Yonkers High School

Yonkers High School
Yonkers High School
Location
150 Rockland Avenue Yonkers, New York 10705
Information
Type	Public High School ^[1]
School district	Yonkers Public Schools
Principal	Michael Shapiro
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1569 ^[2]
Color(s)	Blue Orange
Athletics	Yonkers Bulldogs
Mascot	Bulldog
Website	http://www.yonkerspublicschools.org/ymhs

Yonkers High School is located in Yonkers, New York, US, and offers the International Baccalaureate program of studies.

Yonkers High School was ranked the 24th best American high school and the 4th best New York State high school in 2012 by U.S. News & World Report. Yonkers High School offers Advanced Placement courses and participates in the International Baccalaureate program. In line with the IB program, Yonkers High School aims to create a “community of caring learners” by encouraging community service activity among its students. Students at Yonkers High School can graduate with a standard diploma, Regents Diploma or Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation. Extracurricular opportunities for students include clubs such as Habitat for Humanity and the Bio-Diversity Club.^[3]

Notable alumni include John Howard Northrop, recipient of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.^[4]

Yonkers Marching Band participates in the 2005 Yonkers Saint Patrick's Day Parade

References

↑ http://www.nysed.gov/admin/662300/010048.html
↑ http://www.greatschools.org/new-york/yonkers/4181-Yonkers-High-School/
↑ "Best High Schools: Gold Medal List - US News & World Report". U.S. News & World Report. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
↑ "Dr. Northrop To Get Columbia Hamilton Prize" (PDF). Yonkers NY Herald Statesman. 1961.

External links

Yonkers High School homepage

Coordinates: 40°55′36″N 73°53′09″W / 40.926751°N 73.885884°W / 40.926751; -73.885884

High schools in Westchester County, New York

Public high schools

Yonkers Public Schools	Gorton Lincoln Palisade Preparatory (7-12) Riverside HS for Engineering and Design (9-12) Roosevelt HS - Early College Studies (9-12) Saunders Trades and Technical (9-12) Yonkers Middle High Yonkers Montessori Academy

Other public high schools	Ardsley Blind Brook (Rye Brook) Briarcliff Bronxville Byram Hills Croton-Harmon Dobbs Ferry Eastchester Edgemont Jr-Sr HS Fox Lane (Bedford) Alexander Hamilton Jr-Sr HS (Elmsford) Harrison Hastings Hendrick Hudson Horace Greeley (Chappaqua) Irvington John Jay (Cross River) Lakeland (Shrub Oak) Mamaroneck Mount Vernon New Rochelle Ossining Peekskill Pelham Pleasantville Port Chester Rye Neck (Mamaroneck) Rye Scarsdale Somers Tuckahoe Valhalla Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor) Westlake (Mount Pleasant) White Plains Woodlands (Hartsdale) Yorktown

Independent

Secular private	Daytop Village Secondary School French-American School of New York German School New York Hackley School The Harvey School Keio Academy of New York Masters School New York School for the Deaf Rye Country Day School Soundview Preparatory School Thornton-Donovan School

Religious	Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Archbishop Stepinac High School Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School The Montfort Academy Our Lady of Victory Academy (Closed) Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Solomon Schechter School of Westchester The Ursuline School Westchester Hebrew High School

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Yonkers High School

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