Valley Stream Central High School District

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The Valley Stream Central High School District is a public central high school district in New York State that serves about 4500 students in most of the village of Valley Stream, most of South Valley Stream, and most of North Valley Stream as well as parts of Elmont, Franklin Square, and Malverne in Nassau County. It is one of only three central high school districts in New York State. There is a nine-member Board of Education which is composed of three appointees from each of the Elementary District Boards (13,24,30). [1]

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Schools

The district operates four schools:

Elementary schools

Middle schools

Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School
Address
320 Fletcher Ave

,
Nassau County
,
11580

United States
Information
School type Public Government Funded
StatusOpen
PrincipalBret Strauss
Grades7th, 8th & 9th Grades
Gender Coeducational
Age range12-15
Classes offeredcommon core NYS, AP, Music, Art, Special Education
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7:50-2:43 (Periods 1-9)

2:43-3:13 (Extra Help Hours)

2:43-4:30 (Club Hours) [2]
Color(s)Blue & White
Mascot Eagle
Nickname MJHS, MJH
Team nameThe Eagles
RivalValley Stream North High School, Valley Stream South High School
Feeder schoolsValley Stream District 13, Valley Stream District 24, Valley Stream District 30
Website vschsd.org/schools/memorial_junior_high_school</ref>

Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School is the district junior high school (grades 7–9). Students attend classes from 7:50AM (Start of Period One) to 2:43PM (End of Period Nine) Most students go to Valley Stream Central High School when finished with their 9th grade year. The school offers many clubs and extracurricular activities in various interest fields such as art, academia, sports, and social fields.

High schools

Demographics

On December 3, 2006, Newsday reported that of 4,566 students, 55.5% are white, 16.3% are black 16.3% are Hispanic and 12.0% are "other." [3]

Feeder schools

Students from the following grade K6 elementary school districts graduate to attend schools in the Valley Stream Central High School District:

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References

  1. District Information Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Valley Stream Central High School District Schools | School Daily and Bell Schedule".
  3. Diversity of LI's districts