Sachem High School East

Sachem High School East
Address
177 Granny Road Farmingville , New York 11738 United States
Coordinates	40°50′42″N73°00′40″W / 40.845112°N 73.011058°W / 40.845112; -73.011058
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	We are Sachem
Established	2004
School district	Sachem School District
Principal	Lou Antonetti
Teaching staff	176.10 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,152 (2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	12.22 [1]
Color(s)
Nickname	Arrows
Website	www.sachem.edu/schools/sachem_high_school_east

Sachem High School East is a public secondary school located in Farmingville, New York, United States. Along with Sachem High School North, it is one of the two high schools in the Sachem School District. ^[2]

History

The school was founded in 2004, populated by students from the former Sachem High School South, which closed and was rebranded to Samoset Middle School.

Athletics

Sachem East fields a number of varsity and junior varsity teams in the Section 11 Athletic Conference. Teams at Sachem East include:

• Boys' bowling
• Girls' bowling
• Boys' cross country
• Girls' cross country
• Boys' volleyball
• Girls' volleyball
• Boys' soccer
• Girls' soccer
• Field hockey
• Boys' lacrosse
• Girls' lacrosse
• Football
• Girls' tennis
• Boys' tennis
• Girls' swimming
• Boys' swimming
• Boys' basketball
• Girls' basketball
• Wrestling
• Boys' golf
• Boys' track
• Girls' track
• Baseball
• Softball
• Cheerleading
• Arrowettes (dance)
• Fortnite E-sports

A number of teams have won national, state, or regional championships. These include:

• Varsity Field Hockey-Long Island Champions 2014, 2018 ^[3]
• Varsity Cheerleading-National Title 2016 ^[4]
• Girls' Varsity Basketball-NYS Champion 2010 ^[5]

Academics

Sachem East offers many of the Advanced Placement programs offered by the College Board, as well as many honors courses. It offers Spanish, French and Italian as foreign languages that can be taken. The school also offers classes in culinary arts, engineering, 3D printing, and cosmetology (which upon completion grants the student a cosmetology license). Sachem East has partnered with Eastern Suffolk BOCES to allow students to take courses through BOCES.

Extra curriculars

Sachem East offers many clubs for students to join. It also has chapters for many national honor societies including Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Business, Technology, Art, Music, and the National Honor Society. The school also fields several academic teams, such as History Bowl teams (the junior varsity 2017–18 team made it to the national competition in Washington, D.C.) and a DECA team.

Demographics

Gender 2015-2016

Gender	Students	Percent
Female	1,194	50.4%
Male	1,173	49.6%
Total	2,367	100%

Race 2015-2016

Race	Students	Percent
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	0.21%
Asian/Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	136	5.7%
Black or African American	44	1.9%
Hispanic/Latino	211	8.9%
White	1958	82.7%
Multiracial	13	0.55%
Total	2367	100% [6]

Notable alumni

• Keith Kinkaid – NHL goalie for the New York Rangers
• Jeff Ruland – former NBA player with the Washington Bullets and coach of Iona University Gaels men's basketball team
• Marc Sebastian – fashion model, stylist, and activist
• Shoe0nHead – YouTuber
• Skylar Spence – musician

References

1. "Sachem High School East". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
2. "Sachem Home Page". Sachem School District. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
3. "Shanahan lifts Sachem East to Long Island title". newsday. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
4. "Sachem East captures national cheerleading crown". newsday. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
5. "Sachem East Girls Basketball Year-by-Year Results". maxpreps.com. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
6. "Sachem High School East Enrollment (2015-16)". New York State Department of Education. Retrieved December 28, 2018.