As such, it is the oldest high school south of Jamaica Avenue in Queens, New York City.

Its first principal was Isaac Newton Failor (1851 to 1925), author of the longtime school book "Inventional Geometry" in 1904.

The school also offers many CollegeNOW courses to make students college and career ready.

It has since been striving to prove that it is one of the top High Schools, not only in Richmond Hill alone, but in New York City.

The new school would have a literacy and technology focus designed to interest students in internet based academic work.