Talk:Buckley School (New York City)

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Someone has got to redo this page. As a Buckley alum, I am pretty stunned about the poor quality of this article. I realize it must be new, because wikipedia did not have anything on Buckley (NYC) a few months ago. Come on, misspelling "too" for "to". No Buckley boy would make that mistake.

Can someone update and maintain this page? As a Buckley boy also, I have to say that this article is an embarrassment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jttang (talk • contribs) 01:12, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

More Information
Whomever wrote this page should add more content about Buckley Sports —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.73.220.196 (talk) 18:49, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Advertisement
This "article" is nothing more than an advertisement and really needs to be rewritten.

Rms869 (talk) 15:02, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Reads like public relations
This article reads like a promotional flyer. For Pete's sake, it uses the first person! Very unencyclopedic. Acsenray (talk) 19:49, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Missing information
There is another Buckley School for girls in LA (famous as Paris Hilton's alma mater). It also has a Wikipedia article -- but neither article acknowledges the existence of the other school Is there a connection -- either way, the articles should give this information. 138.88.161.55 (talk) 19:53, 17 February 2010 (UTC) Steve Livengood

Content removed from article
The following content was removed from the article since it was completely unsourced and containing unencyclopedic details:

Traditions
At Buckley, student year groups are known as Classes, for example: Class III, Class IV, Class V; not third grade, fourth grade or fifth grade. The kindergarten students are known as Beginners. Class IX boys convene around a Harkness table for group discussions as part of their English and history curriculum. The Jack Woodruff Public Speaking Contest is a hallowed Buckley competition that dates back to 1949. Each student in Class VII and VIII develops a persuasive argument based on a current event topic and presents his case in homeroom. The boys with the best arguments advance through the quarter and semi-finalist rounds, and the six finalists are invited to deliver their speeches before the school and a panel of three judges: a head of school, a Buckley alumnus who is a past Woodruff winner and a member of the Woodruff family. The judges select the winner based on presentation, content, enunciation and the breadth of his argument. Buckley students and their teachers enjoy family style lunches which encourage proper table manners and lively conversation. Each year, every age group at Buckley performs a class play for the school. Dressed in costume, the boys sing and dance for an entertained audience. Around the holidays, the school’s youngest pupils in Classes I and II participate in the Nativity Play, while the Middle and Upper Schools perform an annual Carol Concert. Alumni often attend the Carol Concert and are invited to sing in the “Hallelujah Chorus” with the boys at the concert’s conclusion. In their final year at Buckley, students carve a wooden plaque to commemorate their time at the school. These plaques, which include their name, year and personal illustrations, are displayed in Buckley’s corridors and entranceways for all to view. Visiting alumni enjoy looking up their plaques when they return to Buckley. Class V boys and their parents participate in a medieval feast in the spring. Banquet tables are spread with traditional food: suckling pig, chicken drumsticks, bunches of grapes and fresh bread. Events such as sword fighting, juggling and singing take place, and boys are knighted by the Headmaster. Buckley students enjoy new traditions as well, such as the Classes VIII & IX Scavenger Hunt held every fall, the Mother/Son heritage lunch for Lower School boys and the student/faculty talent show.

Thank you! 146.95.24.229 (talk) 16:58, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Notable Homicides
Can we add a notable homicides section? Thomas Gilbert Jr. & Paul Cortez would make 2 murderers within a 5 year class range. I mean the per capita murder rate for NY is 18.3 per 100,000 and we're talking about 2 homicides within 200 students (5 years @ 40 kids a grade).

http://nypost.com/2015/01/05/son-allegedly-killed-hedge-funder-dad-after-200-cut-to-his-allowance/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/court-upholds-stripper-murder-conviction-article-1.1587291 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.12.252 (talk) 01:25, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

Removing Thomas Gilbert from the notable alumni section is in conflict with Wikipedia's notability guidelines. He is notable. He's been on the front page of the New York Times. Stop section blanking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Section_blanking — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.243.12.252 (talk) 01:49, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, and so have many, many other people. A person's being on NYT does not automatically make them become notable. Epic Genius (talk) 23:54, 9 April 2015 (UTC)