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Type
  
Public

Enrollment
  
2,251 (2007-2008)

Campus size
  
75 Acres

Mascot
  
Tiger

Grades
  
9 - 12

Number of students
  
2,500

Phone
  
+1 914-422-2182

Color
  
Orange & Black

White Plains High School

School district
  
White Plains Public Schools

Address
  
550 North St, White Plains, NY 10605, USA

District
  
White Plains Public Schools

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White Plains Senior High School is the main high school in the White Plains Public Schools system of White Plains, New York, United States. It was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a School of Excellence in 1986-87. The school's code of conduct, and its state accountability report are available online.

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Demographics

The student body is 52.1 percent Hispanic, 23.1 percent White, 21.7 percent Black, and three percent Asian.

Publications

  • Yearbook: The Oracle
  • Newspaper: The Orange
  • Literary Magazine: The Roar
  • Jiggy Showcase

    The Jiggy Showcase is an annual showcase that displays the diverse cultural roots of White Plains High School students. Various dancing styles, songs, and outfits are represented by performers and models. The showcase was named after the Will Smith song, "Getting Jiggy With It". In May 2016, the high school put on its last and final Jiggy Showcase.

    Songwriter's Showcase

    The Songwriter's Showcase exhibits students' singing, and songwriting talents which are performed for a public audience. The showcase became a biannual event in 2000.

    Sports

    The school makes available for its students two gymnasiums, a weight room, a track field and football field (Loucks Field), a soccer field, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, and a pool. White Plains football team won the Section 1 class AA title in 2013 for the first time in 34 years.

    Theater

    The school has an impressive theater department which typically puts on three plays and one musical each year. The plays are performed in the Little Theater, while the musicals are performed in the auditorium.

    Rivals

  • Archbishop Stepinac High School
  • Mount Vernon High School
  • New Rochelle High School
  • Scarsdale High School
  • Notable alumni

  • Sam Bowers - gridiron football player
  • David Corn - political journalist and author
  • Sloane Crosley - author
  • Jennifer Damiano - Broadway actress
  • Dan Duryea (1924) - Actor
  • Larry James - Olympic gold medalist track athlete.
  • Harry Jefferson, Jr. - All Big-Ten and All-American Football player, New York Giants professional football player, 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Westchester Sports Hall of Fame inductee
  • Grover "Deacon" Jones-retired first baseman for the Chicago White Sox.
  • Sean Kilpatrick - High school basketball player, currently a member of the Brooklyn Nets
  • Jonathan Larson - playwright and composer best known for creating the musical Rent
  • Lou Mark - gridiron football player
  • Matisyahu - American Hasidic Jewish reggae musician.
  • Arthur Monk - Professional football hall-of-fame wide receiver.
  • Dennis Morgan - gridiron football player
  • Dick Nolan - gridiron football player
  • Garrick Ohlsson - classical pianist
  • Lawrence Otis Graham - attorney, journalist, and author
  • Gordon Parks Jr. - Film director of Super Fly and son of photographer Gordon Parks Sr.
  • Jay Saldi - NFL tight end and Super Bowl Champion (Super Bowl X)
  • David E. Sanger - White House correspondent for the New York Times
  • Jason Steinhauer - Public Historian
  • Chris Watson (born 1975), American-Israeli basketball player
  • Sal Yvars professional baseball player
  • In film

    Scenes from The Beaver, a film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson and Foster, were filmed at the high school in the fall of 2009. Scenes from the film Win Win, starring Paul Giamatti, were shot at the high school in March 2010.

    References

    White Plains High School Wikipedia