Bethpage High School

Bethpage High School
Bethpage High School
	Bethpage High School in Bethpage, New York
Address
	10 Cherry Avenue; Bethpage, (Nassau County), New York 11714; United States
Coordinates	40°45′18″N 73°28′59″W / 40.75500°N 73.48306°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1960
School district	Bethpage Union Free School District
NCES School ID	3604740
Principal	Nicholas Jantz
Faculty	84.09 FTEs
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	932 (as of 2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio	11.08
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Mascot	Golden eagle
Website	www.bethpagecommunity.com/ourschools/bethpage_high_school

Bethpage High School is a high school in Bethpage, New York, United States. The school is situated at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Cherry Avenue, across from the Bethpage Community Park. On average, each class size is between 25 and 30 students. Bethpage High School was once ranked by Newsweek at number 267 of the Best High Schools in America and offers nunerous extracurricular activities in athletics, civics, robotics, and the arts.^[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 923 students and 81.82.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.21.

Extracurricular activities

Bethpage Robotics

The Bethpage Regal Eagles Robotics team was founded in 2009, and compete annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition, specifically at the New York City and SBPLI Long Island Regionals. For the first time in 2017, they competed at the new Hudson Valley Regional. They have won three awards: Woodie Flowers Finalist Award, Dean's List Finalist Award, and Rookie Inspiration Award.^[4]

Athletics

Bethpage offers football, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, badminton, golf, tennis, and kickline, among others.

Notable alumni

Steve Grossman, former jazz fusion and hard bop saxophonist.^[5]
Jordan Levine, men's lacrosse coach, Mercy College^[6]
Chuck Lorre, television producer^{[citation needed]}
Thomas Michaelsen, professional lacrosse player and founder of 365lax Inc.^[7]
Alex Reynolds, professional wrestler, All Elite Wrestling^{[citation needed]}
Dan Rich, entrepreneur^{[citation needed]}
Joe Sambito, former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, and New York Mets^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Dooley, Emily C. "Radium find spurs plan to test on Bethpage High School grounds", Newsday, June 7, 2017. Accessed November 23, 2020. "The high school, which opened in 1960, is across the street from Bethpage Community Park, the site of an intense cleanup plan to remove a plume of volatile organic chemicals from groundwater and other contaminants from the soil."
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d School data for Bethpage Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 9, 2024.
^ America's Best High Schools at Newsweek/MSNBC
^ "Regal Eagle Robotics". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
^ Carmel, Julia. "Steve Grossman, Hired as a Teenager by Miles Davis, Dies at 69", The New York Times, August 21, 2020. Accessed September 22, 2020. "Mr. Grossman took private saxophone lessons with Joseph Allard, a teacher at Juilliard, while attending Bethpage High School, and Mr. Allard coordinated with the high school so that Steven could graduate early and begin his studies at Juilliard."
^ Borenstein, Jack. "Levine plays major role in lacrosse title win", The Jewish Tribune, September 8, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 26, 2009. Accessed November 23, 2020. "For those who followed the squad midfielder, Jordan Levine played an integral role in helping the Nationals go all the way in their inaugural season.... As a senior he captained his Bethpage High School team to a 16-2 record and earned All-Nassau County recognition in football and basketball."
^ "Lacrosse Team in New York City". www365lax.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

[1] Dooley, Emily C. "Radium find spurs plan to test on Bethpage High School grounds", Newsday, June 7, 2017. Accessed November 23, 2020. "The high school, which opened in 1960, is across the street from Bethpage Community Park, the site of an intense cleanup plan to remove a plume of volatile organic chemicals from groundwater and other contaminants from the soil."

[NCES-2] School data for Bethpage Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 9, 2024.

[3] America's Best High Schools at Newsweek/MSNBC

[4] "Regal Eagle Robotics". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[5] Carmel, Julia. "Steve Grossman, Hired as a Teenager by Miles Davis, Dies at 69", The New York Times, August 21, 2020. Accessed September 22, 2020. "Mr. Grossman took private saxophone lessons with Joseph Allard, a teacher at Juilliard, while attending Bethpage High School, and Mr. Allard coordinated with the high school so that Steven could graduate early and begin his studies at Juilliard."

[6] Borenstein, Jack. "Levine plays major role in lacrosse title win", The Jewish Tribune, September 8, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 26, 2009. Accessed November 23, 2020. "For those who followed the squad midfielder, Jordan Levine played an integral role in helping the Nationals go all the way in their inaugural season.... As a senior he captained his Bethpage High School team to a 16-2 record and earned All-Nassau County recognition in football and basketball."

[7] "Lacrosse Team in New York City". www365lax.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

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