Nyack High School
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Nyack High School is a secondary school serving parts of the Town of Orangetown and Town of Clarkstown, New York, United States. The original Nyack High School building is now part of BOCES. Since 1995, Nyack High School has been located less than a mile north of the old facility, at the corner of Christian Herald Road and Highland Avenue (U.S. Route 9W).
Nyack High School is the sole high school in the Nyack Union Free School District in New York. Students come to the high school from Nyack Middle School, which gathers students from Upper Nyack, Liberty, Hilltop (now closed) and Valley Cottage elementary schools. The high school is known for its academic performance with 94% of seniors taking the SAT in 2004,[1] its football team, its theatrical productions and its music program.[2]
Contents
Activities
- Academic League
- Amnesty International
- Asian Club
- ASPIRA
- Band
- Drama Club
- Chess Club
- Cross Country
- Ecology Club
- Field Hockey
- French Club/French Honor Society
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Haitian Culture Club
- Indianettes
- Interact
- Leadership Partnership Program [LPP]
- Math League/NY State
- Math League/Rockland
- Men’s a cappella group
- Mock Trial Team
- Moot Court
- National Art Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Nyack Spectrum
- S.A.D.D.
- Science Honor Socitey
- Science Olympiad
- Ski Club
- Spanish Club/Spanish Honor Society
- Students Opposing Starvation [SOS]
- Symphony Orchestra
- Tower Yearbook
- Video Club
- Youth Against Cancer
- Young Ambassadors
Sports
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Fall
Varsity boys and girls cross country Varsity Field Hockey Varsity Boys soccer Varsity Girls soccer Varsity Girls swimming Varsity Girls Tennis Varsity Volleyball Varsity Cheer-leading Football
Winter
Varsity boys and girls fencing, Varsity Boys Basketball, Varsity Girls Basketball, Varsity Boys Swimming, Varsity Indoor Track, and Varsity Wrestling
Spring
Varsity Baseball Varsity Golf Varsity Boys Lacrosse Varsity Girls Lacrosse Varsity Softball Varsity Boys Tennis Varsity girls and boys track and field
School Profile
enrollment:2950 students (in school system)
ethnic make-up
- 55% White
- 24% Black
- 12% Hispanic
- 9% Asian
Average class size
- Gr. 6-12 24
Notable alumni
- Larry Abney, basketball player 1995[3]
- George Beim, former professional soccer player
- Adam Deitch, drummer and producer
- Firth Haring Fabend, novelist and historian
- Rupert Holmes, composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author
- Edward Hopper, painter, 1899[1]
- Jim Ridlon, former professional football player and renowned sports painter and sculptor
- Claudio Sanchez, musician, member of Coheed and Cambria, 1996
- Welles Crowther, a former lacrosse player at Boston College who went to work in finance on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center, a hero on 9/11, made the ultimate sacrifice and saved at least 12 lives, died while looking for more survivors, also known as The Man in the Red Bandana
George Jakowenko== Class of 1967 Professional Football player NFL =
Roger Brown Professional Football Player NFL member of LA Rams "Fearsome Foursome"
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