Rice High School was a private, Roman Catholic, college preparatory high school in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. It held its final graduation ceremony on 27 May 2011.BackgroundRice High School was established in 1938 in Central Harlem by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. The building it occupied was converted from a YWCA.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.Notable alumni and staff Andre Barrett, basketball player, Class of 2000 Keydren Clark, basketball player, Class of 2002 Chris Fouch, basketball player, Class of 2008 Tom Gorman, baseball player and umpire, former coach at Rice Charles Hamilton, hip hop artist, Class of 2005 Curtis Kelly, basketball player, Class of 2006 Felipe López, basketball player, Class of 1994 Darryl McDaniels, founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C., Class of 1983 Dean Meminger, basketball player and coach, Class of 1967 Russell Robinson, basketball player, Class of 2004 Kenny Satterfield, basketball player, Class of 1999 Durand Scott, basketball player, Class of 2009 Edgar Sosa, basketball player, Class of 2006 Kemba Walker, basketball player, Class of 2008 Charlie Yelverton, basketball player, Class of 1967
