Greece Athena High School
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| Greece Athena High School | |
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800 Long Pond Road Rochester, New York 14612 | |
| Coordinates | 43°14′38″N 77°41′32″W / 43.24389°N 77.69222°W |
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| Type | Public |
| School district | Greece Central School District |
| Principal | Jason Gianotti |
| Schedule type | Block Schedule |
Greece Athena High School is a part of the Greece Central School District serving students in grades 9-12 in Rochester, New York. First built in 1969, Athena is the largest - both in size and population - of the four high schools. A notable recent addition to the school is its state-of-the-art performing arts center.[citation needed]
Music
In the 2010-2011 school year, the Athena music department was one of the first high schools across the nation to perform Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera. They sold out five performances and added a sixth performance which also sold out. Chritine Daae was played by senior Lisa Muldowney. Raoul Le Vicomte de Changne was played by senior Erik Olsen. The Phantom was played by junior Michael Leadbetter. Carlotta was played by junior Emily Beseau. Piangi was played by senior Alex Pasquarella. Meg Giry was played by senior Lexi Gleichauf. Madame Giry was played by senior Jess Drew.
Notable Alumni
- Jason McElwain autistic student scored twenty points in his first high school basketball game. On July 12, 2006, ESPN awarded McElwain an ESPY Award in the "Best Sports Moment" category in recognition of his 20-point game.
- Former NBA player John Wallace
- Broadway star Kevin Greene
2012 Bus Monitor Incident
On June 20, 2012, a youtube video [1] went viral depicting several students on a Greece Athena School Bus "bullying" an adult bus monitor until she began to cry. Before the school district took action, users of the popular websites Reddit and 4Chan had already identified the teens.