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Phone
  
+1 845-353-7100

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

District
  
Nyack Public Schools

Nyack High School

Address
  
360 Christian Herald Rd, Nyack, NY 10960, USA

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).

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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, its football team, its theatrical productions and its music program.

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
  • Orchestra Chamber Orchestra

  • S.A.D.D.
  • Science Honor Socitey
  • Science Olympiad
  • Ski Club
  • Spanish Club/Spanish Honor Society
  • Students Opposing Starvation [SOS]
  • Symphony Orchestra
  • Tower Yearbook
  • TRI-M

  • Video Club
  • Youth Against Cancer
  • Young Ambassadors
  • 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
  • Terrence Fede Defensive End for the Miami Dolphins
  • 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
  • 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"
  • References

    Nyack High School Wikipedia