Nyack High School

Nyack High School

Nyack High School is a secondary school serving parts of the Town of Orangetown and Town of Clarkstown, New York, United States. The old Nyack High School is now part of BOCES and the New Nyack High School is located just down the road 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 Acappella 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

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

Rupert Holmes, composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author

References

  1. ^ a b Brenner, Elsa (2004-12-05). "A Trio of Villages Hugging the Hudson". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/realestate/05livi.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&position=. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 
  2. ^ Bader, Jenny Lyn (1988-08-14). "If You're Thinking of Living In: Nyack". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE6DE113DF937A2575BC0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 
  3. ^ "Athlete Prevails in Court". Fresno Bee. 2006-01-19. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE892458FF1332&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-05-04. 

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