Evander Childs Educational Campus is a cluster of

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s located on the campus of the former Evander Childs High School in the Gun Hill section of

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History

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. In 1938,

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, working under the

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and the

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, painted eight

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titled ''The History of Western Civilization'' at the school. As part of the mayor of the city's push of

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'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. The campus is located at 800 East Gun Hill Road. The

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operates six public high schools on the Evander Childs campus: * Bronx Academy of Health Careers (X290) * Bronx Aerospace High School (X545) * Bronx High School for Writing and Communication Arts (X253) * Bronx Lab School (X265) * High School for Contemporary Arts (X544) * High School of Computers and Technology (X275)

Notable alumni

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-winning film '' The French Connection'' *

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police novels under the pen name Ed McBain ("Evan Hunter" may have been taken from Evander Childs High School and Hunter College) * Paul McGrath (1904–1978) American actor *

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(1923–2007) Italian-born American visual artist

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History

Notable alumni

See also

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