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Francis Lewis High School

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Francis Lewis High School (FLHS) is a public high school located in Fresh Meadows, in the New York City borough of Queens. [1]

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Advanced Placement

Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board which offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Albie Hecht

Albie Hecht is a television producer and media executive.

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American Idol

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by FremantleMedia North America.

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AP Art History

Advanced Placement Art History (AP Art History, AP Art, or APAH) is an Advanced Placement Art History course and exam offered by the College Board.

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AP Biology

In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology (commonly abbreviated to AP Biology or AP Bio), is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course.

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AP Chemistry

Advanced Placement Chemistry (AP Chemistry or AP Chem) is an Advanced Placement course and examination offered by the College Board eared toward students with interests in chemical and physical sciences, as well as any of the biological sciences.

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AP Chinese Language and Culture

Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture (commonly known as AP Chinese Language and Culture or AP Chinese) is a course offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United States.

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AP Computer Science

In the United States, Advanced Placement Computer Science is a suite of Advanced Placement courses and examinations covering areas of computer science.

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AP English Language and Composition

Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (commonly abbreviated to AP Lang or AP Comp) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.

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AP English Literature and Composition

Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (or AP English Literature and Composition, AP Lit and Comp, Senior AP English, AP Lit, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.

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AP Environmental Science

Advanced Placement Environmental Science (AP Environmental Science, APES, AP Enviro, AP Environmental, AP Environment, or AP Envi. Sci.) is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students interested in the environmental and natural sciences.

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AP Human Geography

Advanced Placement Human Geography (also known as AP Human Geo, AP Geography, APHG, AP HuGe, HGAP, AP HuGs, APHUG, AP HUMAN, or High School Ap Human) is an Advanced Placement social studies course that studies human geography.

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AP Japanese Language and Culture

Advanced Placement Japanese Language and Culture (also known as AP Japanese Language and Culture, AP Jap, or AP Japanese) is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United States.

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AP Latin

Advanced Placement Latin (known also as AP Latin), formerly Advanced Placement Latin: Vergil, is an examination in Latin literature offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.

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AP Macroeconomics

Advanced Placement Macroeconomics (also known as AP Macroeconomics, AP Macro, APMa, or simply Macro) is an Advanced Placement macroeconomics course and exam offered by the College Board.

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AP Microeconomics

Advanced Placement Microeconomics (or AP Microeconomics) is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program for high school students interested in college-level coursework in microeconomics and/or gaining advanced standing in college.

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AP Physics B

AP Physics B was an Advanced Placement science course equivalent to a year-long introductory college course in physics.

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AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (Also commonly referred to as AP Physics C: E&M, or simply E&M) is an Advanced Placement science course about electricity and magnetism.

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AP Physics C: Mechanics

AP Physics C: Mechanics (often referred to as AP C Mechanics, AP Mechanics, or simply AP Physics C) is an Advanced Placement science course that studies Newtonian mechanics.

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AP Psychology

The Advanced Placement Psychology (AP Psychology, AP Psych, or APPSY) course and corresponding exam are part of College Board's Advanced Placement Program.

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AP Statistics

Advanced Placement Statistics (AP Statistics, AP Stat or AP Stats) is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program.

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AP United States Government and Politics

Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP USGP, AP US Gov, AP NSL, AP GOPO or AP Gov, is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.

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AP United States History

Advanced Placement United States History (also known as AP U.S. History or APUSH) is a course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.

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AP World History

Advanced Placement World History (also known as AP World History, WHAP, AP World or APWH) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts as well as interactions between different types of human society.

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Asian people

Asian people or Asiatic peopleUnited States National Library of Medicine.

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Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Bayside High School (Queens)

Bayside High School is a public high school located in Bayside, in the New York City borough of Queens, it is administered by the New York City Department of Education.

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Benjamin N. Cardozo High School

Benjamin N. Cardozo High School is a public high school in Bayside, Queens of New York City, United States, and is operated by the New York City Department of Education.

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Chris Welty

Christopher A. Welty is an American computer scientist, who works at Google Research in NY and is an Endowed Professor of Cognitive Systems at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university system in the United States.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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Declaration of independence

A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood is an assertion by a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state.

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Dennis Walcott

Dennis M. Walcott (born September 7, 1951) was the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education.

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Francis Lewis

Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713 – December 31, 1802) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York.

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Fresh Meadows, Queens

Fresh Meadows is a residential neighborhood in the northeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Frisbee

A frisbee (also called a flying disc or simply a disc) is a gliding toy or sporting item that is generally plastic and roughly in diameter with a lip, used recreationally and competitively for throwing and catching, for example, in flying disc games.

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Han Hee-jun

Han Hee-jun (Hangul: 한희준; April 20, 1989) is a South Korean singer from Flushing, Queens, New York, who finished in ninth place on the eleventh season of American Idol. He signed with Polaris Entertainment in 2012.

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Hispanic

The term Hispanic (hispano or hispánico) broadly refers to the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain.

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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968.

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Jacob Javits

Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American politician who represented New York in both houses of Congress.

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Jonathan Pontell

Jonathan Pontell is a television director, producer and editor.

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Journalism

Journalism refers to the production and distribution of reports on recent events.

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Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and United States military bases across the world.

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List of The Howard Stern Show staff

Throughout its run spanning four decades and multiple media, The Howard Stern Show has been home to a number of staff members and contributors.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Mike Jorgensen

Michael Jorgensen (born August 16, 1948) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who currently works in the St. Louis Cardinals' front office.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City Department of Education

The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system.

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Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on December 1, 1977 as the first cable channel for children.

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Ninth grade

Ninth grade, freshman year, or grade 9 is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems.

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Paramount Network

Paramount Network is an American general entertainment cable and satellite channel owned by the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Peter Guttman (photographer)

Peter Guttman is an American author, photographer, lecturer, television personality and adventurer who has traveled on assignment through over 230 countries and seven continents.

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Public Schools Athletic League

The Public Schools Athletic League, known by the acronym PSAL, is an organization that promotes student athletics in the public schools of New York City.

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Queens

Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Regeneron Science Talent Search

The Regeneron Science Talent Search, known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search, and then as the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) from 1998 through 2016, is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors.

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Regents Examinations

In New York State, Regents Examinations are statewide standardized examinations in core high school subjects required for a certain Regents Diploma to graduate.

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Rick Elice

Rick Elice (born November 17, 1956) is a writer and former stage actor.

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Ron Shandler

In 1986, Ron Shandler began publishing the Baseball Forecaster, an annual publication focused on applying sabermetrics to fantasy baseball, and founder of, a website with the same focus.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Secondary school

A secondary school is both an organization that provides secondary education and the building where this takes place.

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Siemens Competition

The Siemens Competition was a science competition funded by the Siemens Foundation, which was administered by the College Board from 1999-2013 and by Discovery Education from 2014-2017.

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Soccer in the United States

Soccer in the United States is governed by the United States Soccer Federation. The organization governs most levels of soccer in the country, including the national teams, professional leagues, and the amateur game with the exception of colleges and high schools., over 24.4 million people play soccer in the United States. In 2017, Gallup reported that soccer was the third-most played team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and American football. The popularity of the sport in the U.S. has been growing since the 1960s and 1970s, and received a significant boost when the United States hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It is the most popular sport in the United States after American football, baseball and basketball, and is the second fastest growing sport in America, surpassed only by lacrosse. The highest-level men's professional soccer league in the U.S. is Major League Soccer. MLS began play in 1996 with 10 teams and has grown to 23 teams (20 in the United States and 3 in Canada), with further expansion planned. The MLS season runs from March to December, with the regular-season winner awarded the Supporters' Shield and the post-season winner awarded the MLS Cup. With an average attendance of over 20,000 per game, MLS has the third highest average attendance of any sports league in the U.S. after the National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB), and is the seventh highest attended professional soccer league worldwide. The first women's professional soccer league in the U.S. formed after the success of the 1999 Women's World Cup. The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ran from 2001–2003 and featured many of the World Cup stars, including Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers and Brandi Chastain. Its successor Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) ran from 2009–2012. Currently, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the top professional league in the country and was formed in 2012. The most recently completed 2017 season was its fifth. The NWSL season runs from spring to early fall (typically April – October). In 2017, A&E Networks bought an equity stake in the league and broadcasts a game of the week on Lifetime and streams all games online via the go90 platform. U.S. soccer fans also follow the U.S. national teams in international competition. The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final drew a record 26.7 million viewers, greater than final games of the 2014 World Series or the 2015 NBA Finals, and the 2010 Men's World Cup final drew 26.5 million viewers. The women's national team has won three Women's World Cup titles and four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and the men's national team had played in every World Cup from 1990 to 2014.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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State school

State schools (also known as public schools outside England and Wales)In England and Wales, some independent schools for 13- to 18-year-olds are known as 'public schools'.

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Statistics

Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.

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Steve Dorff

Stephen Dorff (born April 21, 1949) is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.

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Steve Greenberg (record producer)

Steve Greenberg is an American record producer currently heading the S-Curve Records label.

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Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade, senior year, or grade 12 is the final year of secondary school in North America.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, Army West Point, The Academy or simply The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York, in Orange County.

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

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White Americans

White Americans are Americans who are descendants from any of the white racial groups of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, or in census statistics, those who self-report as white based on having majority-white ancestry.

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Yoga

Yoga (Sanskrit, योगः) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lewis_High_School

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