Sanford H. Calhoun High School

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Type Public high school Faculty 75.7 FTEs Student to teacher ratio 17.5:1 Phone +1 516-992-1300 Number of students 1,322 Color Blue and gray		Established 1958 (1958) Enrollment 1,322 (as of 2014-15) Campus type Suburban Mascot Colt Founded 1958
Address 1786 State St, Merrick, NY 11566, USA District Bell–Merrick Central High School District Similar Merrick Bell Services, South Side High School, Seaford High School, Sewanha High School, William A Shine Great Ne Profiles Twitter

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Sanford H. Calhoun High School is a public high school located in Merrick, New York. Established in 1958, Calhoun is one of three high schools in the Bellmore–Merrick Central High School District, and acts as a magnet school for several programs.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,322 students and 75.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.5:1. There were 85 students (6.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 28 (2.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

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Hoofbeats

Hoofbeats is the official student newspaper of Calhoun. The newspaper has won numerous awards, and five editions are produced each year.

Athletics

Calhoun competes in Section VIII athletics, a compilation of public schools in Nassau County. The fall season hosts boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' and girls' soccer, girls' tennis, boys' badminton, boys' volleyball, girls' volleyball, and girls' swimming. The winter hosts wrestling, boys' and girls' basketball, and indoor track, with district teams—including athletes from the other two schools of the district, Mepham and Kennedy—for ice hockey, swimming, diving, rifle, and bowling. The final season, spring, is home to boys' and girls' lacrosse, track and field, baseball, softball, boys' tennis, and girls' badminton.

Calhoun Choral Program

The Calhoun Choral Program (CCP) is composed of over 160 students, and consists of three groups. Many students belong to more than one group.

Concert Choir is an auditioned 75-person class composed of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. Each spring, over one-hundred students audition for the incoming group. The group performs a wide variety of three-, four-, six-, and eight-part music, primarily a cappella.

Chorale, a 3-section class made of over 80 ninth–twelfth grade students, is a group that performs a wide variety of three-part a cappella and accompanied music.

Crescendo, the most well known of the ensembles, is an auditioned show choir of 24 students that performs pop-rock literature with choreography.

Calhoun Band Program

The Calhoun Band Program consists of six groups. Students are most commonly in more than one group.

Wind Ensemble (CCVB) is made up of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. Students audition around January to be in the CCVB for the following year. The band plays in two concerts every year during the winter and during the spring. The CCVB participates in festivals like Festival Disney and a competition in Virginia Beach. A president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and historian are elected by the group every year.

Symphonic Band is made up of tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. It does not require an audition.. The band plays in two concerts every year during the winter and during the spring with the Concert Band. A president and vice president are elected by the group every year.

Concert Band is made up of only ninth graders. It does not require an audition. The band plays in two concerts every year during the winter and during the spring with the Symphonic Band. A president and vice president are elected by the group every year.

Jazz Band is made up of ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. Students must audition to be in this section of the band program. These students meet once a week after school to prepare for the winter and spring concert.

Rock Band is made up of ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. They perform at various functions but most commonly at Calhoun High School's varsity football games.

Pep Band is made up of ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. They perform at Calhoun High School's varsity football games alongside the Rock Band.

Calhoun Theatre Program

At Calhoun High School an award winning theatre program exists, the On Tour Company. The On Tour Company began in 1974 and has been successful in producing a wide range of productions each year. Since 1985 the program has been run by Salvatore Salerno of Merrick. The company puts on 1 Shakespeare play, 1 straight play, 1 musical, 1 alternating style show, 3 improv nights, the Gotta Sing, Gotta Act and Gotta Dance production and one night of senior one acts each year.

Notable alumni

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, of Ben & Jerry's

Steve Grilli, baseball player

Debbie Gibson, singer and actress

Lindsay Lohan, actress, singer and model

Jeff Mattson, lead guitarist and singer of Dark Star Orchestra

Robbie Rosen, American Idol contestant

Zack Ryder, professional wrestler and WWE Superstar

Kevin Shinick, actor, writer, and director, notably of Robot Chicken

References

Sanford H. Calhoun High School Wikipedia

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