Cicero-North Syracuse High School

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Cicero-North Syracuse High School
Location
6002 State Route 31; Cicero, NY 13039-8891
Cicero, New York
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1967 (Cicero High School)
Principal Mr. James R. Froio
Enrollment 2,417[1]
Information (315) 218-4100
Mascot Unicorn/Northstar
Website CNS HS

Cicero-North Syracuse High School is an American public high school located in Cicero, New York, United States serving tenth through twelfth grade students. The school is part of the North Syracuse Central School District.

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[edit] Overview

Cicero-North Syracuse High School hosts grades 10-12 and serves approximately 2,300 students. The current school principal is James R. Froio. Cicero-North Syracuse High School is often called CNS. CNS hosts many extracurricular activities, such as student clubs and sports teams. CNS is the home of the talented Cicero-North Syracuse "Northstars" Marching Band. The school hosts about twenty co-ed sports, with state titles in men's cross-country running in 1989, 1995, 1996, ladies' lacrosse in 2000, 2004 and 2006, and men's baseball in 1995. The school is also home to the Michael J. Bragman Athletic Complex, which was constructed in 1998 and is considered a state-of-the-art facility. Over the years, increasing student populations have resulted in many additions to the school, most recently in 2001. CNS gives students the chance to explore many different career and academic opportunities with a wide range of electives. The school also offers a wide variety of AP classes which give students the opportunity to get credit for college.

[edit] History

Cicero-North Syracuse High School was built as Cicero High School in 1967, which opened in 1969, and served the immediate Cicero area.

In 1983, Cicero High School was consolidated with the North Syracuse Central High School (currently North Syracuse Junior High School) in the North Syracuse Central School District to form the current Cicero-North Syracuse High School.

In 1987, the Cicero-North Syracuse High School Northstars marching band won the New York State Field Band Conference championship.

In 2004, CNS was host to a sudden rash of multiple bomb threats. Two students were later arrested for at least one threat written on a note and left in a bathroom at the school. In December, 2005 they found the real culprit of the threat. The school was affected by a similar rash of these threats in 1996. Also of note a fire ensued as a student set fire to a restroom trash can in 2005.


In 2006, CNS won the Syracuse Area Live Theater Youth (S.A.L.T.Y.) award for best High School Musical with their performance of "The Music Man"[2]

During the 2006-2007 school year, the school has hosted two school wide summits, one focusing on dress code.


In 2009, a math teacher of Cicero-North Syracuse was accused of robbing a bank at gunpoint. He was previously arrested for stolen license plates, and for owing more than $9,000 in bank and credit card debts. He has been sentenced to 4 years in jail.

[edit] Current Issues

Currently, CNS faces the problem of overcrowding. As of 2007, the school reportedly served 2,417 students[1]. Although many district restructuring plans have been discussed by the North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education, there have been no changes made to accommodate this overcrowding problem.

Although the school experiences overcrowding, over 80% of students have passed all of the New York State Regents exams. As a result, the school was given a satisfactory report.[3]

The turf at the Michael J. Bragman stadium was closed in April, 2008, because it was believed that the artificial turf contained a dangerous level of lead in the paint. In July 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Commission assured that the lead levels were low enough not to cause harm.[4] Therefore, after an August 2008 Board of Education meeting, the turf was reopened.[5]

[edit] Clubs

  • SADD
  • GSA
  • IMAGES (Intelligent Minds Against Growing and Existing Stereotypes)
  • UMOJA
  • DECA (FBLA and DECA have now combined as of the '07-'08 school year)
  • Science Olympiad
  • Model United Nations
  • FCCLA
  • National Honor Society
  • Class Of... (Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Years)
  • Year Book
  • Student Engineering Club
  • Mock Trial
  • Newspaper Club
  • Winter Drumline
  • Marching Band
  • Youth Alive
  • ECOS

[edit] Notable Alumni

  • Richard Gere (1967)


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "School Profile 2007", Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "SALTY Awards 2006", Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  3. ^ "School Report Card 2008", Retrieved July 30, 2008.
  4. ^ "CPSC: Turf fields are safe", Retrieved August 1, 2008.
  5. ^ "C-NS turf field will reopen", Retrieved August 12, 2008.

[edit] External links

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