Port Chester High School

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Port Chester High School
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Address
Port Chester High School
1 Tamarack Road

Port Chester
,
New York
10573

United States
Coordinates 41°00′42″N73°40′43″W / 41.01179°N 73.67874°W / 41.01179; -73.67874
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MottoTruth and knowledge are the fruits of learning
Established1929
School district Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District
PrincipalLuke A. Sotherden
Teaching staff106.16 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12 [1]
Enrollment1,558 [1]  (2021–2022)
Student to teacher ratio14.68 [1]
Campus size20 Acres (871,200 sq ft)
Color(s)   
Athletics conference Section 1
NYSPHSAA
Nickname Rams
RivalsMamaroneck, Greenwich
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
YearbookPeningian
Website shs.portchesterschools.org

Port Chester High School is a public high school in Port Chester, New York. It is the senior high school of the Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District and its principal is Mitchell Combs. The school is ranked #134 in the state and #1481 in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2018 "Best High Schools" rankings. [2]

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The school was founded in 1929. The building, on the former grounds of a country club, was designed by Tooker & Marsh in "Harvard" style with a prominent clock tower, and completed in 1932. As constructed, it contained 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) of space including a 94 by 72 feet (29 m × 22 m) gymnasium, a 1250-seat auditorium, 38 classrooms, two study halls, four shops, and a model apartment for homemaking classes. The building had radio equipment and an electric fire alarm system, and all its clocks were synchronized to an electric master clock. [3]

The district (and therefore the high school's attendance boundary) is located within portions of the Town of Rye. All of Port Chester is in the district. [4] About 30% of the village of Rye Brook is in the district, and the remainder is in the Blind Brook School District. [5]

Academics

The school offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma in addition to Advanced Placement and college-level courses. [6]

Athletics

Port Chester High School competes in Section 1 of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. [7] The school has teams in football, soccer, volleyball, cross country running, cheerleading, tennis, swimming, basketball, wrestling, indoor track, bowling, baseball, softball, track & field, and golf. [8]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Port Chester Senior High School in Port Chester, NY". US News. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "The History of Port Chester High School (Foreword to the 1963 Peningian)". Tollaland.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-12.
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Westchester County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  5. ↑ Platzman, Cheryl. "IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN/RYE BROOK, N.Y.; 1 Close-Knit Village, 2 School Districts." (Correction Appended) The New York Times . July 2, 2000. p. 1. Retrieved on July 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Port Chester High School" . Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  7. ↑ "Membership by Section" (PDF). New York State Public High School Athletic Association. p. 2. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Port Chester High School Profile: 2020-2021". Port Chester High School. Retrieved 30 December 2020.[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "The Terre Haute Tribune from Terre Haute, Indiana on February 4, 1963 · Page 8". 4 February 1963.
  10. ↑ Josh Thomson (2013-06-18). "McDonnell still hopeful after Louisville falls" – via LoHud Baseball Blog.
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