[1] The design is a typical "high-concept" Modernist concrete and stained-glass shell, reminiscent of Hugh Stubbins Jr.'s 1957 Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the former Kongresshalle (nicknamed the "Pregnant Oyster") in Berlin.

The school is a typical mid-20th-century Modernist three-storey concrete and glazed block.

[4] According to the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, "Holy Cross demonstrated that it is effectively advancing the quality of educational experiences it offers to its students, meets its responsibilities to the public and the profession of education, and complies with the standards of accreditation that are established by the Commission on Elementary Schools.

"[3] The musician Leon Heyward attended Holy Cross School.

As "MC Sundance", he was a member of the "Jazzy Five", one of the first rap groups to form in the South Bronx during the 1970s.