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East Rockaway High School

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Type
  
Public

NCES School ID
  
360996000769

Faculty
  
55.3 FTEs

Mascot
  
The Rockman

NCES District ID
  
3609960

Principal
  
Joseph Sperro

Phone
  
+1 516-887-8300

Color
  
Orange and Black

East Rockaway High School

Asst. principals
  
James De Tomasso and Dana Reilly

Address
  
443 Ocean Ave, East Rockaway, NY 11518, USA

District
  
East Rockaway Union Free School District, East Rockaway School District

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East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School (often abbreviated ERHS) is a co-educational six-year secondary school in East Rockaway, New York, and the sole high school in Nassau County, New York, School District 41 (East Rockaway School District), the smallest school district in Nassau County. It is currently undergoing renovations to expand the school into a middle school and high school, becoming a seven-year secondary school. East Rockaway High School serves graduates from local Centre Ave. and Rhame Ave. Elementary Schools, as well as the private St. Raymond Elementary School.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 554 students and 55.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. There were 100 students (18.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 34 (6.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

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Athletics

East Rockaway High School's athletic teams are known as the "Rocks" (and the "Lady Rocks") and have Division IV teams in American football, baseball, volleyball, softball, basketball, and track and field. The school's soccer and lacrosse teams are shared between itself and Malverne Senior High School. The school's mascot, The Rockman, is visually based on The Thing of the Fantastic Four. The school's colors are orange and black. Although the school's size is among the smallest on Long Island, they are also among the most competitive teams. They are especially strong in Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball, softball, and volleyball, and middle school baseball and volleyball.

Musicals

Every year, the students of ERHS, sometimes including the elementary students, stage a musical production. Such productions include You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1989), The Wizard of Oz (1990) and (2010), Little Shop of Horrors (1991 and 2014), Peter Pan (1992) and (2002), Annie (1993) and (2004), Godspell (1994), The Sound of Music (1995) and (2011), Cinderella (1996), Bye Bye Birdie (1997), Oliver! (1998) and (2009), Guys and Dolls (1999), The Music Man (2000), Mame (2001), Grease (2003), Hello, Dolly! (2005), Damn Yankees (2006), West Side Story (2007), City of Angels (2008), Crazy for You (2012), Seussical (2013), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2015), and Mary Poppins (musical) (2016).

The director of the musical for many years has been Pam Murano, 8th grade english teacher. The musical director is Thomas Schloen, 7th through 12th grade band instructor. The dance instructor is Shari Berman, the choreographer most closely affiliated with East Rockaway High School. And the vocal director is Seanna Silver, 7th through 12th grade chorus teacher.

Notable alumni

  • Don Murray - Acted alongside Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop
  • Brian Keith - Actor best known for Family Affair
  • References

    East Rockaway High School Wikipedia