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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. 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, James Michael Newell, working under the

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and the

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, painted eight murals titled ''The History of Western Civilization'' at the school. As part of the mayor of the city's push of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation'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

Philip D'Antoni Philip D'Antoni (February 19, 1929 – April 15, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He was best known for producing the Academy Award-winning 1971 film '' The French Connection''. Early life D'Antoni attended Evander Childs ...

(1919-2018), American film and television producer best known for producing the

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-winning film '' The French Connection''. * Harry Helmsley (–1997) was an American real estate billionaire whose company, Helmsley-Spear, owned the Empire State Building. *

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(1926-2005) was a pen name of American author and screenwriter Salvatore Albert Lombino, who wrote the novel The Blackboard Jungle (1954), which was adapted into the film

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in 1955. He also wrote the

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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) was an American actor. *

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Notable alumni

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