Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School

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Paul D. Schreiber High School, as seen on June 6, 2021.
Address
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School
101 Campus Drive

Port Washington
,
Nassau County
,
New York
11050

United States
Coordinates 40°49′46″N73°40′49″W / 40.829444°N 73.680278°W / 40.829444; -73.680278
Information
Type Public high school
Established1953
School district Port Washington Union Free School District
NCES School ID362358003295 [1]
PrincipalKathryn Behr [2]
Faculty129.9 FTEs [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,638 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.6:1 [1]
Color(s) Royal Blue and White   
Team nameVikings
Newspaper The Schreiber Times
YearbookPort Light
Website www.portnet.org

Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School (commonly Paul D. Schreiber High School or Schreiber High School) is a four-year public high school in Port Washington, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is operated by the Port Washington Union Free School District.

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As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,638 students and 129.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 285 students (17.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 18 (1.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

The school was originally constructed in 1953 and is named after a former superintendent. [3] It is one of the top public high schools on Long Island. [4] U.S. News & World Report awarded Schreiber a gold medal in its 2014 rankings. [5] In 2015, it was ranked as the 283rd best high school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report , with a student/teacher ratio of 13:1. [6]

The school offers numerous extracurricular activities in academics, athletics, the arts, music, and the sciences.

Academics

The school offers 26 Advanced Placement classes, more than three times the state average. [7] The Advanced Placement exam pass rate is 83%, meaning that 83% of students attain a score of 3 or higher on the AP exam, compared to the state average of 61%, and more than half of the student body, 53%, takes at least one Advanced Placement exam, compared to the state average of 16%. [8] In 2022, 75% of students took at least one Advanced Placement exam. [1]

Athletics

Schreiber High School is located in Section VIII of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHAA). As such, it competes against other public schools in Nassau County, New York in baseball, basketball, bowling, badminton, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.

The mascot is a blue and white Viking head with yellow hair. It is often compared to the Viking head used by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.

In November 2008, the Girls' Tennis team beat previously defeated Westhampton Beach High School in the Long Island Championship. This marked the second straight year that the team won the title, becoming the first team to repeat as champions. [9]

Research program

Schreiber has a nationally recognized research program in Mathematics, Science, and Social Science. [10] There have been numerous local and national winners from the school's research program. Students compete in a variety of competitions including the Siemens Competition, Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

The school's research program has attained nationwide recognition through student success in the Intel Science Talent Search competition. [11] From 2002 to 2010, the school had the sixth most semifinalists in the nation with 50, trailing only Montgomery Blair High School (108), Stuyvesant High School (103), Ward Melville High School (85), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (75), and Bronx High School of Science (59). [12]

In 2000, nine semifinalists were selected, leading all schools on Long Island. Schreiber ranked fifth nationally and second among comprehensive high schools. [13] Furthermore, three students were chosen as finalists, leading all schools in the country. [14] Ultimately, a student from Schreiber won first place in the competition for her steganography project. She encrypted a message in the gene sequence of a DNA strand. [15]

In January 2008, the school produced six Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, the second highest total on Long Island. [16] Additionally, two finalists were selected from the school. Schreiber was only one of two schools that produced double finalist winners. [17] Along with Great Neck North High School, Schreiber produced the second most finalists in the country, trailing only Stuyvesant High School of Manhattan. [18] A student from Schreiber was selected to be one of the top ten winners of the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, winning a scholarship of $20,000. The student was the ninth-place winner for a zoology project based on Odonate populations. [19]

School publications

Schreiber's main student publication is The Schreiber Times. The newspaper was first established in 1924 at the original Port Washington High School as The Port Weekly. The newspaper now publishes 24 page monthly issues that include sections about News, Features, Opinions, Arts and Entertainment, and Sports.

The Schreiber Times has won awards for each of its five sections from well-acclaimed sources, including the Long Island newspaper Newsday, [20] the American Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the Empire State School Press Association. In 2012, The Schreiber Times launched an online version of the print paper. There is as an archive of all issues of The Schreiber Times and The Port Weekly published since 1924.

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "School Administrators" . Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ "About Our School / Overview". Portnet. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Head of the class: School districts that add value". Newsday . July 16, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
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  21. ↑ Best, Neil. "Kenny Albert's Cup runneth over with Islanders memories", Newsday . Accessed February 6, 2023. "When Albert was a senior at Paul D. Schreiber High School in 1985-86, he attended 20 or so Islanders games to practice announcing into a tape recorder."
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  23. ↑ Genn, Adina. "How Port Washington Helped Shape ABC Star Katie Lowes", Port Washington, NY, Patch, April 5, 2012. Accessed February 6, 2023. "Lowes plays Quinn Perkins, a young lawyer with a secret past and a steep learning curve. But don't be fooled by the hype. Lowes is still very much a Port Washington girl, and says her roots played a big role in who she is today.... Like many current Port Washington 'theater kids,' Lowes, who graduated high school in 2000, devoted herself to the local arts scene, and all of its opportunities."
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