Binghamton High School

Binghamton High School
Location
31 Main St.
Binghamton, Broome County, New York 13905
United States
Information
Type Public
Status Open
School district Binghamton City School District
Superintendent Dr. Tonia Thompson
Principal Kevin J. Richman
Athletic Director David Garbarino
Teaching staff 120[1]
Grades 9-12
Gender Co-ed
Enrollment 1614 (2016-17)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 19:1[1]
Language English
Campus Urban
Color(s) Red, White, and Blue
              
Athletics Southern Tier Athletic Conference
Mascot Patriots
Accreditation International Baccalaureate
USNWR ranking Unranked[2]
Feeder schools East Middle
West Middle
Website BHS

Binghamton High School, a combined high school of the previous Binghamton North High School and Binghamton Central High School, is a large public high school located in the center of Binghamton, New York. The school is culturally diverse, with 1600+ students from many different countries, religions, and income levels. The mascot for Binghamton High School is a Patriot named Patrick who wears a signature tri-cornered hat.

Academic programs

Binghamton High School offers a wide variety of programs for students who are interested in excelling in a number of areas.

Advanced Placement exams

Binghamton High School offers fourteen Advanced Placement (AP) exams, in addition to classes which focus primarily on passing the Regents Examinations administered by the New York State Department of Education.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

In 1997, Binghamton High School became the third high school in New York to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma.[3]

The IB program strives to provide students with a balanced education while promoting international acceptance and understanding. [4]

Project Lead the Way

A pre-engineering program called Project Lead The Way is offered to students who are interested. It includes such courses as Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems and Engineering Design and Development. This is made possible through a partnership between the school and Rochester Institute of Technology. These courses allow students interested in going into an engineering field an opportunity to earn college credits and eliminate beginner courses in college.

Rod Serling School of Fine Arts

The Rod Serling School of Fine Arts offers the opportunity to major in visual art, music, theater and dance. Each of these programs have a wide array of groups and talented individuals that regularly perform for the community. Most of these programs (with the exception of instrumental and vocal music) are also offered at the IB level.

The school is named after the famous screenwriter and creator of The Twilight Zone series, Rod Serling, who is a graduate of Binghamton (Central) High School. The Helen Foley Theater, part of the school, is named after Serling's former teacher. The school hosts the annual Rod Serling Film Festival, which is open to all students in grades K-12 in North America.

Athletics

Binghamton High School offers many programs for athletics, including men's and women's basketball teams and also a football team. Binghamton High competes in the STAC conference for most sports, with the exception of football, which competes in Section 4 Class AA.

Football

The football team at Binghamton High School has won several titles since their first season in 1981, including the Section 4 title in 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016 and Central Region titles in 2008 and 2011. The team also won a New York State title in 1985.

Basketball

The boys' and girls' basketball teams have also won titles. The boys' team won back to back state titles in the 1984-85 and 1985-1986 seasons. The women's team has done well in recent years, winning both conference (STAC) and sectional (NYS Sec. IV) titles in the 2009-10, 2010–11, and 2011–2012 seasons. In 2011-2012, both the boys' and girls' teams won at least 20 games, including conference and sectional titles, to enter the State Playoffs with undefeated records.

Track and Field

The boys' track & field team won a divisional title in 2011.

Baseball

Won Divison Tiles in 1985, 1987, 1998, and 2005. Section 4 TIles in 1985 and 1987. Lou Ferraro was the original head coach of the team, holding on to the role through the 2004 season. In his last game, he walked out to argue a called third strike call, lit a cigarette and told the umpire to eat his shorts. (His son Matt Ferraro is 0-3 in attempting to land the head coaching job)

Former Binghamton High School alum, Dan Miller, took over the squad and led them to a division title in 2005. Miller had to step down from his role after one season to accept the vice principal job at the district's East Middle School.

Tim Lee, who coached the team from 2006-2011, left the team for the coveted junior varsity softball head coaching job. Lee since has been accused of having oral and/or anal sex with the team's underage bookkeeper.

Former Binghamton University pitcher Gio Yannuzzi coached the team from 2012-2013, going a combined 10-26. He abruptly left the position to go chase after his dreams of living in the Big Apple.

Next up was former East Middle school science teacher Dave Buchak, whose father worked in the athletic office. The lone bright spot that came out of Buchak's awful three seasons as skipper (5 total wins) was the stellar play of Casey Mackin Walsh, who batted .420

In 2017, little-known steel-mill worker Jeremiah Johnson took over the program. In just two seasons, Johnson has been noted for bringing a very Jerry Jones-esque environment to the program. In his first season, he was caught by the athletic director trying to trade Casey Walsh to Vestal in exchange for 6 Vestal Modified players. Johnson was suspended for the first five games of the 2018 season for trying to frame a Maine-Endwell player for steroids.

Recognitions

On the Newsweek's list of the "Best High Schools in America" for 2007, Binghamton High School was ranked #481 out of approximately 1,200 top high schools in the United States, based on the number of participants in AP and IB courses.[5]

Binghamton High School is known for its wide offerings in the field of the fine arts, including one of very few high school-level steel drum bands in the United States. The steel band in particular is famous for being invited to perform and give clinics at multiple national music education and percussion conventions.

Binghamton High School's nationally-recognized College Connection program provides extensive information and resources to assist students in the college selection and application process.

Along with the musical aspect of the school's arts programs, the school puts on a selected play and full-scale musical every year. Theater Production Club builds the sets and operates the show while anyone from the student body can try out for roles.

Notable Graduates

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Binghamton High School - Enrollment, Ranking, and Statistics". high-schools.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Binghamton High School in Binghamton | Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "IBO - Binghamton High School". ibo.org. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "The International Baccalaureate Program in the Binghamton City School District". November 2, 2009. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ Basler, George (May 22, 2007). "2 Tier schools among U.S. 'best' Magazine index measures students taking advanced, IB courses". Press & Sun-Bulletin.
  6. ↑ http://www.emmys.com/bios/rod-serling
  7. ↑ http://www.emmys.com/bios/lou-thomas

Coordinates: 42°05′55″N 75°55′11″W / 42.09861°N 75.91972°W / 42.09861; -75.91972

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