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3.4K members. Join group. About this group. Welcome to the Erasmus Hall High School Alumni Association, open to all years. Please join us and use it as a virtual meeting place to reconnect and share memories! Any information that we get regarding school activities is either via the newsletter or word of mouth.
The original Erasmus Hall Academy was the oldest high school in the state of New York, so Erasmus Hall High is sometimes called the “mother of high schools”. And the rooms of Erasmus Hall High have seen some of the most famous actors, musicians and celebrities in the world come through as students. Here’s what Neil and Barbra have to say ...
Erasmus Hall High School, often called the "mother of high schools," began as a small private academy in 1787 with an enrollment of twenty-six boys. It was the first secondary school to be chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York and hence is the nucleus out of which grew the vast system of secondary school education ...
26 de dic. de 2010 · Erasmus Hall High School, Flatbush and Church Avenues, often called the "mother of high schools," began as a small private academy in 1787 with an enrollment of twenty-six boys. It was the first secondary school to be chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York and hence is the nucleus out of which grew the vast system of secondary school education in New York.
The school went into decline in the latter part of the 20th century. In 1994, the city created three new high schools at the Erasmus Hall Campus: High School for Humanities, High School for Science and Math and High School for Business. The move did not improve things.
John Hopkins, 1951; General, USMC, 3 tours in Viet Nam and the Gulf War. Waite Hoyt, 1916; Baseball Hall of Fame & PSAL Hall of Fame. Hurwitz, Moses, 1915; "Moe Howard" of the "Three Stooges". Marty Ingels, 1956; Comedian. Dr. Eric Kandel, 1948; Awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000.
