Long Beach High School (New York)
| Long Beach High School | |
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| Address | |
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322 Lagoon Drive West Lido Beach, New York, 11561 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°35′39″N 73°38′05″W / 40.594228°N 73.634834°WCoordinates: 40°35′39″N 73°38′05″W / 40.594228°N 73.634834°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1971 |
| School district | Long Beach City School District |
| Principal | William Stroud |
| Teaching staff | 110.85 (FTE) |
| Enrollment | 1324 (2012-2013) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.94 |
| Color(s) | Blue, White |
| Nickname | Marines |
| Newspaper | Tide[1] |
| Website | lbeach.org/schools/highschool |
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Long Beach High School is a public high school in Lido Beach, New York, serving the Long Beach City School District in Long Beach, New York. The school has a 30-acre (12 ha) campus.[3]
History
Long Beach Junior Senior High School was built in 1939 on Lindell Boulevard in Long Beach. Later, this building was converted to an elementary school and the high school moved to Lido Beach, at the site of what is now the Lido Elementary/Long Beach Middle School complex. Construction of the current location of Long Beach High School, between Lagoon Drive West and Blackheath Road, was completed in 1971.
Athletics
The school's teams are known as the Marines with a Bulldog as the mascot. They currently compete in District Eight of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The sports offered at the school include:
Fall Sports: Cross Country (Separate Male and Female Teams), Football, Cheerleading, Soccer (Separate Male and Female Teams), Badminton (Male Team), Swimming (Female Team), Volleyball (Separate Male and Female Teams), Tennis (Female Team), and the Surf Team (New York State's Only High School Surf Team (Co-Ed))
Winter Sports: Basketball (Separate Male and Female Teams), Swimming (Male Team), Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Winter Track (Separate Male and Female Teams), Wrestling, and Ice Hockey (Male Team)(Three time New York state small school high school champions 2005, 2010–11 and 2011–12)
Spring Sports: Baseball (Male Team), Softball (Female Team), Golf (Separate Male and Female Teams), Spring Track (Separate Male and Female Teams), Lacrosse (Separate Male and Female Teams), Tennis (Male Team), and Badminton (Female Team)
Notable alumni
- Harvey Weisenberg (1952), New York State Assemblyman
- Larry Brown (1958), NBA basketball coach
- Louis Ignarro (1958), 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient
- Ed Lauter (c. 1958), actor
- Eric Foner (1959), historian
- Jeffrey Robinson (1963), author
- Billy Crystal (1965), actor and comedian
- Phil Alden Robinson (1967), director and writer
- Rick Rubin (1981), record producer
- Steven Libutti (1982), surgeon and scientist
- Mike Portnoy (1985), drummer
- Andrew Fried (1994), producer
References
- ↑ "THE TIDE". THE TIDE. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Long Beach Senior High School". ed.gov. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ Saslow, Linda. "Schools Split on 'Open Campus'." The New York Times. October 23, 1988. Retrieved on October 18, 2011.
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