Eastchester High School

Eastchester High School
Location
Eastchester, NY 10709
Coordinates	40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W / 40.9614; -73.8102Coordinates: 40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W / 40.9614; -73.8102
Information
Established	1927
School district	Eastchester Union Free School District
Principal	Jeffrey Capuano
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	905 (2009)
Team name	Eagles
Website	http://ehs.eastchesterschools.org/m2/

Eastchester High School is located in Westchester County, New York in the town of Eastchester. It is a former U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon school^[1] with approximately 905 students. Graduates have gained acceptance to schools such as Bucknell University, The Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, the University of Miami, Tulane, Haverford College, Stanford and many others.^[2] Eastchester High School is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

History

A junior high school was added to the High School in 1955, and two years later another wing was constructed to make up what is now known as Eastchester Middle School. The original gym and an auditorium were built at the High School in 1932, and a second gym was opened there in 1985.^[3]

Academics

In 2011, Eastchester High School students received an average combined SAT score of 1624 (527 Verbal, 560 Math, and 537 Writing). That same year, Eastchester sent 90.1% of its graduating class to a college.^[4]

Eastchester offers 16 AP classes as well as several courses for college credit in conjunction with colleges in New York State.^[5]

Athletics

Eastchester High School offers a number of varsity sports team competing in New York State's Section 1 including football, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, track and field, tennis, hockey swimming, cross-country, lacrosse, and wrestling.

Eastchester's athletes have achieved considerable success. Eastchester's girls tennis team captured the New York State singles title in 2002 and 2004.^[6] Eastchester's Varsity Softball Team won state championships in 1990 and 1991, with their head coach, Thomas "Skip" Walsh and First Base/Pitcher, Bonnie Bell (Shelton), both subsequently inducted into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame.^[7]

Notable Coaches:

• Thomas "Skip" Walsh – Retired Varsity Softball Coach – New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2013.
• Dom Cecere – Director of Athletics for many decades. Holds N.Y. State record for most wins by a public high school baseball coach. National High School Baseball Coach of the Year 2015.
• Ron Rothstein – Coach of the several NBA teams was both a physical education teacher and the varsity basketball coach in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Notable alumni

• Eric Naposki, Former NFL player, convicted of murder, Class of 1984.
• Kenneth Posner, Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer, Class of 1983.
• Chuck Traynor, Pornographer, Class of 1955.
• Betty Broderick, High-profile murderer convicted of the killing of her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, Class of 1965.
• John Doherty, MLB Pitcher, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, Class of 1985.
• Bobby Moynihan, Cast Member of Saturday Night Live, Class of 1995.

Filming location

Eastchester High School was used as a filming location in the 1982 film The World According to Garp. Many students from the graduating classes of 1981–1984 appeared in the film that featured Robin Williams.

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