Shenendehowa High School

Shenendehowa High School
Address
970 Route 146
Clifton Park, New York 12065
United States
Information
School type Public
Established January 14, 1950
Principal Ron Agostinoni
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 3,200
Average class size 807 students (2011)
Language English
Campus size 232 acres (0.94 km2)
Campus type Suburban
School colour(s) Green and White          
Mascot Stallion
Team name Plainsmen
Rival Saratoga Springs High School
Newspaper The Shen Pen
Yearbook Carillon
Budget $148 Million (USD)[1]
Website http://www.shenet.org

Coordinates: 42°51′44″N 73°48′02″W / 42.8621657°N 73.8004886°W / 42.8621657; -73.8004886

Shenendehowa High School, often shortened to Shen High School, is a public high school located in Clifton Park, New York, part of New York's Capital Region. It is part of the Shenendehowa Central School District [2] and serves the district's 9th through 12th graders. Students are separated between two buildings (East and West) by their grade levels. Both buildings are located on the district's main campus off of NY 146. The recently expanded East building houses 10th through 12th graders, while the West building houses only 9th graders. It is the largest public school district in a suburban area in New York State.[3]

History

The original high school was built in the early 1950s, the building that is now Gowana and Acadia Middle Schools. Shenendehowa High School East began operation in 1970, teaching grades 9-12. Twenty-nine years later, in 1999, Shenendehowa High School West would open in the previous Koda Middle School building, to move grade 9 and half of grade 10 out of the east building. All of grade 10 would be introduced to the east building in 2004.[3]

Mission Statement

In accordance with the Profile of a Shenendehowa Graduate, the high school community will pursue the highest levels of academic and personal achievement, as well as civic responsibility, cultural awareness and character development.[4]

Academic achievement

The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes.[5]

The National Merit Scholarship Program recognizes high school seniors for high academic achievement. Recent Shenendehowa High School National Merit Scholar recognition numbers are presented in the table below.[6]

National Merit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Finalists 6 6 3 7 8 1 1 4 3
Semifinalists 6 6 3 7 9 1 1 4 0
Commended 14 23 11 18 18 12 9 13 11

About 90% of Shenendehowa High School students went on to attend 4-year (60%) or 2-year colleges (30%) from 2005 to 2008.[7]

Sports

Shen participates in Class AA of NYSPHAA which is the largest classification in the state. They are the two time defending (2014–15, 2015–16) NYS Kerr Cup Champions, which is awarded by the state sportswriters association at the conclusion of every school year to the most successful athletic program in the state. Each of the last two years Shen has won by record margins each year. Shen has won 5 total national Championships in 3 sports. They won the 1993 and 1994 National Championship for Women's cross country. They have also won Soccer National Championships, one on the Woman's Varsity Team in 2004 and two in Men's in 1988 and 1991.[8] Miles Joseph and Damian Silvera were on these teams. The Men's Cross Country team has won 6 New York State Federation Championships. Their football team is also sponsored by Under Armour and the basketball team is sponsored by Nike. In 2015, 2016, and 2017 Shen won the NYSSWA All Sports Championship which is awarded to the NYSPHSAA school with the best performances in state and sectional championships. They hold the records for total points, margin of victory, and girls individual points. Shen has won a total of 42 team NYS state championships since the 1980s (25 boys, 17 girls). The school will usually have around 25-35 student-athletes sign letters of intent to play Division 1 or Division 2 college athletics each year with many more continuing careers at the Division 3 or Junior College level.

Notable alumni

Grapevine

In early 2008, a "Grapevine" section was added to the district website. It serves as a forum where students and parents can submit questions to be answered by the District Office.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Shenendehowa Central Schools".
  3. 1 2 "Shenendehowa History". Archived from the original on 2005-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Shen High School". Shenendehowa Central Schools. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Shenendehowa CSD Grape Vine".
  6. ↑ "Shenendehowa CSD Dashboard" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09.
  7. ↑ "New York State Report Cards".
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  9. ↑ McGraw, Casey (June 14, 2016). "Pitcher Murphy Smith off to career-best start". Times Union. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ http://www.shenet.org/grapevine/
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