Evander Childs Educational Campus is a cluster of public high schools located on the campus of the former Evander Childs High School in the Gun Hill section of The Bronx, New York City.
The campus was named after Evander Childs, principal of Public School 10 in the Bronx who died at his work desk on April 11, 1912.[1]
In 1938, James Michael Newell, working under the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project, painted eight murals titled The History of Western Civilization at the school.[2]
As part of the mayor of the city's push of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's small schools initiative, Evander was labeled an "impact" school in 2008 and slated to be phased out not long afterward. Evander Childs High School was closed that year and split into six smaller, specialized schools.[3][4] The campus is located at 800 East Gun Hill Road.
The New York City Department of Education operates six public high schools on the Evander Childs campus:[5]
- Bronx Academy of Health Careers (X290)[6]
- Bronx Aerospace High School (X545)[7]
- Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts (X253)[8]
- Bronx Lab School (X265)[9]
- High School for Contemporary Arts (X544)[10]
- High School of Computers and Technology (X275)[11]
- ^ "School Principal Dies at His Desk; Evander Childs Stricken as He Tries to Answer the Bell for Morning Exercises". The New York Times. April 12, 1912 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Lehman College Art Gallery". www.lehman.edu.
- ^ "Department of Education phases out five low-performing schools". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "H.S. 425 Evander Childs High School". InsideSchools.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "NYC Department of Education School Search". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "Bronx Academy of Health Careers". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "Bronx Aerospace High School". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "Bronx Lab School". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "High School for Contemporary Arts". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
- ^ "High School of Computers and Technology". NYC Department of Education. Retrieved April 16, 2011.