Hamburg High School (Hamburg, New York)

Hamburg High School
Location
4111 Legion Drive Hamburg , New York United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Inspiring today. Empowering Tomorrow.
School district	Hamburg Central School District
Principal	John J. Crangle III [1]
Assistant Principals [2]	Molly Hanzly Kelley Mason
Teaching staff	83.00 (FTE) [3]
Enrollment	996 (2023-2024) [3]
Student to teacher ratio	12.00 [3]
Color(s)
Mascot	Bulldog
Website	Hamburg High School

^[4] Hamburg High School is a public secondary school in Hamburg, Erie County, New York, United States. Hamburg High School has approximately 1,300 students in grades 9-12. The mascot of Hamburg High School is the bulldog, and the school colors are purple and white. Their chief athletic rivals are the cross-town Frontier Falcons, Orchard Park Quakers, and Lake Shore Eagles.

History

Former Principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• Byron Heath
• Ford R. Park
• Albert H. Downey–1909–1918 (Principal – Williamsville High School, named Principal of Waterloo High School)
• Frank N. Zurbick–1918–1926
• Vernon Simmons–1926–1940 (History teacher – Hamburg High School, resigned)
• Leon E. Leader–1940–1946
• Spencer W. Ravel–1940–1972 (unknown, retired ^[5] )
• Lawrence S. Hood–1972–1998 (Assistant Principal – Westhill Junior-Senior High School, retired ^[5] )
• Jean M. Kovach–1998–2000 (Assistant Principal – West Seneca East High School, ^[5] named Director of Instruction of Hamburg Central School District ^[4] )
• Jacqueline K. Peffer–2000–2005 (Principal – Middleport Elementary School, ^[4] named Principal of Union Pleasant Elementary School ^[6] )
• Michael J. Gallagher–2005–2021 (Principal – North Collins Junior/Senior High School, ^[7] retired)

Notable alumni

• George Abbott, Broadway producer
• Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon, writer and magazine editor
• Colleen Brunner, one of the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103; a scholarship for seniors is awarded annually in her memory
• Kathy Hochul, governor of New York ^[8]
• E. Howard Hunt, author, CIA officer, member of the White House Plumbers, organizer of the Watergate burglary
• Howard J. Osborn, former CIA director of security
• Alison Pipitone singer songwriter, and guitarist
• Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post .

References

1. "2023-2024 Student Handbook" (PDF).
2. "hhs.hamburgschools.org".
3. "HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
4. Ploetz, E. (2000, July 7). Peffer named high school principal. The Buffalo News, p. B5.
5. Robinson, K. (1998, June 22). Hamburg high school principal leaving after 26 years in post. The Buffalo News, p. C5.
6. Werbitsky, E. (2005, September 21). $12.7 million bond project approved. The Buffalo News, p. B3.
7. Lew-Port selects new principal. (2002, October 1). The Buffalo News, p. B3.
8. "Hamburg High School staff look back at Hochul's journey".

External links

• http://www.hamburgschools.org

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