Rice High School (Manhattan)

Rice High School was established in 1938 in Central Harlem by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, who continued to fund the school through much of its existence. Named for Irish missionary and educator Edmund Rice, it was located at 124th Street and Lenox Avenue and was known as a basketball powerhouse producing alumni that included Kemba Walker. The school's basketball team won the CHSAA championship in 1994 with a roster that included Felipe López. The school was the subject of a 2008 book by Patrick McCloskey, The Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem. Amid declining enrollment, reduced endowment and increasing operational costs, the school made the decision to close in 2011 after they could not raise the needed funds to move to a cheaper building. As of August 2021, a group of alumni are working to reopen the school, although there is no clear timeline for this. ==Notable alumni and staff==

• Shagari Alleyne, basketball player, Class of 2003 • Andre Barrett, basketball player, Class of 2000 • Bill Campion, basketball player, Class of 1971 • Anthony Glover, basketball player, Class of 1998 • Tom Gorman, baseball player and umpire, former coach at Rice • Charles Hamilton, hip hop artist, Class of 2005 • Kadeem Jack, basketball player, Class of 2010 • Curtis Kelly, basketball player, Class of 2006 • Bob Lienhard, basketball player, Class of 1966 • Felipe López, basketball player, Class of 1994 • David Freeman Wooley, director, producer, author and entrepreneur, Class of 1978 • Dean Meminger, basketball player and coach, Class of 1967 • Edgar Sosa, basketball player, Class of 2006 • Kemba Walker, basketball player, Class of 2008 • Charlie Yelverton, basketball player, Class of 1967 ==References==