Sanford H. Calhoun High School
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| Sanford H. Calhoun High School | |
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| Location | |
| Merrick, NY, NY, USA | |
| Coordinates | 40°40′26″N 73°33′54″W / 40.67389°N 73.565°WCoordinates: 40°40′26″N 73°33′54″W / 40.67389°N 73.565°W |
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| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1958 |
| Number of students | ~1370 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gray |
| Mascot | Colt |
| Publication | Hoofbeats
Pegasus |
| Website | Website |
Sanford H. Calhoun High School is a high school located in Merrick, New York, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. Calhoun is a magnet school for several programs.
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[edit] Hoofbeats
Hoofbeats is the official student newspaper of Calhoun, informing the students, teachers, and community of the school’s news and events. The paper is produced five times a year, with several editions in color, and spotlights the latest happenings on and around the campus.[1]
[edit] Athletics
Calhoun HS competes in Section VIII athletics, a compilation of public schools in Nassau County. The fall season hosts boys and girls cross country, football, boys and girls soccer, girls tennis, boys badminton, girls volleyball, and girl's swimming. The winter hosts wrestling, boys and girls basketball, and indoor track , with district teams (which include athletes from the other two schools of the district, Mepham and Kennedy) existing for ice hockey, swimming, diving, rifle, and bowling. The final season, spring, is home to boys and girls lacrosse, track and field, baseball, softball, boys volleyball, boys tennis, and girls badminton.[2]
[edit] Calhoun Choral Program (CCP)
The Calhoun HS Choral Program, composed of over 180 students, is the Bellmore-Merrick Central HS District's largest music program.[3]
The CCP consists of 3 groups. Many students belong to more than one group:
- Concert Choir is an auditioned 75-person class composed of 10th, 11th and 12th graders. Each spring, over one-hundred students audition for the incoming group. They perform a wide variety of three, four, six, and eight part music, primarily a cappella. Concert Choir has performed throughout the Bellmore-Merrick community, in Washington DC, in Virginia, and on the Disney World stage four times.
- Chorale, a 3-section class made of over 80 9–12th grade students, is a group that performs a wide variety of three-part a cappella and accompanied music. The class performs at concerts in the winter and spring.
- Crescendo, the most well-known of the ensembles, is an auditioned show choir of 24 students that performs pop-rock literature with choreography/movement.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream[citation needed]
- Dana Milbank, Washington Post columnist journalist[4]
- Jeff Mattson, lead guitarist and singer of Dark Star Orchestra[5]
- Zack Ryder, professional wrestler[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/calhoun/activities.html#hoofbeats
- ^ http://www.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/calhoun/sports.html
- ^ http://www.ccp1.org/
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/dana-milbank/2011/02/24/ABhhJwI_page.html
- ^ Pacer '76, Sanford H. Calhoun H.S. Pacer Staff, New York, 1976
- ^ http://www.allwwewrestlers.com/zack_ryder.htm
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