Eastchester High School

Eastchester High School
Address
2 Stewart Place
Eastchester, New York 10709
United States
Coordinates 40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W / 40.9614; -73.8102Coordinates: 40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W / 40.9614; -73.8102
Information
Established 1927
School district Eastchester Union Free School District
Principal Jeffrey Capuano
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 928 (2014-15)[1]
Color(s) Navy & scarlet
Team name Eagles
Rivals Harrison High school huskies, Scarsdale High School Raiders, Pelham High school Pelicans
Website ehs.eastchesterschools.org/m2

Eastchester High School is located in Westchester County, New York in the town of Eastchester. It is a former U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon school[2] with approximately 905 students. Graduates have gained acceptance to schools such as Bucknell University, The Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, the University of Miami, Tulane, Haverford College, Stanford and many others.[3] Eastchester High School is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

History

A junior high school was added to the High School in 1955, and two years later another wing was constructed to make up what is now known as Eastchester Middle School. The original gym and an auditorium were built at the High School in 1932, and a second gym was opened there in 1985.[4] In late 2017, a fringe group of students started a freedom fighting group known as “EHS Revolution”. Their main agenda was to grant students more rights and to reform the way the school was run on a daily basis. Despite gaining a fair bit of traction, they ultimately ended up fading into obscurity as the ringleaders graduated.[5]

Academics

In 2011, Eastchester High School students received an average combined SAT score of 1624 (527 Verbal, 560 Math, and 537 Writing). That same year, Eastchester sent 90.1% of its graduating class to a college.[6]

Eastchester offers 16 AP classes as well as several courses for college credit in conjunction with colleges in New York State.[7]

Athletics

Eastchester High School offers a number of varsity sports team competing in New York State's Section 1 including football, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, track and field, tennis, hockey swimming, cross-country, lacrosse, and wrestling.

Eastchester's athletes have achieved considerable success. Eastchester's girls tennis team captured the New York State singles title in 2002 and 2004.[8] Eastchester's Varsity Softball Team won New York State Championships in 1990 and 1991, with their head coach, Thomas "Skip" Walsh, First Base/Pitcher, Bonnie Bell (Shelton), and Pitcher Jennifer Satriale (Weitman), all subsequently inducted into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame.[9] .[10]

Notable Players:

  • John Doherty - MLB Pitcher, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, EHS Class of 1985.
  • Bonnie Bell-Shelton - University of North Carolina - Charlotte - In 2012 inducted into the NYS HS Softball Hall of Fame, EHS Class of 1991.
  • Jennifer Satriale-Weitman - Fordham University - In 2018 inducted into the NYS HS Softball Hall of Fame, EHS Class of 1990.

Notable Coaches:

  • Thomas "Skip" Walsh – Retired Varsity Softball Coach – New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2013.
  • Dom Cecere – Director of Athletics for many decades. Holds N.Y. State record for most wins by a public high school baseball coach. National High School Baseball Coach of the Year 2015.
  • Ron Rothstein – Coach of the several NBA teams was both a physical education teacher and the varsity basketball coach in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Notable alumni

Filming location

Eastchester High School was used as a filming location in the 1982 film The World According to Garp. Many students from the graduating classes of 1981–1984 appeared in the film that featured Robin Williams.

References

  1. ↑ "EASTCHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Archived Information Blue Ribbon Schools Program" (Microsoft Word).
  3. ↑ "Eastchester's Class of 2016 College Acceptances" (PDF).
  4. ↑ http://district.eastchesterschools.org/m/mod/data/view.php?d=25&rid=1090
  5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/ehs_revolution/
  6. ↑ "2011 SAT Scores ALL Public High Schools Westchester County, NY".
  7. ↑ "Eastchester High School Departments and Courses".
  8. ↑ "Player Bio".
  9. ↑ "Softball: Bonnie Bell, Bill Shaw earn New York State Hall of Fame".
  10. ↑ "Softball: Hall of Fame Additions Jen Satriale".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.