Maspeth HS celebrates growth & achievement
With approximately
1,200 students, Maspeth
High School serves a
diverse crowd with
64 percent minority
enrollments and with 52
percent female students,
according to U.S. News &
World Report.
MHS upholds a high
standard of education
with about 60 teachers
and a 15:1 studentto
teacher ratio,
according U.S. News &
World, which places at
No. 1,012 in the country
for education.
But MHS put leaders
across the borough on
edge in the beginning
when fears over the
incubation period at
QMHS lasting longer
than a year were stoked
by the lack of available
space for a new school.
Parents and pols
alike criticized the city
Panel for Education
Policy, but elected
officials breathed a
sigh of relief when
the Maspeth campus
Founding Principal Khurshid Abdul Mutakabbir
celebrated eight years in building Maspeth High School
into a widely recognized institution.
opened in 2013.
“It’s hard to
find property to
even site schools,”
City Councilman
Leroy Comrie told
TimesLedger in 2013.
“This is one of the most
overcrowded parts of
Queens and we need to
build even more high
schools in this area.”
Photo via Maspeth High School
Abdul Mutakabbir
was praised by then-
City Councilwoman
Elizabeth Crowley
and Assemblywoman
Catherine Nolan for
being able to establish
the new within the
span of a school year as
expected.
MHS serves students
living in District 24.
BY MARK HALLUM
Maspeth High
School Principal
Khurshid Abdul
Mutakabbir looked
back on eight years
since the school
was founded with a
small class of ninthgraders,
which has
over the years earned
a national Blue Ribbon
Award for excellence
in education and ranks
as one of New York’s
best high schools.
The school is just one
of eight New York City
schools to receive the
award in 2018 and among
349 across the country.
“On this day,
eight years ago,
the Department of
Education approved
my proposal and
nine months later we
opened our doors to 270
ninth graders,”Abdul
Mutakabbir said.
During its first year,
Maspeth High School
was based out of the
Queens Metropolitan
High School campus
in Forest Hills; it later
relocated to its own
building at 54-40 74th
St. in its namesake
neighborhood, close to
Elmhurst Park.
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Program will include special guest
speakers from the
McClancy community.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
7:00 PM
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