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*[[Vicki Robin]] (born 1945), activist, author ''Your Money or Your Life''
*[[Vicki Robin]] (born 1945), activist, author ''Your Money or Your Life''
*[[Ira Lee Sorkin]] (born 1943), attorney, and SEC expert, defended ''[[Bernard Madoff]]''
*[[Ira Lee Sorkin]] (born 1943), attorney, and SEC expert, defended ''[[Bernard Madoff]]''
*Michael Ferraro: Savage
*Michael Ferraro: Savage, laxbro extraordinaire, professional buttchugger, very affluent.


==References==
==References==

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Manhasset Secondary School
Location
Map
200 Memorial Place
Manhasset, NY 11030
Information
TypeMiddle School / Public High School
School districtManhasset School District
Principals and Assistant PrincipalsDr. Dean Schlanger (Principal, all grades)
Peter J. Vercessi (Assistant Principal, all grades)
Faculty59.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades7 - 12
Enrollment1350 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.3[1]
Color(s)Orange and Blue
Athletics conferenceSection VII
Team nameIndians
PublicationIndian Ink
Information516-267-7600
WebsiteSchool website

Manhasset Secondary School is a four-year public high school and middle school located in Manhasset, Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. Manhasset High School consistently ranks among the top 100 High Schools in America.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 785 students and 59.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.[1]

Building history

  • The secondary school building was built in 1934 as a project of the Works Progress Administration. It and Musney Park School were designed by the firm Tooker & Marsh. It has undergone multiple extensions and renovations throughout the ears, but remains mostly intact. The interior main hallway and auditorium underwent restoration in 2009. It is currently pending a listing on the National Register of Historic places.

Schools and offices located in the school building

  • Manhasset Middle School
  • Manhasset High School
  • Central Office
  • The Superintendent of Schools
  • Offices for the District Coordinators of Mathematics, Foreign Languages, Science, English, Athletics, Technology and Social Studies

Sports

  • Manhasset's team nickname is the Indians, and the school colors are orange and blue.
  • Varsity sports at Manhasset High School include baseball, football, basketball, field hockey, cross country, track, volleyball, lacrosse,[2] tennis, soccer, swimming, crew, fencing, badminton, golf, bowling and wrestling.

Lacrosse

  • In 1932, Manhasset established the first HS lacrosse team on Long Island while Garden City followed shortly after in 1934.[3] A yearly lacrosse tradition known as the "Woodstick Classic" emerged between the schools, an event which is attended by thousands every year, and is currently the nation's longest continuous boys lacrosse rivalry.[4]
  • Since 1995, Manhasset has won the Class B State Championship one time : 1995, and Class C State Championship three times:[2] 2004,2009 and 2010. [citation needed]
  • For the past six years since 2004, the Manhasset Indians have been ranked among the top 100 best lacrosse teams in the country (Ranked by Laxpower), and have finished among the top three on that list, three different times during that span.[citation needed]
  • In 2009 and 2010, the boys lacrosse team won the Class C state championship, making back-to-back state titles for the first time in school history.[citation needed]

Rowing

  • In 2008, the Boys Junior 4+ boat won the Scholastic National Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee,[5] the prestigious Stotesbury Cup regatta, and the New York State Championship regatta.
  • The following year, in 2009, the Boys Senior 4+ won back-to-back National titles.[6][7] They also placed first in both the New York State Championship regatta and the New Jersey State Championship regatta that year. The Girls Junior 4+ boat also won the Scholastic National Regatta and placed 4th in the world famous Head of the Charles Regatta.
  • In 2010 the Girls Lightweight 4+ boat won New York State Championship regatta and the Scholastic National Regatta. They also took second place Second at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.

Music

This year eight choirs will involve over 300 students in singing: Symphonic Choir, Concert Choir I, Concert Choir II, Women's Chorus, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen, Varsity Kinsmen.[2]

Kinsmen is the elite men's choir with 35 members.

NYSSMA Majors

  • 2009 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Symphonic Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen, Orchestra
  • 2008 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Concert Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen
  • 2007 Golds with Distinction: Concert Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen

Notable alumni

  • Ted Bessell (born 1935) television actor and director.
  • Jim Brown (born 1936), NFL Hall of Famer for the Cleveland Browns.[8]
  • Jack Coffee (born 1944) attorney, professor of law at Columbia and SEC expert.
  • John Gagliardi (born 1974), professional lacrosse player.[9]
  • Dr. Nancy E. Gary, (1937–2006) former dean of Albany Medical College, Executive Vice President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine.[10]
  • Ken Howard (born 1944), actor best known for the TV series The White Shadow[11] and Chancellor of the National Kidney Foundation.
  • Steve Lesser (born 1944), architect, best known for work on Faneuil Hall, Boston.
  • Vicki Robin (born 1945), activist, author Your Money or Your Life
  • Ira Lee Sorkin (born 1943), attorney, and SEC expert, defended Bernard Madoff
  • Michael Ferraro: Savage, laxbro extraordinaire, professional buttchugger, very affluent.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Manhasset High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 27, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Manhasset Lacrosse: Enduring Tradition". Manhasset Press. July 14, 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
  3. ^ Local Heat, National Spotlight - High Schools, Long Island Expressway, National Collegiate Athletic Association - Newsday.com
  4. ^ Woodstick Classic Boys Varsity Lacrosse November 30th, 2006.
  5. ^ http://www.sraa.net/archives/2008_SRAA_Saturday.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.antonnews.com/manhassetpress/sports/1606-manhasset-high-school-crew-team-wins-consecutive-national-titles.html
  7. ^ http://www.sraa.net/archives/2009_Sat_Results.pdf
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen. "FILM REVIEW; Jim Brown as Football Legend, Sex Symbol and Husband", The New York Times, March 22, 2002. Accessed October 15, 2007. "It was at Manhasset High School that he became a football star and athletic legend."
  9. ^ Barbuti, Angela. "Field of Dreams: Manhasset's Fab 5 Returns to MHS to Practice", Manhasset Press, August 26, 2005. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Of the 150 best lacrosse players in the world, five call Manhasset home. Beginning their careers playing on Manhasset's P.A.L. teams, Conor Denihan, John Gagliardi, Tim Goettelmann, Blake Miller, and Nick Murtha would all grow up to play major league lacrosse."
  10. ^ [1] Nancy Gary; Pioneering Dean of Medical Schools, Washington Post, June 15, 2006
  11. ^ Ken Howard profile, The New York Times. Accessed November 23, 2007.

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