Great Neck South High School - Great Neck, New York/NY

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Great Neck South High School

341 Lakeville Road, Great Neck, NY, 11020-1603 -

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Definition of Terms

Great Neck South High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Nassau County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1188 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

101 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 312 students

Grade 10 - 301 students

Grade 11 - 287 students

Grade 12 - 288 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	29%	6%
% Hispanic	6%	17%
% Black	3%	19%
% White	62%	55%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Great Neck Union Free School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	10	4
Number of Students Managed	6,253 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	$150,002,000	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	$146,706,000	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	$23,989	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	$23,462	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	98%	97%

State track & field: Cawley looking to repeat (The Ithaca Journal)
posted on June 12, 2009 at 06:54:29 am
At approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School's Michael J. Bragman Athletic Complex, the country's top three high school athletes in the girls 2,000-meter steeplechase will vie for the overall New York state championship.
Writing And Research The Focus Of Work Session (Garden City News)
posted on June 12, 2009 at 06:01:50 am
The Garden City Board of Education listened to a presentation by a district research committee, and then turned the focus on a curriculum review of the library and media center, during a June 9th work session. The research committee was formed to enrich the writing experiences of students in grades six through twelve by engaging them in more meaningful research assignments.
South High Robotics Team Excels at Events (Great Neck Record)
posted on May 29, 2009 at 05:11:30 am
Kudos to Great Neck South High School’s Robotics Team for capturing the first place Alliance Award at the School to Business Partnership of Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics High School Competition and for winning the prestigious Underwriters Laboratory Industrial Safety Award at the event.
Floral Park Team Advances to Round 4 of The Challenge (Floral Park Dispatch)
posted on May 28, 2009 at 03:48:31 pm
Continuing their winning streak in Round 3, the academic team from Floral Park Memorial High School is moving on to Round 4 – and closer to the Nassau County finals – of Cablevision’s The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students’ knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format.
GreatNeckRecord.com Calendar (Great Neck Record)
posted on May 22, 2009 at 05:15:08 am
Come and Get it! At the Great Neck Senior Community Center, any Friday you will find relaxation with Tea Time at 10 am; Line Dancing at 10:30; and Music and Song at 12:45 p.m. All of this is free. Lunch is available at noon for a small requested donation. Try it. You’ll like it.

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William A. Shine Great Neck South High School also known as "GNSHS" is a public high school located in Great Neck, New York, United States, as part of the Great Neck School District.
Great Neck South was rated the 31st best school in Newsweek Magazine's recent listing of "America's Best High Schools" in the May 8, 2006, issue, with each twelfth grader averaging 4.321 Advanced Placement courses.
Math Team: Great Neck South is widely renowned for its strong math program and math team. Behind teachers such as Joyce O�Connor and Thomas Weisswange (who also advises the Computer Club and the Bridge Club), the math team runs the league table of the Nassau County Interscholatic Math League, and is second only to Stuyvesant High School in state-wide competitions.
Literary Magazine: The school's annual literary magazine is named "Exit 33", since the building is located off Exit 33 of the Long Island Expressway.
Advanced Placement (AP): The school ranks number one among large high schools in the percentage of test-takers receiving 3 or better on the AP Psychology test. The school boasts an 80% passing rate for the Advanced Placement Program AP Calculus AB examination and a near perfect passing rate for the AP Calculus BC examination.
Music: The music department, headed by Mr. Michael Schwartz, presents a full-scale opera performed by the students each year. To date, it is the only public high school opera company in the U.S. The production consists of a full cast and pits orchestra, and is usually performed on the last weekend of March. Past performances include Carmen (2006, 2000), Les Miserables (opera/musical 2005), Sweeney Todd (2005), Die Fledermaus (2004), The Tales of Hoffman (2003), The Magic Flute (2002), The Marriage of Figaro (2001), Pirates of Penzance (1999) and Candide (1998).
The department was selected as a 2005 and 2003 Grammy Signature School among the top 40 high school music programs in the U.S. by a panel from the Grammy Foundation. It has also been named a Grammy Signature School Finalist (top 100) in 2003, 2004, and 2005. The Great Neck District was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2005" by the American Music Conference.
The Great Neck South High School Chamber Music Society has been selected as a winner of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society's "Young Musicians' Program" Chamber Music Competition in seven out of the last eight years (2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 & 1998). This regional high school competition selects between eight to ten chamber groups from participating schools throughout the New York metropolitan area, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Winning ensembles receive three coaching sessions from members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and have an opportunity to perform at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center at the Young Musicians' Concert in April.
Schedule: Great Neck South offers a schedule with 9 periods but only 8 classes meet each day. Students must take required classes such as American history as well as electives in order to graduate.
Great Neck South High School was renamed in honor of William A. Shine, the district's immediate past superintendent.
Notable alumni: Quinn Early - National Football League player.
Jamie Gorelick- former Deputy Attorney General of the United States.
Mark J. Green - Politician.
David Schneiderman - Film writer.
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