Hastings High School (New York)

Location
One Mount Hope Boulevard, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 10706
Information
Motto	Primus Inter Pares (First Among Equals)
Opened	1905
Principal	Louis A. Adipietro
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Mascot	Yellow jacket
Website	hastings.k12.ny.us

Hastings High School (HHS) is a public high school and only high school of the Hastings-on-Hudson school district in Westchester County, New York. The principal is Louis A. Adipietro.

History

The class of 1908 was the first graduating class of Hastings High School. In 1949, the school adopted the coat of arms of Hastings, England.

Rankings

Hastings High School was ranked 162nd on Newsweek's ranking of the top US high schools^[1]

Awards

Hastings High School was a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Award for excellence for 2001–2002.

Athletics

Hastings is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The Hastings Athletics Department has been recognized by the Journal News as recipients of the NHSCSA Sportsmen Medallion for their outstanding efforts in both Crowd Attendance and Spirit. The Student Section, also known as the "Cochran Crazies," has been awarded the TFS Scholar Creative Minds Award recognized by the Section 1 Athletic Committee in 2006.

Hastings High School's curling team won both the County and Section titles during the '05 and '06 Campaigns.

The Buzzer

Hastings High School's newspaper, The Buzzer, is one of the most successful clubs at the school. It has been represented by its Editorial Staffs at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Annual Conference at Columbia University, the Young Author's Conference of 2007, and "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" at The George Washington University. The Buzzer has featured interviews with Owen Wilson, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Daniels as well as prominent bloggers.

Notable alumni

Ricky Griffin, all-time season point leader and second highest career goal scorer in Carnegie Mellon soccer, history^[2]
Stephen Collins, actor
Libby Copeland, reporter for the Washington Post
Ricki Lake, actress
Jake Tuber, former ESPN and ESPNU college basketball commentator and comedian, history^[3]
Ali Marpet, American Football offensive guard for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL)
Robert Meeropol, son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Dave Rice, college football coach
Benh Zeitlin, director

References

External links

High schools in Westchester County, New York

Public high schools

Yonkers Public Schools	Gorton Lincoln Palisade Preparatory (7-12) Riverside HS for Engineering and Design (9-12) Roosevelt HS - Early College Studies (9-12) Saunders Trades and Technical (9-12) Yonkers Middle High Yonkers Montessori Academy

Other public high schools	Ardsley Blind Brook (Rye Brook) Briarcliff Bronxville Byram Hills Croton-Harmon Dobbs Ferry Eastchester Edgemont Jr-Sr HS Fox Lane (Bedford) Alexander Hamilton Jr-Sr HS (Elmsford) Harrison Hastings Hendrick Hudson Horace Greeley (Chappaqua) Irvington John Jay (Cross River) Lakeland (Shrub Oak) Mamaroneck Mount Vernon New Rochelle Ossining Peekskill Pelham Pleasantville Port Chester Rye Neck (Mamaroneck) Rye Scarsdale Somers Tuckahoe Valhalla Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor) Westlake (Mount Pleasant) White Plains Woodlands (Hartsdale) Yorktown

Independent

Secular private	Daytop Village Secondary School French-American School of New York German School New York Hackley School The Harvey School Keio Academy of New York Masters School New York School for the Deaf Rye Country Day School Soundview Preparatory School Thornton-Donovan School

Religious	Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Archbishop Stepinac High School Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School The Montfort Academy Our Lady of Victory Academy (Closed) Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Solomon Schechter School of Westchester The Ursuline School Westchester Hebrew High School

This list is incomplete.

Coordinates: 40°59′36″N 73°52′30″W / 40.99333°N 73.87500°W / 40.99333; -73.87500

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