Rice High School (Manhattan)

Rice High School was a private, Roman Catholic, college preparatory high school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The school closed in 2011 due to financial difficulties.

Rice High School
The edifice of the former Rice High School.
Address
74 West 124th Street

Harlem, Manhattan, New York City
,
New York
10027

United States
Coordinates40°48′24.5″N 73°56′44″W
Information
TypePrivate, all-male
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic;
Congregation of Christian Brothers
Established1938
StatusClosed
Closed2011
Grades9-12
Color(s)Green and gold    
NicknameRaiders
PublicationRice Connections Magazine
NewspaperRice Newsletter

Background

Rice High School was established in 1938 in Central Harlem by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, who continued to fund the school through much of its existence.[1] Named for Irish missionary and educator Edmund Rice,[2] it was located at 124th Street and Lenox Avenue and was known as a basketball powerhouse producing alumni that included Kemba Walker.[3] The school's basketball team won the CHSAA championship in 1994 with a roster that included Felipe López.[4]

The school was the subject of a 2008 book by Patrick McCloskey, The Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem.

Amid declining enrollment, reduced endowment and increasing operational costs, the school made the decision to close in 2011 after they could not raise the needed funds to move to a cheaper building.[2][1] It held its final graduation ceremony on May 27, 2011 and vacated the building on June 30 of that same year.[3][5]

As of August 2021, a group of alumni are working to reopen the school, although there is no clear timeline for this.[6]

Notable alumni and staff

References
  1. Anderson, Jenny (May 24, 2011). "Catholic School in Harlem Is Closing Over Financial Woes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  2. Anderson, Jenny (April 2, 2011). "A High School Poised at a Moment of Pride and Great Anxiety". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. Cacciola, Scott (June 21, 2011). "Cold Reality Hits Tradition-Rich Rice". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  4. Echegaray, Luis Miguel (April 30, 2019). "Felipe Lopez's rise was more than a basketball story". Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  5. Freedman, Samuel G. (June 4, 2011). "As Catholic Schools Close in Major Cities, the Need Only Grows". The New York Times. p. A14.
  6. Trutor, Clayton (August 1, 2021). "Conversations with Clayton: Bill Campion". Down The Drive. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  7. Lee, Adrian (July 5, 2016). "Run-DMC's Darryl McDaniels on depression, suicide and rap". Macleans.ca. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
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