H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School

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H. Frank Carey Junior/Senior High School

Established	1956
Type	Public Junior / Senior High School
Principal	Douglas Monaghan
Students	1789
Grades	7-12
Location	230 Poppy Avenue, Franklin Square, New York, USA
District	Sewanhaka Central High School District
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Orange Black and White
Mascot	Seahawk
Yearbook	LOG
Newspaper	Carey Clipper
Website	http://www.careyhighschool.com/

H. Frank Carey High School is a public high school located in Franklin Square, New York serving students in the seventh through twelfth grades from the towns of Garden City South, West Hempstead, Elmont and Franklin Square. The school's principal is Mr. Douglas Monaghan. The assistant principals are Ms. Sharon Flynn, Mr. John Kenny and Mrs. Lorraine Wright.

Contents 1 History 2 Student Government Organization 3 Athletics 4 Musical 5 Clubs 5.1 Carey Clipper/Riptide 5.2 Model UN 6 Noted Alumni 7 External links

[edit] History

H. Frank Carey High School was constructed in 1956 in the Long Island town of Franklin Square. The school was named after Board of Education President, H. Frank Carey. Carey High School was awarded in 1999-2000 the prestigious award of being a National School of Excellence.

[edit] Student Government Organization

The school's Student Government (SG) is run in a representative style. Each grade has a Class Board, generally made up of a President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Historian and several Student Government Representatives (depending on each particular grade). Each Class Board monitors its own funds and activities. The Student Government Representatives, in addition to being active members of their own class board are also required to attend weekly Student Government Meetings. At this time they discuss issues that pertain to the school as a whole, specifically activities that include more than one grade, club or incorporate a community group. Examples of activities that they host are Homecoming, March Jamboree, Spirit Day, Pep Rally and a whole slate of other events. The President, Ali Kaufman and the Advisor, Mrs. Teresa Rolla has the primary responsibility and accountability to the student body of insuring that each function goes according to plan. They are assisted by the other Student Government officers and in most cases an event Chairperson.

[edit] Athletics

In 1954, the varsity softball team won the Nassau County Class AA Championship after defeating MacArthur High School. Head Coach Anthony Turco was awarded Newsday's All-Long Island Coach of the Year honors. Four players were given All-County recognition, and one was additionally named to the All-Long Island and All-New York State teams, respectively.

The football team is coached by Head Coach Mike Stanley, Assistant Coaches Tom Aiello and Fred "Cooch" Cuccinello. Carey is in the Nassau Conference II and, after a 7-3 season, are seeded second in their conference. The 2005 season concluded with a Carey trip to their first Conference Championship in over 25 years after defeating their district rivals, Elmont Memorial High School. On 10/14/06 the H. Frank Carey varsity football team defeated their long time rivals, Garden City.

[edit] Musical

Carey performs a different musical each year. Recent shows have included:

[edit] Clubs

Carey has a variety of clubs. The student activities office motto is "An activity for every student, and a student for every activity." The clubs at Carey include:

[edit] Carey Clipper/Riptide

The Carey Clipper is the official newspaper of H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School and is open to students in grades 9-12. It comes out with six issues during one school year; including a November, December, February, March, April and June issue. The current advisor to the paper is Mrs. Amanda McGee-Pleva. The main officer positions are editors-in-chief, treasurer, secretary, layout editor, senior editor, sports editors and photography editor. The positions are currently filled by Christopher Sarfin & Arianna Krizek, Brian Camarda, Megan Camarda, Theresa Simorella, Sara Pittella, Matt Napolitano & Nick Cannatella, and Alana Mutum, respectively. These positions were previously held by Kristi Mignone, Katie Stoll, Eddie Levandoski, Ryan Young and Alexandra Raymond. They are most notably known for their senior edition, which came out in June of 2007. It has been said that their last issue set the bar for the new Clipper staff to reach. The Clipper recently won second place for Most Outstanding Newspaper at Adelphi University's Quill Awards.

The Carey Riptide is the Junior High newspaper for Carey. It comes out with two issues during one school year and is open to all 7th and 8th graders.

[edit] Model UN

The Model United Nations Debate Team at Carey starts with participation in the 1/2 credit World Issues class, and then upon completion, the students become members of the club. The team goes on many conferences where they debate a wide variety of issues facing the real United Nations today. The team has participated in the following conferences:

• RUMUN- Rutgers Model United Nations
• SIDMUN - Sewanhaka Interdistrict Model United Nations
• PHILMUN - Philadelphia Model United Nations
• CMUNC - Carey Model United Nations Conference
• YMUN - Yale Model United Nations
• HNMUN - Harvard Model United Nations
• BosMUN - Boston/MIT Model United Nations

[edit] Noted Alumni

• Joe Abbenda: Carey High School Teacher, Social Studies was a Mr. America and Mr. Universe 1960-63
• Bruce Arena: Coach of Red Bull New York soccer team. Former coach of United States men's national soccer team at 2002 and 2006 World Cups. Two Major League Soccer championships as coach of D.C. United. Five NCAA soccer championships with the University of Virginia.
• Michael J. Massimino: NASA astronaut, degrees from MIT and Columbia, Carey grad, 1980.
• Mike Tucci: Actor, played Sonny in "Grease" with John Travolta and in TV show "Diagnosis Murder."
• Ron Tunison: Sculptor, Historical Sculptures, does work for Gettysburg National Battlefield as well as other monuments.

[edit] External links

• Carey High School website
• Sewanhaka School District website
• Biography of H. Frank Carey