North Shore High School (New York)

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North Shore High School
North Shore High School in 2016
Address
Map
450 Glen Cove Avenue

Glen Head
,
New York
11545

United States
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
OpenedSeptember 1957
School districtNorth Shore Central School District
PrincipalEric Contreras
Faculty98.2 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment764 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio7.8[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Team nameVikings
RivalGlen Cove High School
NewspaperThe Viking Voice
Websitewww.northshoreschools.org/highschool/

North Shore High School is a public high school located in the hamlet of Glen Head in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is the sole high school operated by the North Shore Central School District.

Overview[edit]

The school is a part of the North Shore Central School District.[2] The current principal is Eric Contreras.[3] In 2024, US News ranked North Shore as the 456th best public school in the country.[4] North Shore's athletic teams are known as the Vikings, and have a long-time rivalry with neighboring Glen Cove High School.

In 2021, North Shore High School was recognized as a 2021 National Blue Ribbon School in the Exemplary High Performing category.

History[edit]

The 30-acre (12 ha) property which the school sits on was purchased in 1952 by the Glenwood Landing School District – one of three districts which merged in 1953 to form today's North Shore Central School District.[5] Following the 1953 merger between the Glenwood Landing, Sea Cliff, and Glen Head School Districts which formed the North Shore CSD, construction began on the school, after voters approved its erection during a September 25, 1954 vote. However construction was indefinitely halted shortly thereafter, following the filing of a lawsuit in which two Glenwood Landing residents, on behalf of a Glenwood Landing civic group, sued to try undoing the merger and argued that the North Shore School District could not build the school on the site because it was purchased by one of its predecessors; many Glenwood Landing residents were opposed to the merger, while residents from Sea Cliff and Glen Head were in favor of it – and a state law required school construction to halt if there was a lawsuit in progress concerning the given property.[6][7]

In December 1954, the New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of the North Shore School District, and in April 1955, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court upheld the decision after the plaintiffs appealed the initial ruling.[5][6] Construction on the school soon resumed, ending the delay caused by the lawsuit – and the school eventually opened in September 1957; the first class graduated in June 1958.[5][6][7][8][9] The first principal of the school was Dr. John French.[6][7] The school was designed by Vincent Kling.[10]

For many years North Shore has had an "open campus" policy, where students were allowed to leave campus during lunch and other free periods so they could work on independent projects. Some community members wanted North Shore to become a "closed campus," where leaving campus was not permitted during free periods. They were concerned due to automobile and pedestrian safety and possibilities of students conducting recreational drug usage off campus.[11]

Student demographics[edit]

As of 2024, approximately 764 students attend North Shore High School.[2]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, the school had an enrollment of 777 students and 100 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.8:1. There were 99 students (13% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch, while one percent of students were eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Notable alumni[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "School Data for North Shore Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "North Shore Senior High School". US News. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  3. ^ "North Shore Senior High School". US News. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Newsweek. Best U.S. High Schools 2020-2021
  5. ^ a b c Buskin, Marty (1955-04-13). "North Shore High School Backed by Appeals Court". Newsday. ProQuest 875221487. Retrieved 2021-05-23 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ a b c d "North Shore High School Student Handbook, 2023–24" (PDF). North Shore Central School District. 2023. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  7. ^ a b c "North Shore High School – Indeed". indeed.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  8. ^ "Local History – Gold Coast Public Library". Gold Coast Public Library. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  9. ^ "North Shore High School 2020–2021 School Profile" (PDF). North Shore Central School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  10. ^ "-- citation: North Shore High School -- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings". www.philadelphiabuildings.org. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  11. ^ Saslow, Linda (1988-10-23). "Schools Split on 'Open Campus'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  12. ^ North Shore High School Yearbook,1975
  13. ^ "Committee on Oversight and Accountability, U.S. House of Representatives, Interview of Devon Archer" (PDF).
  14. ^ a b c d e f Kathleen Clancy (November 1994). "Life After North Shore". Viking View. Glen Head, New York: North Shore High School.
  15. ^ Bolger, Timothy (2024-04-20). "Long Island Native Max Azzarello Dies After Setting Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial in NYC". Long Island Press. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  16. ^ North Shore High School Yearbook,1972
  17. ^ Despres, Tricia. "Dylan Brady's 'Over Us' Video Mines His Own Emotions". Taste of Country. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  18. ^ a b North Shore High School Yearbook 1973
  19. ^ a b "Accomplished Graduates of the North Shore Schools". North Shore School District. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  20. ^ Staff. "SNL's Kate McKinnon to Return to North Shore High School for Anniversary Gala, 6/15", BroadwayWorld.com, May 30, 2013. Accessed February 16, 2017. "McKinnon is a 2002 graduate of North Shore High School where in addition to initiating the school's first improvisation group, she delighted audiences in roles ranging from the troubled chanteuse Cherie in Bus Stop to the sassy octogenarian Berthe in Pippin before launching on a career that would take her from the stages of New York's renowned Upright Citizen's Brigade to the small screen in LOGO's Big Gay Sketch Show before joining the ranks of fellow North Shore Masquers alumnus Michael McKean as a cast member of NBC's legendary sketch show"
  21. ^ North Shore High School Yearbook 1974
  22. ^ Albanese, Laura. "Amanda Sobhy of Sea Cliff seeks squash glory in Pan Am Games", Newsday, July 11, 2015. Accessed February 16, 2017. "It has been a breathless past few weeks for Amanda Sobhy.... The North Shore High School graduate thrives in those situations."
  23. ^ "Female Rookie of the Year Runner up: Sabrina Sobhy | Sports | the Harvard Crimson".
  24. ^ Strauss, Darin. "Smells like middle-aged spirit; Your 20th high school reunion is a reminder that you actually can go home again. But as you suck in your gut, ask yourself this: Do you want to? ", Salon (website), October 20, 2008. Accessed February 16, 2017. "For months, North Shore High School's class of 1988 has been readying to suck in its gut and throw a party."

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