Van Wyck Junior High School
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Van Wyck Junior High School is an intermediate school in Hopewell Junction, New York, located at 6 Hillside Lake Road and is a part of the Wappingers Central School District. The school opened it's doors in 1964 and presently teaches grades six through eight. New construction of homes in the area have led to overcrowding in Van Wyck and the district's other junior high, Wappingers Junior High School. Incapacity led to the western-most wing (which runs north-south) to be added to the school. The extension is only noticeable in the new rooms which touch where the outside of the school once was: normal sized bricks are seen on the eastern walls of those rooms, while the rest have walls made of cinder block-size bricks. In late 2004, modulator classrooms were opened approximately 75 feet south of the existing building to accommodate some sixth grade classes which the school could not hold. The present principal is Steven Shuchat (pronounced SHOO-cat).
This is also one of the most efficient high schools in New York with 100% of the students passing[citation needed] and its one of the safest schools with no crime[citation needed]. 88% of the students are white 6% are black 4% are Hispanic and 2% is other.[citation needed]
