Hastings High School (New York)

Hastings High School
Location
One Mount Hope Boulevard Hastings-on-Hudson, , New York 10706 United States
Coordinates	40°59′40″N73°52′20″W / 40.99444°N 73.87222°W / 40.99444; -73.87222
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals)
Established	1905
School district	Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District
Superintendent	William S. McKersie [1]
Principal	Andrew Clayman [2]
Staff	50.88 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Grades	9–12 [3]
Enrollment	519 (2022–23) [3]
Student to teacher ratio	10.20 [3]
Colors	Green and Gold
Mascot	Yellow jacket
Newspaper	The Buzzer
Feeder schools	Farragut Middle School
Website	hhs.hohschools.org

Hastings High School (HHS) is a comprehensive public high school and the only high school of the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District in Westchester County, New York. The principal is Andrew Clayman.^{[ citation needed ][ when? ]}

History

The class of 1908 was the first graduating class of Hastings High School.^{[ citation needed ]}

Extracurricular activities

Theater

Hastings High School received a $10,000 grant from a division of the National Broadcasting Corporation to put on a production of Hairspray. ^{[4] [5]}

Athletics

The Hastings High School football team plays Yonkers Montessori Academy at Reynolds Field

Hastings is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The Hastings Athletics Department has been recognized by the Journal News as recipients of the NHSCSA Sportsmen Medallion for their outstanding efforts in both Crowd Attendance and Spirit. The Student Section, also known as the "Cochran Crazies," has been awarded the TFS Scholar Creative Minds Award recognized by the Section 1 Athletic Committee in 2006.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Buzzer

Hastings High School's newspaper; it has been represented by its Editorial Staffs at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Annual Conference at Columbia University, the Young Author's Conference of 2007, and "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" at The George Washington University.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards and recognition

Hastings High School was a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Award for excellence for 2001–2002 and for 2016–2017. ^[6]

Rankings

In 2015, Hastings High School was ranked 162nd on Newsweek's ranking of the top US high schools. ^{[7] [ when? ]}

Notable alumni

• Stephen Collins, actor
• Libby Copeland, reporter for the Washington Post
• Ricki Lake (born 1968), actress, television presenter and producer
• Ali Marpet (born 1993), American football center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL)
• Robert Meeropol (born 1947), son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
• Dave Rice (born c. 1940), college football coach
• Benh Zeitlin (born 1982), filmmaker, composer, and animator
• John Dehner (born 1915), stage, radio, film, and television actor
• Edmund Phelps (born 1933), recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics

References

1. "SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE". Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
2. "Principal's Message". Hastings High School. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
3. "HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
4. Kramer, Pete (January 30, 2019). "Lack of diversity can't stop the beat at Hastings 'Hairspray'". lohud. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
5. Woyton, Michael (September 27, 2019). ""Hastings Director Takes Part In Theater Industry Award Event"". Rivertowns Patch. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
6. "Hastings High School Named National Blue Ribbon School". Hohschools.org. September 28, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
7. On 08/19/15 at 7:31 AM EST (August 19, 2015). "America's Top High Schools 2015". Newsweek.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

External links

• "HHS Home Page"
• "HHS Newspaper"