Village School (Great Neck, New York)
| Village School | |
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| Location | |
| 614 Middle Neck Road Great Neck, New York, 11023 USA |
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| Information | |
| Established | 1971[1] |
| Opened | 1970[2] |
| Principal | Stephen Goldberg[3] |
| Website | gnvs.weebly.com/ |
Village School (also known as VS)[1] is an American long-established public alternative school.[4] It is a member of Coalition of Essential Schools[5] and is located in the village of Great Neck, New York, serving students in grades 9 through 12.[6] Village School is one of three high schools in the Great Neck School District, which includes Great Neck North High School and Great Neck South High School.[7] Village School offers its 44 students[8] an outdoor education program,[9] college preparatory program,[10] and inclusion of students with disabilities.[11]
Co-founder Arnie Langberg has been called "one of the most important pioneers in the field of public alternative education."[12]
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[edit] Demographics
The student body in the school year of 2009-2010 consists of:[8]
- 0 American Indian or Alaska Native students or 0% of the student body
- 2 Black or African American students or 5% of the student body
- 3 Hispanic or Latino students or 7% of the student body
- 1 Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students or 2% of the student body
- 38 White students or 86% of the student body
- 0 Multiracial students or 0% of the student body
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nikki Blonsky, actress; transferred to the school in her sophomore year.[13]
- Jesse Friedman, who with his father Arnold was the subject of the child-molestation case documented in Capturing the Friedmans.[14]
- Adam Yellin (class of 1980), record producer and engineer, chief engineer at Electric Lady Studios. Producer of The Ramones, Debbie Harry, RUN DMC etc...
[edit] References
- ^ a b VILLAGE SCHOOL; URL accessed July 18, 2011.
- ^ District History; URL accessed July 14, 2011.
- ^ Faculty; URL accessed July 18, 2011.
- ^ Hu, Winnie (2007-11-12). "Profile Rises at School Where Going Against the Grain Is the Norm". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/education/12village.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ [1] Great Neck Public Schools Web site, PDF document titled "Great Neck Public Schools: The Village School", accessed October 18, 2007.
- ^ "The Village School: An Alternative Means to Education By Pamela Hall & Brooke Rosenfeld NY Teachers". http://nyteachers.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/the-village-school-an-alternative-means-to-education-by-pamela-hall-brooke-rosenfeld/?referer=sphere_related_content/.
- ^ [2], accessed July 14, 2011
- ^ a b Enrollment and Demographic Factors; URL accessed July 14, 2011.
- ^ Physical Education Learning Outside the Box, accessed July 14, 2011
- ^ Graduation and Beyond, accessed July 14, 2011
- ^ Page 7, accessed July 14, 2011
- ^ [3] The quote is from Jerry Mintz, founder of the Alternative Education Resource Organization, in an interview Mintz conducted with Langberg, "Radio Interview With Arnie Langberg on the Night of the Littleton Tragedy" appearing in The Education Revolution Magazine, Summer 1999, accessed March 1, 2007
- ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. "For ‘Hairspray’ Star, ‘My Darn Dream Come True’", The New York Times, July 8, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007. "In her sophomore year, unable to find her niche, she switched from the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School to the Village School, the district’s alternative high school, with 50 students. After class, she joined the theater program at the William A. Shine Great Neck South High School..."
- ^ "An Uphill Fight to Shed a Lifelong Label," by Corey Kilgannon. The New York Times, September 10, 2006, section 14LI, page 1.
