Morris High School was a high school in the Melrose neighborhood of the South Bronx in New York City.[1] The direct predecessor of Morris was built in 1897 and established as the Mixed High School, situated in a small brick building on 157th Street and 3rd Avenue, about six blocks south of where the new building would be built.[2]: 2 It was the first high school built in the Bronx[1] and was the first high school in the New York City public school system to enroll both male and female students.[3] Originally named Peter Cooper High School, the school was renamed Morris High School to commemorate a famous Bronx landowner, Gouverneur Morris,[1][4] one of the signers of the United States Constitution and credited as author of its Preamble. Morris High School was one of the original New York City Public High Schools created by the New York City school reform act of 1896.[5] On December 22, 1899, the Mixed High School was a founding member of the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB), now known as the College Board. In 1983, the school and surrounding area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Morris High School Historic District.[6]
In 2002, as part of an overall restructuring and downsizing of New York City's high schools, Morris High School was closed. The building was renamed the Morris Campus. It now houses four small specialty high schools: High School for Violin and Dance, Bronx International High School, the School for Excellence, and the Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies.[7][8]
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^Cummins, June (2021). From Sarah to Sydney: The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family. Yale University Press. p. 79. ISBN978-0-300-24355-0.
^Hewitt, Abram S (1965) [First published 1937 by Columbia University Press]. "A Sheaf of Letters : To a committee in the Bronx, July 15, 1901" (PDF). In Nevins, Allan (ed.). Selected writings, with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press. pp. 381–382. OCLC 264897. I write this letter therefore for the purpose of enabling you to say to the Board of Education that the family of Mr. Cooper will not feel in the slightest degree disturbed by the change of name to "The Morris High School," but on the contrary they desire me to express their entire sympathy with the people of the Borough of the Bronx in their wish to preserve for all time to come, and especially in the minds of the youth of the region, the memories which cluster round the name of Morris, and particularly attach to Gouverneur Morris.
^Gary Hermalyn, Morris High School and the Creation of the New York City Public High School System, Bronx Historical Society, 1995.
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Morris High School was a high school in the Melrose neighborhood of the South Bronx in New York City 1 The direct predecessor of Morris was built in 1897 and established as the Mixed High School situated in a small brick building on 157th Street and 3rd Avenue about six blocks south of where the new building would be built 2 2 It was the first high school built in the Bronx 1 and was the first high school in the New York City public school system to enroll both male and female students 3 Originally named Peter Cooper High School the school was renamed Morris High School to commemorate a famous Bronx landowner Gouverneur Morris 1 4 one of the signers of the United States Constitution and credited as author of its Preamble Morris High School was one of the original New York City Public High Schools created by the New York City school reform act of 1896 5 On December 22 1899 the Mixed High School was a founding member of the College Entrance Examination Board CEEB now known as the College Board In 1983 the school and surrounding area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Morris High School Historic District 6 Morris High SchoolAddress1110 Boston Road at East 166th Street Melrose and MorrisaniaThe Bronx NY 10456United StatesCoordinates40 49 38 N 73 54 15 W 40 8271412 N 73 9040657 W 40 8271412 73 9040657InformationFormer namePeter Cooper High SchoolSchool typePublic high schoolOpenedJune 10 1904 1904 06 10 StatusclosedClosed2005 2005 School boardNew York City Panel for Educational PolicySchool districtNew York City Department of EducationGrades9 12In 2002 as part of an overall restructuring and downsizing of New York City s high schools Morris High School was closed The building was renamed the Morris Campus It now houses four small specialty high schools High School for Violin and Dance Bronx International High School the School for Excellence and the Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies 7 8 Notable alumni EditThis article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is The following list needs more reliable sources and should preferably include the date of each alumnus s graduation rather than their lifespan Please help improve this section if you can December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sydney Beck 1906 2001 American musicologist music educator violinist and viol player Milton Berle 1908 2002 American comedian and actor Berle s career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years Bernard Botein 1900 1974 lawyer and presiding justice of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division First Department and president of the New York City Bar Association Jack Coffey 1887 1966 Major League Baseball player who played for the Boston Doves Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Judith Crist 1922 2012 American film critic and academic Jules Dassin 1911 2008 American film director producer writer and actor Anthony J DePace 1892 1977 American architect who designed numerous Roman Catholic churches Chris Eubank born 1966 British former professional boxer who held the WBO middleweight and super middleweight titles Fat Joe born 1970 American Hip Hop star actor businessman who set up his own label Terror Squad didn t graduate Christian Filostrat born 1945 American diplomat recipient of the 1994 Presidential Award Judith Josephine Grossman 1923 1997 who took the pen name Judith Merril about 1945 science fiction writer editor and political activist Armand Hammer 1898 1990 American business manager and owner most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum a company he ran Vincent Harding 1931 2014 African American historian and a scholar Frieda B Hennock 1904 1960 first female commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Julia Harrison 1920 2017 American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York City Council Peter Karter 1922 2010 American nuclear engineer and one of the pioneers of the modern recycling industry Allan Kwartler 1917 1998 American sabre and foil fencer He was Pan American sabre champion 3 time Olympian Maxim Lieber 1897 1993 prominent American literary agent Helen Marshall 1929 2017 American politician from New York City and Queens Borough President Kay Medford 1919 1980 American actress Hermann Joseph Muller 1890 1967 American geneticist educator 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Arthur Murray 1895 1991 American ballroom dancer and businessman Frank A Oliver 1883 1968 American lawyer and politician who served 6 terms as a U S Representative for New York Bernard Opper 1915 2000 All American basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats and professional player Alex Faickney Osborn 1888 1966 American advertising executive and author Colin Powell 1937 2021 American politician statesman diplomat and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States secretary of state Gabe Pressman 1924 2017 American journalist reporter for WNBC TV in New York City for more than 60 years Mae Questel 1908 1998 American actress She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop Val Ramos born 1958 a Nuevo Flamenco guitarist John Herman Randall Jr 1899 1980 philosopher New Thought author and educator Victor Riesel 1913 1995 American newspaper journalist and columnist Benito Romano born 1950 first Puerto Rican to hold a United States Attorney s post in New York Romeo Santos Bachata born 1981 9 American singer and songwriter lead member and vocalist of the bachata group Aventura Robert Scheer born 1936 American journalist Arthur Allan Seidelman Emmy Award winning film television and theater director and producer Meyer Wolf Weisgal 1894 1977 journalist publisher and playwright President of the Weizmann Institute of ScienceReferences Edit a b c Morris Campus History Morris Campus Retrieved January 6 2009 Morris High School PDF New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission December 21 1982 Retrieved March 6 2023 Cummins June 2021 From Sarah to Sydney The Woman BehindAll of a Kind Family Yale University Press p 79 ISBN 978 0 300 24355 0 Hewitt Abram S 1965 First published 1937 by Columbia University Press A Sheaf of Letters To a committee in the Bronx July 15 1901 PDF In Nevins Allan ed Selected writings with Introduction by Nicholas Murray Butler Port Washington N Y Kennikat Press pp 381 382 OCLC 264897 I write this letter therefore for the purpose of enabling you to say to the Board of Education that the family of Mr Cooper will not feel in the slightest degree disturbed by the change of name to The Morris High School but on the contrary they desire me to express their entire sympathy with the people of the Borough of the Bronx in their wish to preserve for all time to come and especially in the minds of the youth of the region the memories which cluster round the name of Morris and particularly attach to Gouverneur Morris Gary Hermalyn Morris High School and the Creation of the New York City Public High School System Bronx Historical Society 1995 National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 Herszenhorn David M June 30 2005 The Decline and Uplifting Fall of Morris High The New York Times Retrieved November 24 2015 Morris Educational Campus Retrieved November 24 2015 Birchmeier Jason Romeo Santos Biography AllMusic Rovi Retrieved January 23 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Morris High 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