John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York)

John F. Kennedy High School
Location
Bellmore, NY
USA
Coordinates 40°39′04″N 73°31′30″W / 40.65111°N 73.52500°W / 40.65111; -73.52500Coordinates: 40°39′04″N 73°31′30″W / 40.65111°N 73.52500°W / 40.65111; -73.52500
Information
Type Public school
Established 1966
Principal Gerard Owenburg (head) Assistant Principals - Marie Netto, Jon LaRochester, and Vincent Pisano
Faculty 79.1 FTEs[1]
Enrollment 1,189 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 15.0:1[1]
Campus suburban
Color(s) Dartmouth green and gray/silver
Nobel laureates Paul Krugman (2008)
Mascot Cougar
Website www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/schools/john_kennedy_high_school

John F. Kennedy High School is a public high school located in Bellmore, New York. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,189 students and 79.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1. There were 56 students (4.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 7 (0.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.[2] In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK. Actress Priyanka Chopra did not attend this school, but went to one of the same name in Iowa.

District

There are four other schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District: Wellington C. Mepham High School, Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick Avenue Middle School, and Grand Avenue Middle School. About 6,050 students are enrolled at the school district, with approximately 1,200 students in each school.

Bellmore JFK is known for its men and women's volleyball teams.

Notable alumni

The Official Alumni Association of the high school is called: Bellmore JFK ALumni, Inc. The link to the website is here. Link to Alumni that have been inducted to the JFK Hall of Fame is here.

Scott Lipsky
Noah Rubin

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for John F Kennedy High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cougar Crier On-Line Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.

Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. http://www.bellmorejfkalumni.org/

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