Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy
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The '''David A. Stein''' '''Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy''' is a public middle school and high school in the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] |
The '''David A. Stein''' '''Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy''' is a public middle school and high school in the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] neighborhood of [[the Bronx]]. It serves roughly 1,500 students.{{Cite web|title=School|url=https://www.schools.nyc.gov/schools/X141|access-date=2020-12-20|website=web|language=en}} The school opened as Junior High School 141 in 1957 after a years-long crusade by local parents and the [[Riverdale Press]] to bring new schools to a neighborhood that was experiencing explosive growth. A similar effort added the high school in 1999. |
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In 1983, in recognition of the role he and his newspaper had played in advocating for construction of the school, the city named it in honor of David A. Stein, the founder and publisher of The Riverdale Press, who had died a year earlier.{{Cite web|last=Friendly|first=Fred W.|date=19 December 2020|title=Forget that I died, remember that I lived|url=https://riverdalepress.com/stories/forget-that-i-died-remember-that-i-lived,72878?|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Riverdale Press}} |
In 1983, in recognition of the role he and his newspaper had played in advocating for construction of the school, the city named it in honor of David A. Stein, the founder and publisher of The ''Riverdale Press'', who had died a year earlier.{{Cite web|last=Friendly|first=Fred W.|date=19 December 2020|title=Forget that I died, remember that I lived|url=https://riverdalepress.com/stories/forget-that-i-died-remember-that-i-lived,72878?|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Riverdale Press}} |
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== Curriculum == |
== Curriculum == |
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