Colonie Central High School
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Colonie Central High School is a public high school in the town of Colonie, with the postal address of Albany, New York. In 2005 it had 1,886 students and 132 classroom teachers. It is part of the South Colonie Central School District. The building principal is David Wetzel.
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[edit] Demographics
The school is 56% White, 25% Black, 11% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 4% Middle Eastern, and 1% Native American since 2006-2007 school year. The New York State average is 70% White and 30% minority.
[edit] Athletics
The school sports teams are known as the "Garnet Raiders". School colors are Garnet and Gold. Colonie competes in the Gold Division of the Suburban Council or Division III of Class AA in Section II of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The Varsity football team advanced to the Section II Class AA Super Bowl in 2006, but were defeated by CBA. In 2007, the Girl's Basketball team advanced to the state semifinals before losing to Rush Henrietta, the eventual state champion.
[edit] Academics
Colonie High School offers several Advanced Placement (AP) courses in numerous disciplines. In addition, the high school, in conjunction with nearby Hudson Valley Community College, offers several "College in High School courses", in which students can earn college credits for classes taken in the high school. Colonie also has a large technology department, where students can take all of the courses in the Project Lead the Way engineering sequence. Also, the school offers credits from SUNY Albany, RIT and College of St. Rose. Five foreign languages are taught at the school, including Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and Russian.
[edit] Clubs and Activities
Clubs within Colonie Central High School include Spanish Club, SADD, Yearbook Club, Student Senate, Line and Cue (Drama Club), National Honor Society, Natural Helpers, a FIRST Robotics team, Executive Committees for all four classes, jazz band, percussion ensemble, chamber orchestra, Live Like Christ, FBLA, Human Relations Club, DECA and Key Club.
[edit] Music
Colonie Central High School performing groups include a symphonic orchestra, concert orchestra, concert band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, jazz band, percussion ensemble, mixed chorus and chamber singers. In the spring of 2007, Colonie Central High School's Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band traveled to compete in the Festivals of Music Competition. The Symphonic Band received a rating of "excellent" and received first in its category. The Wind Ensemble received a rating of "superior" and had the highest overall score of any band participating, winning them another award.
[edit] Notable alumni
Notable alumni include:
- Kristie Marano (b. 1979), Olympic wrestler
- Ken McCabe (b. 1955), Live entertainment producer
- Jason Bittner (b. 1970), Drummer, Shadows Fall
- Joe Macbeth (b. 1961), Associate Director, NYSACRA
- King Loval (b.1985)King of Easton Ball
