Hastings High School (New York)
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| Hastings High School | |
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One Mount Hope Boulevard Hastings-on-Hudson 10706 | |
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| Motto | Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals) |
| Opened | 1905 |
| Principal | Louis A. Adipietro |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Yellow jacket |
| Website | www |
Hastings High School (HHS) is a public high school and only high school of the Hastings-on-Hudson school district in Westchester County, New York. The principal is Louis A. Adipietro.
History
The class of 1908 was the first graduating class of Hastings High School. In 1949, the school adopted the coat of arms of Hastings, England.
Rankings
Hastings High School was ranked 162nd on Newsweek's ranking of the top US high schools[1]
Awards
Hastings High School was a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Award for excellence for 2001–2002.
Athletics
Hastings is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The Hastings Athletics Department has been recognized by the Journal News as recipients of the NHSCSA Sportsmen Medallion for their outstanding efforts in both Crowd Attendance and Spirit. The Student Section, also known as the "Cochran Crazies," has been awarded the TFS Scholar Creative Minds Award recognized by the Section 1 Athletic Committee in 2006.
Hastings High School's curling team won both the County and Section titles during the '05 and '06 Campaigns.
Hastings 2015 Boys Varsity Soccer team made a New York State Final Four run after winning both the league and the section. Hastings 2016 Boys Varsity Soccer returned to the Final Four and the team won the New York State Class B Championship after winning their league, section, and region. This was Hastings' first state championship win in any sport.
The Buzzer
Hastings High School's newspaper, The Buzzer, is one of the most successful clubs at the school. It has been represented by its Editorial Staffs at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Annual Conference at Columbia University, the Young Author's Conference of 2007, and "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" at The George Washington University. The Buzzer has featured interviews with Owen Wilson, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Daniels as well as prominent bloggers.
Notable alumni
- Guy Adami, trader, TV personality
- Stephen Collins, actor
- Libby Copeland, reporter for the Washington Post
- Ricki Lake (born 1968), actress, television presenter and producer
- Ali Marpet (born 1993), American Football center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL)
- Robert Meeropol (born 1947), son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
- Dave Rice (born c. 1940), college football coach
- Benh Zeitlin (born 1982), filmmaker, composer, and animator
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