Íæż½ã½ã High School
155 Third Avenue, Íæż½ã½ã, NY 11706
631-968-1160
Principal: Mr. Stephen Gordon
Assistant Principals: Dr. Michelle Garrett and Mr. Peter Raio
Grade Levels: 9-12
School Hours: 7:20 a.m.-1:56 p.m. (9-period day)
Total Enrollment: 1,874
Average Class Size: 25
School Motto: Commitment to Excellence
School Mission Statement: Íæż½ã½ã High School offers a challenging secondary educational program designed to prepare all students for higher educational opportunities, for meaningful and productive work opportunities, and to assume a responsible, informed civic role as participating citizens in a complex and technologically-oriented society.
Special Recognition and Honors:
Suffolk County Anti Bias Task Force Winner “Top Diversity Program in Suffolk County”
Newsday High School of the Year Award
National Merit Semi-finalists and Commended Students
Marauder Yearbook American Scholastic Press Association First Place award four years in a row
High School Mock Trial Team County Title winner 9 times in 12 years
Award-winning Robotics Team
Renaissance Program
String Ensemble invited to perform National School Boards Conference
Award-winning Writers’ Block Literary Magazine
Award-winning Model UN
Top 100 Schools for Music Education 4-time award-winner
Grammy Signature School 3-time award winner
National MAGNA Award-winning Multimedia Program
National Heisman Trophy Award Finalist
Intel Semifinalist student named first USA All-Academic Team
Prudential Spirit of Community Award winner
News12 Scholar-Athletes
School Staff: Íæż½ã½ã High School has a 172-member teaching staff, 9 guidance counselors, 2 deans, 2 assistant principals, 2 social workers, 2 psychologists, school nurses, secretaries, custodians, paraprofessionals, food service workers and security personnel.
Code of Conduct: A Board of Education-approved Code of Conduct and Student Dress Code outlines rights and responsibilities of students, staff and parents.
Curriculum: Íæż½ã½ã High School, which follows the New York State Syllabus, offers courses in the following areas: English, Cultural Arts, Mathematics and Computer Technology, Occupational Education, World Languages (Latin, Spanish and French), Science and Social Studies. Additionally, the high school offers an Honors Program, Humanities Program, Math/Science/Technology/Career Program, Advanced Placement courses, a Law sequence (7 courses) and Project Adventure (a physical education program that builds teamwork and trust). Íæż½ã½ã High School is also began offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in 2009.
Special Needs: Students with special needs are scheduled for Resource Room, Self-contained Special Education classes, BOCES, Pathways Alternative High School and English as a Second Language. Support services for speech, occupational therapy and physical therapy are also offered.
Testing: Tests administered in the high school include Regents Exams, Regents Competency Tests, Advanced Placement Tests, International Baccalaureate Exams, PSAT, SAT, SAT II and the ACT.
Student Graduation: Students must fulfill the New York State and Íæż½ã½ã School Íæż½ã½ã requirements for graduation in order to participate in graduation ceremonies and receive a diploma.
Extra-Curricular Programs and Club: The high school offers an extensive array of extracurricular programs for students including AIDS Educators, Art Club, Awareness Weekend, Backstage Club, Bible Club, Brothers and Sisters Organization for Student Scholarships (B.S.O.S.S.), Computer Club, Creative Writing Club, Dance Club, Environmental Club, Film Club, Freshman Leadership, Future Business Leaders of America, Gay/Straight Alliance, Gourmet Foods, Hip Katz, International Club, Junior Class, Marauder Yearbook, Maroon Echo, Men and Women of the Future, Mock Trial Team, Model UN Club, National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, Peer Support Help, Renaissance Club, Robotics Club, Science Olympiads, Senior Class, Service Honor Society, Set Design and Construction, Showstoppers, Sophomore Class, Spanish Conversation Club, String Ensemble, Student Council, Students Against Drunk Driving (S.A.D.D.), Thespian Troupe, Thursday Night Jazz Project, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Trivia Club and Web Design Team. Chorus, Band and Orchestra are part of the curriculum.
Sports: A 3-season program of interscholastic athletics is offered with 30 varsity and 19 junior varsity teams. Íæż½ã½ã High School has won the New York State Softball Championship 7 times: 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005 and 2010. The Girls’ Lacrosse team, Girls’ Cross Country , Winter and Spring Track teams have won dozens of league and county titles as well as individual student national achievements. Field Hockey has been division champions for 4 of the last 5 years. The Boys’ Golf team went undefeated in 2010. Other teams achieving post-season play include: Football, Boys’ Basketball, Boys’ Lacrosse, Boys’ Tennis, Boys’ Baseball and Girls’ Tennis. The program also boasts 17 NYS Scholar-Athlete teams, 3 News12 Scholar-Athletes and a Dellacave Award Winner. The Varsity Softball Coach was selected to the Suffolk County Hall of Fame in 2010. The Health, Physical Education and Athletics Director was named Health and Physical Education Director of the Year by the Council of Administrators of the NYS Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Computers and Technology: Computer courses are taught on both Apple and Windows-based PCs. Courses are offered in computer music theory application programming and multi-media. In addition, there are computer labs for writing and math, and Smartboard technology incorporated into some labs and classrooms.
Parent and Community Involvement: Parents are involved in the Parent Faculty Association (PFA) and the Íæż½ã½ã Goals Committee.
Special Events:
Ethnic Sharing
Law Day
Ethnic Pen
Multi-Cultural Week
Class Day
Awareness Weekends
Spirit Week
Freshman Transition Day
Homecoming
Student Elections
Musicals and Concerts
Dramatic Productions
Annual Community Summit
Senior Citizen Spring Fling
Graduation
Celebration of 50-year Graduates
Visitors: Visitors are asked to sign in at the main entrance Security Desk and are required to have a pass before proceeding to any area.