John F. Kennedy High School - Bellmore, New York/NY

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John F. Kennedy High School

3000 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore, NY, 11710-4300 -

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Definition of Terms

John F. Kennedy High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Nassau County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1320 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

84 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 312 students

Grade 10 - 347 students

Grade 11 - 330 students

Grade 12 - 331 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	2%	4%
% Hispanic	1%	17%
% Black	1%	19%
% White	95%	58%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

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

Bellmore-merrick Central High School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	4
Number of Students Managed	6,040 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	$92,083,000	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	$96,994,000	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	$15,246	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	$16,059	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	83%	97%

Schools notebook: Amityville ESL program (Newsday)
posted on September 9, 2009 at 01:34:51 pm
For some students in Amityville, this summer wasn't just a time to sit back and unwind - it was a chance to hone their English skills. To assist its growing population of English as a Second Language students, the Amityville Union Free School District launched its first ESL summer school geared to teaching students in grades K-8 the basics of the language. Nearly 70 students voluntarily attended ...
George Kaufman, bassist for The Nails, dies (Newsday)
posted on March 13, 2009 at 03:37:10 pm
George Kaufman, a former Bellmore resident who played bass guitar for The Nails, a 1980s rock band best known for the song "88 Lines About 44 Women," died Sunday at Westchester Medical Center after aneurysm surgery. He was 58.

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John F. Kennedy High School is a high school located in Bellmore, New York. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.
In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK.
Academics
JFK offers a variety of classes at three levels: Regents/State, Advanced/Honors and AP. Honors classes are weighted by two points in a student's final average, and AP classes are weighted by five points.Examples of courses offered: Regents Biology, AP Government, Italian (to level 5), Sculpture, English 10, Sports Management, Creative Writing, Theater, and Concert Choir. Kennedy High School also offers a unique senior program, known as the Senior Experience Program. The programs runs for the final three week of classes, during which seniors may opt to participate in an internship or community service project.
Athletics
In 2008 the girls Varsity Volleyball won the Nassau county Championship. Followed by the boys Varsity Volleyball won the Nassau County championship in the Spring of 2009.
Demographics
District
There are five other schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District: Wellington C. Mepham High School, Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick Avenue Middle School, and Grand Avenue Middle SchoolAbout 6,050 students are enrolled at the school district, with approximately 1,200 students in each school.
Notable alumni
Amy Fisher, convicted of the 1992 shooting of the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco (did not graduate)
Michael Kors, fashion designer.
Paul Krugman, economist, Princeton University Professor, and columnist for The New York Times, Nobel Prize in economics.
Steve Levy, host of ESPN SportsCenter
Daryl Palumbo, current vocalist of Glassjaw and current vocalist for Head Automatica
Doug Ellin, creator of Entourage
Bill Freiberger, Emmy Nominated Writer and Producer of The Simpsons, The PJs and Drawn Together
Jason Smilovic, Writer and Producer
Spencer Eig, Attorney who represented the interest of Elian Gonzales, the little boy who landed in Florida in the last 90's and became the subject of a major legal battle
Charles Stein, Bloomberg business anchor; former Boston Globe columnist
Amanda Borenstein, Former child star; starred on eight episodes of Sesame Street.
Corey Baratz, Member of the PBA Professional Bowlers Association.
External links
John F. Kennedy High School
JFK Athletics Website
Bellmore-Merrick Central School District

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