North Tonawanda High School

North Tonawanda High School
Address
405 Meadow Drive North Tonawanda, New York, (Niagara County), 14120 USA
Coordinates	43°03′03″N 78°52′15″W / 43.050764°N 78.870764°W / 43.050764; -78.870764Coordinates: 43°03′03″N 78°52′15″W / 43.050764°N 78.870764°W / 43.050764; -78.870764
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational
School board	North Tonawanda School Board
School district	North Tonawanda City School District
NCES District ID	3621240[1]
Superintendent	Gregory J. Woytila
CEEB Code	334-230
NCES School ID	4009000100115[2]
Principal	James V. Fisher
Assistant principals	Kristopher W. Clester Michael C. Mann
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1307 [2] (2010-2011 [2])
• Grade 9	328 [2]
• Grade 10	316 [2]
• Grade 11	344 [2]
• Grade 12	310 [2]
• Other	9
Color(s)	Red and Blue
Athletics conference	Section VI
Mascot	Lumberjacks
Newspaper	The Horizon
Yearbook	NorthStar
Feeder schools	North Tonawanda Middle School
Assistant Director of Special Education	Dana L. Hoffman
Website	North Tonawanda High School

North Tonawanda High School or N.T.H.S., is a public high school located in North Tonawanda, New York. N.T.H.S. is the high school for the North Tonawanda City School District. The current principal is Mr. James Fisher, and the current assistant principals are Mr. Kristopher Clester, Mr. Michael Mann, and Ms. Dana Hoffman.

Academics

Academies

North Tonawanda High School houses four smaller career academies: The Academy of Business and Finance, The Academy of Engineering & Architecture, the Academy of Information Technology, and the Academy of International Studies. Each academy accepts around twenty new students each school year, wherein each student takes a track of classes within that discipline to prepare students for further exploring that career strand in college.

Schedule

History

Selected former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• Mr. George L. Lowry–1927-1962 (Teacher - North Tonawanda High School, named Principal of North Tonawanda Junior High^[3])
• Mr. Earl Fonner–1962-1972 (Assistant Principal - North Tonawanda High School, retired)
• Dr. B. Frank Sheppard–?-1979 (Assistant Principal - North Tonawanda Middle School, retired)
• Mr. John T. Mahoney–1979-1987 (Principal - Perry Junior/Senior High School, resigned)
• Mr. Joseph Burruano–1987-1990 (Principal - Payne Junior High School, retired^[4])
• Mr. Martin R. Heavey, Jr.–1990-1993 (Assistant Principal - Orchard Park High School, named Principal of Cleveland Hill High School^[5])
• Mr. Franklin D. Ruggiero–1993-1999 (Principal - Jefferson Middle School, died^[6])
• Mr. Albert J. Almansberger–1999-2005 (Principal - Keshequa Junior-Senior High School,^[7] retired)

Selected former assistant principals

• Mr. Earl H. Tierny
• Mr. Earl Fonner–1956-1962 (Social Studies teacher - North Tonawanda High School, named Principal of North Tonawanda High School)
• Mr. Cosino Lacarte–1962-? (Guidance Counselor - North Tonawanda High School, unknown)
• Mr. Joseph Dorczak
• Mr. John R. Baronich Sr.–?-1985 (Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent - North Tonawanda City School District, retired)
• Ms. Nancy A. Tuebner–1990-1992 (Assistant Principal - Reszel Junior High School, Principal Spruce Elementary School)
• Mr. Ralph D. Wilson–?-1994 (unknown, named Principal of Alexander Junior-Senior High School)
• Mr. Richard F. Barone
• Mr. Robert Roth
• Mr. Edward J. Belbas–1990-2002 (Math teacher - North Tonawanda High School, retired)
• Mrs. Patricia C. Kormash–1994-2005 (Assistant Principal - Lafayette High School, retired)
• Mr. James V. Fisher–1998-2002 (Social Studies teacher - Lyndonville High School,^[8] named Principal of Meadow Elementary School)
• Mrs. Lisa Colburn–2002-2009 (unknown, named Principal of North Tonawanda Middle School)
• Mr. Paul G. Lyons–2002-2008 (Business teacher - Holland Junior/Senior High School, named Principal of Dunkirk High School)
• Mrs. Victoria Pohlman–2005-2007 (unknown, named Assistant Principal of Amherst Central High School)
• Mrs. Dana Hoffman–2007-2011 (Social Worker - Ohio Elementary School, named Attendance Administrator of North Tonawanda High School)

Selected administrators

Spirit Week

T-NT Week is the rivalry week for NTHS, the event takes place in October for a full school week in celebration of a long lasting high school football rivalry game against Tonawanda High School. Each day of the week has a theme, such as school spirit day when students dress up in all red white and blue to show their support for the football team.

Earth Day

Earth Day has traditionally been held each year at N.T.H.S. thanks to B.C.F.S. (Building Character For Success), Outdoor Awareness and Telecommunications Club. Each year provides students with new opportunities to explore workshops set up by B.C.F.S. for one half of the day. The other half is dedicated to an assembly, sponsored by Outdoor Awareness which has, in the past, featured student bands, a teacher band, and generally a skit done by Animal Club or Student Council. N.T.H.S.'s very own "Stomp" band performs, led by Mr. Hiestand and featuring many of the school's talented drummers. An environmental spin is added onto the performance with the use of recycled objects as drums. Most of these objects are traditionally pulled out of Fisherman's Park during the Outdoor Awareness beach cleanup in September.

In recent years, Earth Day has lost its grace at N.T.H.S.; many students decide to skip the day completely, increasing the probability of future Earth Days being canceled. On top of that are money issues, as it has become increasingly harder for clubs to earn enough money to pay for various costs associated with Earth Day's production. The Earth Day production was canceled during the 2008-2009 school year due to a lack of interest from the community as a whole.

But that all changed in 2014 when the N.T.H.S. science department discovered ambitious independent film maker, Joseph Marranca. Joseph Marranca  created a short film about Earth's Humanity, featuring the famous speech from Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator" along with clips of world events of violence, society, scientific technology, recycling and reusing of the Earth's resources. The film got mostly positive criticism.

Notable alumni, teachers and coaches

• Mary Alice Demler
• Stan Rojek
• Roman Piskor

References

External links

• District Website
• RateMyTeachers Website