New Rochelle High School

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New Rochelle High School
Type Public
Founded 1897
Enrollment approx. 3,300
Principal Donald T Conetta
Location 265 Clove Road
New Rochelle, NY 10801
School Colors Purple and White
Mascot The Huguenot
Website Click here

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[edit] Overview

New Rochelle High School is public high school located in New Rochelle, New York. New Rochelle High School, twice named a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, offers over 240 courses, including honors, research and advanced placement courses. 96% of NRHS graduates attend college or other institutions of higher learning. Complementing the instructional program, multiple co- and extracurricular activities and interscholastic sports offer students numerous opportunities for developing leadership skills, providing community service and extending intellectual, social, artistic and athletic interests.

[edit] Mission Statement

New Rochelle High School, with its smaller learning communities, is dedicated to developing responsible, respectful, tolerant citizens who value cultural diversity and who possess the intellectual, social and emotional independence to become lifelong learners and contributing members of a global society. With our community, its leaders, parents and teachers; we strive to develop responsible social behavior and to provide an environment in which each student may achieve maximum growth.

[edit] Programs

[edit] PAVE

The Performing And Visual Arts Education program at NRHS is a unique program devoted to:

Preparing the talented students to meet the demands necessary for their success, both academically and professionally, and by providing them with a broader knowledge, scope, insight, & balance in a comprehensive program of creative & artistic works.

Acknowledging their heritage in the New Rochelle community through a curriculum which reflects and expresses this diversity.

Viewing themselves as an integral component in the creative process.

Empowering them to become leaders in the arts by developing their creativity, self-esteem, respect, mind and body, and their role as artists.

The different majors offered are Visual Arts, Theater, Vocal, Orchestra, Band and Dance.

[edit] Science Research

New Rochelle High School's three-year program offers students the opportunity to participate in the community of scientific research and scholarship as part of their high school experience. In addition to class, formal individual meetings are held once a week. Students select a topic of interest and explore this topic through library research, person to person conversations with research scientists throughout the country, and telecommunication to research and college libraries. Students develop sophisticated data collecting and lab skills by completing a literature search, formulating a research question, articulating hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting their findings to a bona fide scientific audience (e.g., The Intel Talent Search, the New York State Science Symposium, and local and regional science fairs).

[edit] Alma Mater

New Rochelle we sing to thee Alma Mater dear
Cherished will our memories be of the hours spent here
We love to gaze across the lakes to the towers standing proudly high
A symbol of the lives you make a goal for which we try

New Rochelle how swift the sun moves above the tower
The pride it gives for deeds well done, hope for future hours
A gift of all lives wealth you bring, a debt we’ll ne'er forget
New Rochelle we bow to thee, thy sun will never set

[edit] Distinguished Alumni

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