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There are only a few
private schools in Woodside, as alternative to public education. The most
noticeable of them are the 1920 funded Seventh Day Adventist School, whose ethnical
composition is the most diverse among all (22% Caucasians, 26% African
Americans, 7% Asians, and 45% Hispanics,) St Sebastian’s, Corpus Christi,
and St Teresa School (serving the large and predominant Catholic Irish,
Italian, and Hispanic population,) and St Illuminator Armenian School.
Some choose these schools for religious reasons; others seek smaller
classes and more individual attention for the young students. The paradox
is that Woodside’s private schools serve primary and intermediate school
levels, which are surprisingly well covered in the area by the NY City
Board of Education (see IS 125, a wonderful greenhouse encouraging top
level students to participate to very challenging academic programs
conducted by college staff). There are no private high schools, even
though public high schools in the area are poor choices.
The art or science exhibitions
or theatrical performances fan would have to travel to Manhattan or
Flushing Meadows, since Woodside does not offer any attractions of these
sorts.
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The 1928 boys basket ball team at IS 125, Woodside NY.
Courtesy of La Guardia and Wagner Archives, La Guardia
Community College, City University of New York. Regarding places of worship (see
photo gallery), the best represented in Woodside are Korean Churches. The
imposing St Sebastian Roman Catholic Church at Roosevelt Ave and 58th
St is easy to be noticed, either you ride number 7 train or walk.
Baptist, Greek Orthodox, Romanian Orthodox Jews Orthodox, and Islam
religions, respectively currents, are also represented in Woodside. |
