| H. Frank Carey High School | |
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| Location | |
| 230 Poppy Avenue Franklin Square, New York, USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1956 |
| School district | Sewanhaka Central High School District |
| Principal | Valerie Angelillo |
| Faculty | 105 |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,833 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.5 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Orange,Black,White |
| Team name | Seahawks (Used to be Pirettes) |
| Newspaper | Carey Clipper |
| Yearbook | 'LOG' |
| 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 Mrs. Valerie Angelillo.[1] The assistant principals are Mrs. Sharon Collins, Mr. John Kenny and Mrs. Lorraine Wright, and now Mr. Isseks.
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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. During the 1999-2000 academic year, Carey High School was recognized as a National School of Excellence.
H. Frank Carey was born in 1897 in what was then the mill town of Laconia, NH. He was the fifth of a family of 8 children whose mother traced her descent from Captain John Smith and whose father prided himself on being a "John Cary descendant". However, in spite of this elitist New England background, Frank grew up in a wholesome rural atmosphere with no pretensions. At a rather early age his mother died and some years later his father suffered a stroke which incapacitated him to a large extent. It therefore became necessary for all the children to pitch in and do their share of the work. Jobs were obtained for the hours before and after school and during vacations. In that place and at the time only ten percent of children went on to high school and few of those went on to college. In spite of financial handicaps, however, all eight children managed to go to high school and on to some form of higher education. Frank graduated from high school as valedictorian and thereby gained the offer of a scholarship to Brown University. With few dollars in his pocket he headed for Providence in 1916 and with the aid of friends, succeeded in finding jobs that would keep him in board and room. He has often said that financial situations forced him to get good marks. In any event, he was elected to the honorary fraternity of Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduated with honors. Upon graduation in 1920 he was recruited by General Electric in their cost control department. This started him off so that he has been involved ever since in some aspect of cost control. In 1922 he married his childhood sweetheart, a girl of pure German extraction. Together they first settled in New Jersey and then gradually moved to Garden City South. In 1932 he found his final remunerative employment with the Long Island Lighting Company where he served as Assistant Controller until retirement in 1962. In the same year he was elected to the Board of Education of Franklin Square where he continued to serve for 27 years. Off and on, during that period, he was chosen to serve concurrently on the Sewanhaka Central High School Board where he continued for 18 years, most of that time as its president. During his period of service the school system was growing rapidly. There was always a building project either on paper or in actual construction. The culmination was the building of five high schools and their dedication all in one day. The High School Board had asked each local community to determine a name for its high school. One evening the Board of Education heard a delegation from Franklin Square who announced that they represented 32 organizations in that community who were in unanimous agreement that their school should be named the H. Frank Carey High School. Mr. Carey protested that he would be unable to live up to such an honor but he was told that, though president, he had no say in the matter. His marital union was blessed by three daughters, Barbara, Alice and Eleanor, all of whom married ambitious young men whose work took them sometimes to distant places. In recent years, however, the homing instinct has brought them back to Long Island where the whole family is gathered quite close together for the easy exchange of baby-sitters, recipes, and advice. Of twelve grandchildren, only one has thus far flown from the nest and settled in married life away from Long Island. Six months before his retirement his wife, Eleanor died of a heart attack, leaving a void in his life and precluding the usual plans for retirement leisure and travel. After a period of adjustment involving consultant work and voluntary service to the Long Island Fund (predecessor to the United Fund of Long Island) he became interested in one of its agencies, the Dorothy K Robin Child Care Center. He came with them in early 1965 to superintend a project for the Long Island Fund. During the last six months of that year he was called away by US AID to serve in Iran on a survey of the power needs of that country. Upon his return he found that the Board of the Child Care Center expected him to continue to serve them and upon his showing reluctance or bashfulness they elected him Vice President. His functions as such have evolved into those of Chief Fiscal Officer, Property Manager and General Factotum. He has watched this 30 year old institution in its growth from a small, poorly equipped school to what it is now probably one of the largest and finest of its kind in the country. His delight is not only in the functioning of the Center in the area of his supposed interest but in his contacts with bright and active children of both races.
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 and the Advisor, have 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.
In 2006, 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.[2] 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 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. From 2001-2006, H. Frank Carey High School enjoyed its most successful soccer tenure under coach Ken Ehrenkranz, who played semi-professional soccer in Germany for Wiener Schnitzel United.
Carey performs a different musical each year. Recent and upcoming shows have included:
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:
In 2009, a Field Hockey Club was added. In 2011, the Gay-Straight Alliance club was added.
The Carey Clipper is the official newspaper of H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School and is open to students in grades 7-12. 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 Ms. Amanda McGee. The main officer positions are editors-in-chief, layout editor, secretary, treasurer, and photography editor. The positions are currently filled by Christopher Sarfin & Arianna Krizek, Brian Camarda, Megan Camarda, and Alana Mutum, respectively . The Clipper won second place for Most Outstanding Newspaper at Adelphi University's Quill Awards 2008 and first place at the Quill Awards 2009 for Best Online Newspaper, Best First-Page Layout, Best Drawing/Illustration as well as numerous other local community and county awards. The paper has a website: careyclipper.com
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:
Student reviews