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Brighton High School
Address
Map
1150 Winton Road

Rochester
,
New York
14618

United States
Coordinates43°7′24″N 77°34′00″W / 43.12333°N 77.56667°W / 43.12333; -77.56667
Information
School districtBrighton Central School District
PrincipalNancy Hackett
Grades9-12
Enrollment1257 (2007)
Average class size21
Color(s)Blue, White, and Yellow
MascotBarons
PublicationGalaxy
NewspaperTrapezoid
YearbookCrossroads
Graduates93%
Websitehttp://www.bcsd.org/bhs.cfm

Brighton High School, commonly abbreviated BHS, is a public high school located in Rochester, New York, in the suburb of Brighton. It offers a comprehensive curriculum for students in grades 9-12.

The current principal is Dr. Nancy Hackett.

Overview

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The front of Brighton High School.

As of 2007, Brighton offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes in numerous subjects, including Calculus, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Economics, Government and Politics, United States History, World History, European History, Music Theory, Statistics, English Literature, English Language, Spanish, French, Computer Science, and German.

Brighton is a suburb of the city of Rochester. The high school has an urban-suburban program that allows inner city students to attend Brighton High School.

Performance

The school has appeared on Newsweek Magazine's Top 100 Public High Schools list. In 1998, Brighton achieved its highest ranking on the Newsweek list, taking the 5th spot. In 2006, it placed 96th. In 2007, it placed 79th one ahead of Pittsford Mendon High School. In 2008 it was ranked 158, fifth among schools in the Rochester area behind Pittsford Sutherland, Pittsford Mendon, Greece Odyssey and Wilson Magnet. Rankings fluctuate heavily based upon AP exams administered relative to the graduating senior class. In 2010, Brighton placed 126th.

In 2007, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked Brighton High School 57th out of 18,790 public high schools. It was the only Monroe County school on the list.[1]

The class of 2005 graduated 311 students. There were 6 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and 14 National Merit Scholarship commended students. Mean SAT scores were 614 verbal and 640 math. 80% of those taking AP examinations received a grade of 3 or higher.

About 90% of graduates continue their education, including attendance at prestigious universities. Recent graduates are attending Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, Boston College, University of Richmond, University of Pittsburgh, The University of Virginia, Hampshire College, Johns Hopkins University, Amherst College, Colgate University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Brown University, Williams College, Bentley University, Brandeis University, Syracuse University, Middlebury College, Tufts University, University of Rochester, University of Vermont, Wellesley College, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Case Western Reserve University, Washington University in St. Louis, Colby College, Northwestern University, Gannon University, SUNY College at Geneseo, and SUNY Potsdam.

Languages

Brighton students are offered a wide array of courses in languages other than English, including:

  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • American Sign Language
  • Mandarin Chinese (as of the 2010-2011 school year)
  • Latin

The arts

In March 2007, Brighton High School students acted in a one-night only shadow production of Our Town at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York. Directed by BHS's own Judy Shomper, 11th grade English teacher, the play provided an opportunity for the students to make new bonds with professional actors after viewing several rehearsals and the professional final product.

In fall of 2007 Senior Kyle Glickman, one of Judy Shomper's students, won a Rochester youth literature contest held by Geva Theater with his short play Brighton's Finest.

Brighton's art and literary magazine, Galaxy, was created in 1954, and has since won a variety of awards, including Gold awards from the Empire State Scholastic Press Association and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Galaxy continues its tradition of holding meetings at students' homes on Sunday evenings. Galaxy is entirely student-created, with the help of advisor and art teacher Debra Burger and is printed locally. The magazine's editors maintain a website at http://www.bcsd.org/galaxy [1].

Brighton High School has over 20 different musical groups, ranging from Jazz Band to Crazy Pitches, a coed a capella group. The Crazy Pitches are a favorite group of students at the school, and their annual show, "Pitch Black", is a highly anticipated event each year.

Teachers of the arts at Brighton High School include:

  • Performing Arts Administrator - Dr. Jason Berger
  • Performing Arts Technical Director - Robert Lewis
  • Acting - Judy Shomper
  • Brass/Percussion/Wind Instruments - Therese Schmid, Michael Struzik
  • Choral Groups - Sarah Mattison
  • String Instruments - Cheryl Guth
  • Art - Debra Burger, Ann Crerand, Jed Kunz

In 1991, "The Morning Show" was created at BHS by producers Bennett Killmer and Joe Nussbaum, with the help of still teacher, Richard Tschorke. Nussbaum went on to direct the short film George Lucas in Love, and the feature films Sleepover, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Sydney White starring Amanda Bynes. Tschorke is the advisor of the club and continues to teach technology education at BHS. The show originally only had a few small cameras. Since then, the show has grown to include 2 professional cameras, a graphics machine, audio deck, tape deck, live streaming, and a switch board. The Morning Show continues to be a professional and quality program with the supervison of Tschorke.

In 2009, Brighton's Jazz Appreciation Club founded Bagelfest, an early-morning festival dedicated to the appreciation of jazz music while enjoying hundreds of bagels. More than 150 students, along with an assortment of BHS faculty, gathered in the band room on May 29 for the event. Bagelfest even featured a live broadcast on Brighton's student-run Morning Show. "I've never felt so proud," declared Jonah Smith, president of Jazz Appreciation Club, "everyone had a great time, and their donations really showed their enthusiasm." Bagelfest attendees donated enough money to fully cover the cost of the festival; in the years to come, the Jazz Appreciation Club hopes to raise enough money to donate all proceeds to various charitable organizations that expand jazz literacy in younger generations.

Athletics

The 1971 Boys Soccer team under coach Clarence Mepham won the sectionals, beating rival Pittsford in the final match. Notable about that team is the semi-final match against Spencerport. The first game ended in a 1-1 tie, after four sudden-death five-minute overtimes. The next day, the teams played again, also ending in a 1-1 tie, with another four sudden-death five-minute overtimes. The two exhausted teams took a day off, and then came back for a third game, which Brighton won 3-1. The games were written about in a Scorecard item in Sports Illustrated a few weeks later. Noted Brighton graduate and professional soccer player and coach David Sarachan was the center striker for that team.

The Boys Lacrosse team won the 2004 sectional championship.

In the 2006 season, the boys volleyball team went to sectional finals, beaten by Victor in the final game.

The girls lacrosse team, perhaps the school's most successful program in recent years, has won 11 sectional titles and 2 state championships in the past twelve years (as of 2009). John Dugan’s school record setting performance of 1:55.0 at the 1989 NYSPHSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 800 meters stood for nearly twenty years. In 2007, Mike Geary set new marks for both the 800 meter (1:54) and the 1600 meter (4:19).

Brighton's eternally modest assistant track coach Steve Pulos PhD is a former track All-American at 10,000 meters, Wineglass Marathon champion (2:34), and Lilac Festival 10k champion. Steve was the individual winner of the prestigious Lilac Festival 10k road race in 1980 with a time of 30:24, although he would never personally admit to any of his running accomplishments. To put this monster run into perspective, the former American record holder at 5k, Matt Centrowicz, would win this race two years later. On top of that, Steve's time blows the doors off several later individual winners, such as Scott Bagley, Todd Reeser, and Tom Haxton (perennial Rochester road racing champion, University of Rochester All-American, and University of Chicago All-American, respectively).

In addition, Coach Pulos team's have won eight Section V Championships in track/cross country during his coaching tenure at Brighton High.

In 2006 Zack Ellis(103 sophomore) went to states placed 2nd

In 2007 two members of the brighton varsity wrestling team went to states, Joey Disalvo(215) and Zach Elis(112), a senior and a junior respectively

In 2008 Zack Ellis(119) returned to states with another senior, Matt Mahon(285) who made all-state

The boys and girls cross-country team were New York State Champions in 2004.

The Girls Alpine Ski Team won the NYS crown in 2005.

The Boys Basketball team produced a 17-3 record in 2007 and advanced into the Monroe County Tournament as the number 1 seed for the AA division. Five players were selected to the Monroe County 2007 All-Star Team (Joe Reed, Brad Cronister, Connor Dever, Dan Holtzman, Brandon Burris).

The Boys Baseball team made it to the sectional championships in 2006 where they lost to rival Pittsford Sutherland

The Boys Swim team sent several swimmers to the state competition in 2007 and again in 2010.

The Boys diving team had the pleasure of sending diver Devin Zdanowski to the New York State Diving Championships in 2010 after taking 1st place in the 2010 Section V Championship meet.

The Boys Bowling team won its first Division III title in 2007. Also Richard Farrington made the All Section 5 composite team for states that year.

The Brighton Crew team has produced many Division 1 rowers at schools such as Annapolis, Georgetown, Princeton, Stanford, Wisconsin, and Yale. The Boys Crew team won the NYS Championship points trophy in 2005. The Boys Lightweight Four won the NYS Championship in 2005, placed third in 2006, and placed second in 2007. The Boys Double won the NYS Championship in both 2005 and 2007.The Boys Double with Henry Fitts and Aidan Marsh went to Nationals in 2007.

In 2009, the Boys Track and Field Team won their first Sectional Title. The team prevailed after trading leads with Pittsford Mendon all throughout the day. The Barons secured their title when 10th seeded Philip Cooper won the 200m by 3 hundredths of a second.

Notable alumni

Noted faculty

  • Ardis Mangione-Lindley, a Social Studies teacher, is the daughter of Gap Mangione and niece of Chuck Mangione. She is married to New York Supreme Court justice Stephen Lindley. She is also an alumna.
  • Dan Wilmot, a Social Studies Teacher, whose family owns and operates Wilmorite Construction and established the James P Wilmot Cancer Center at Strong Memorial Hospital.

References

  1. ^ "Brighton named national Gold Medal HS". Democrat and Chronicle. 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-12-01. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.grist.org/feature/2008/05/06/grumet/
  3. ^ "Emmys forecast, Local Connection", Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, September 14, 2007, page 3C
  4. ^ Internet Movie Database - Joe Nussbaum
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