New Utrecht High School
| New Utrecht High School | |
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1601 80th Street Brooklyn, New York, 11214 |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′48″N 74°00′11″W / 40.6132°N 74.003°WCoordinates: 40°36′48″N 74°00′11″W / 40.6132°N 74.003°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1915 |
| School district | 20 |
| School code | 20K445 |
| Principal | Mrs. Maureen Goldfarb |
| Faculty | 206 |
| Number of students | 3,000+ |
| Color(s) | White and Green |
| Endowment | $30,876,459 |
| Information | Phone: 718-232-2500 Fax: 718-259-5526 |
| Website | New Utrecht High School |
New Utrecht High School (formerly known as New Utrecht Training School, but the initials spelled N.U.T.S. leading to the name change sometime in the mid 1900s) is a coeducational public high school in Brooklyn, New York City, serving 3,000+ pupils. It is part of New York City District 20.
Notable alumni include:
New Utrecht High School is the venue for key scenes in the 1947 movie It Happened in Brooklyn, starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, and Peter Lawford.
The front and rear views of the school building were employed in opening and closing scenes of the popular TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter—which starred alumnus Gabe Kaplan.
New Utrecht has an active student government, which is elected every May. For close to a century the student government positions were Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Secretary, Treasurer, and student representatives from each grade. The mayoral theme was a longstanding tradition that stemmed from the fact that New Utrecht (the neighborhood) was named by Dutch settlers after the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. In 2015, the student government decided to change the name of the two major positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor to Student Body President and Student Body Vice President. The New Utrecht High School Student Government is responsible for allocating funds to clubs, as well as organizing a School Spirit Week, a Thanksgiving Dinner, a Toy Drive, and other annual, school-wide events.
There is also a Senior Council composed of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Senior Council is responsible for organizing Senior events, such as the Senior Class Brunch and Senior Trip, creating the Senior Class sweatshirts, voicing concerns of the Senior Class to the administration, and keeping the Senior Class informed.
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