aviation H.S. for three years prior to dropping out when selected for the U.S National Boxing Team.
• Whitey Ford attended and graduated from Aviation High School when it was located in Manhattan^[3]

References

External links

• Aviation High School's Official Page
• Inside Schools profile of Aviation High School
• Aviation Career And Technical High School, National Center for Education Statistics

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