Scarsdale High School

Scarsdale High School

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name = Scarsdale Senior High School


caption = Scarsdale High School seal
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established = 1917
type = Public
district =
grades = 9-12
president =
principal = John Klemme
assistant principal=
faculty =
staff =
students = approx. 1,400
athletics =
conference =
colors = Maroon & White
mascot =
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location = Scarsdale, New York
website = http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/hs/

Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a public high school in Scarsdale, New York, founded in 1917. SHS is considered as one of America's finest high schools. In its very first selection process, the United States Office of education named Scarsdale High School as "one of the 144 exemplary schools to which others may look for patterns of success."cite news | title = Scarsdale High School Profile | publisher = Scarsdale High School | date = 2007-08 | url = http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/teacherpages/counselingctr/documents/HSprofilepart1.pdf | accessdate = 2008-05-2]

From the graduating class of 2007, 99.1% continued their education with college programs, and 96.7% entered 127 different four-year national and international colleges and universities. 20 students in the class of '08 (5.4%) were named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, and 35 (9.6%)students received National Merit Letters of commendation.

Currently in 2007-08, SHS has a professional staff of 163 with a 18 years median teaching experience. 98% of the faculty holds a Masters; 71% has 30 credits or more beyond a Masters; 10% has Doctorate Degrees. The student faculty ratio is 9.2 to 1. Scarsdale high school is one of the finest school in the country but you have to live there and be rich to get in. Most of the teachers are in their early 50's, and the teachers have one of the highest paying salaries in the country (44% had a base-salary of over $100,000 in 2005). [cite news | last = Fessenden|first = Ford|coauthors = Barbanel, Josh|title=6-Figure Salaries? To Many Teachers, a Matter of Course|publisher=NY Times|date=June 5,2005|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/05weteac.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]

SHS is part of the District-wide "green" initiative to learn about and model sustainability. The high school is also making a switch from AP's to AT's. [cite news | title=Scarsdale Seeks Alternative to Advanced Placement =NY Times|date=February 18,2007|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/18wetopic.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Scarsdale%20Seeks%20Alternative%20to%20Advanced%20Placement&st=cse&oref=slogin]

Athletics

"V = Varsity, VB = Varsity B, JV = Junior Varsity, JVB = Junior Varsity B, F = Freshmen, M = Modified, D = Developmental"
"N/I = need information, -- = not applicable" [cite news | title = Scarsdale High School Athletics | publisher = Scarsdale High School | url = http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/hsathletics | accessdate = 2007-01-12]

Distinguished Alumni

*Gordon Gould ’38 [cite web | title = Gordon Gould | publisher = Famous Why | url = http://people.famouswhy.com/gordon_gould/]
*Bryan Reynolds ’83 Fact|date=June 2008
*Aaron Sorkin ’79cite web | title = Distinguished Alumni | publisher = Scarsdale Alumni Association | url = http://scarsdalealumni.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=82 | accessdate = 2008-06-24]
*Barbara Kopple '64
*Carl E. Schorske '32
*Harris Wofford '44 [cite news|title = "The Eyes of a Schoolboy"|publisher = Time|date = November 20, 1944|url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796807,00.html|]
*Gary Peacock '79 Fact|date=June 2008
*Ivan Sutherland '55
*Jeffrey Hoffman '62 [cite web|title=Biographical Data|publisher=NASA|date=September 2002|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hoffman.html]
*Linda McCartney '59 [cite news|title=Linda McCartney dead|publisher=BBC|date=April 19,1998|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/obituaries/80481.stm]
*Liza Minnelli Fact|date=June 2008
*Mara Liasson '73 [cite news|last=Gerring|first=Nicole|title=‘This is Mara Liasson’|publisher=The Ithacan|date=March 31, 2005|url=http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0503/31/news/7lsquoth.htm,]
*Tovah Feldshuh '66 [cite web|title=Broadway comes to Westchester! Tovah Comes Home!|publisher=Sarah Lawrence College|date=April 11, 2008|url=http://www.slc.edu/news-events/2007-2008/2008-04-11.php] [cite news|last=Klein|first=Alvin|title= THEATER; Tovah Feldshuh Comes to the Emelin|publisher=NY Times|date=July 21, 1991|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DF1039F932A15754C0A967958260]
*Ellen Weiss '77
*Richard Stengel '73
*Gary Trauner '76 [cite web|title=Raiders Alumnus|publisher=Scarsdale Raiders Football|url=http://scarsdalefootball.com/alumni/alumnus.asp?id=5496]
*Earl G. Graves, Jr. '79
*Brewster Kahle '78 [cite web|title=Email Archive 2008|publisher=Scarsdale High School PTA|date=2008|url=http://www.shspta.org/emailssentout2008.htm]
*Paul Feiner '74Fact|date=June 2008
*Eric Alterman ’78 [cite web | title = Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY | publisher = NNDB | url = http://www.nndb.com/edu/846/000165351/
accessdate = 2008
]
*David Lascher ’90 [cite web | title = Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY | publisher = NNDB | url = http://www.nndb.com/edu/846/000165351/
accessdate = 2008
]

References

External links

* [http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/hs/ Official Webite]
* [http://www.shspta.org/index.htm Official PTA Website]
* [http://scarsdalealumni.org/ Scarsdale Alumni Association]
* [http://www.shsmaroon.org/ SHS Maroon Official Website]
* [http://tech.scarsdaleschools.com/ SHS Technology Club Official Website]


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