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Hicksville High School

  • Type: School

Well, here I am, Mom. I'm actually going to get my high school diploma, and it's only 25 years after everyone else got theirs. But Mom, don't worry. I can finally pull myself out of this dead-end job I have and start working on a career with a real future. Billy Joel

Hicksville High School is an American school in Hicksville, a hamlet in the Town of Oyster Bay, New York. The 20th-century school building was designed in the classic modern style of American educational architecture. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1953/00/00 The new Hicksville High School opens in Hicksville, New York.
1967/00/00 Billy Joel Education Billy Joel oversleeps and misses a crucial English exam. He chooses not to attend summer school, fell one credit short of graduating, and focuses on music instead, saying, "If I'm not going to Columbia University, I'm going to Columbia Records."
1992/06/24 Billy Joel Education William Martin Joel receives his high school diploma from Hicksville High School in Hicksville, Long Island, New York, after submitting samples of his work to satisfy his outstanding English requirement.

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Particulars for Hicksville High School:
Area of Significance Architecture
Area of Significance Education
Architectural Style Modern Movement
Historic Use School




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