Bronx High School of Science

The Bronx High School of Science is a public high school in the Bronx, New York City. Founded in the 1930's with a traditional focus on mathematics and science, "Bronx Science," as the school is known, has long been one of a triumvirate of math and science magnet public schools in NYC, the other two being Stuyvesant High School (in Manhattan) and Brooklyn Technical High School. Bronx Science is generally ranked second behind Stuyvesant in terms of admission selectiveness. Admission to the three schools is by competitive examination only, and only residents of the five boroughs of the City of New York are eligible to attend. Many Bronx Science graduates have gone onto distinguished careers in the sciences and other fields, and the school is a perennial powerhouse in the Intel/Westinghouse science competition. Noted graduates include Nobel laureates, such as Dr. Jonas Salk (inventor of the polio vaccine), actors Jon Favreau and James Wood, and chess grandmaster Arthur Bisguier.

The current Principal is Valorie Reidy