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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 7 - 12 |
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| County |
Nassau County, NY |
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| Total Students |
703 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
74 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 7 - 105 students | | Grade 8 - 131 students | | Grade 9 - 94 students | | Grade 10 - 122 students | | Grade 11 - 133 students | | Grade 12 - 118 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:10 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
1% |
| % Asian |
4% |
4% |
| % Hispanic |
13% |
17% |
| % Black |
4% |
19% |
| % White |
78% |
58% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
3% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
9% |
28% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
3% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Oyster Bay-east Norwich Central School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
4 |
| Number of Students Managed |
1,585 students |
2,265 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$39,841,000 |
$31,819,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$36,641,000 |
$31,869,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$25,136 |
$14,048 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$23,117 |
$14,070 |
| District Graduation Rates |
91% |
97% |
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- Oyster Bay High School is a high school located in Oyster Bay, New York. The school is a part of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District. A more comprehensive history may be found on the school's website.
- Courses, Clubs and Extra-Curricular Activities
- Like many high schools, Oyster Bay offers various Advanced Placement courses.
- "The Harbour Voice", Oyster Bay High School's student newspaper, has won a number of awards for writing and editing, including two gold medals from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, several Newsday School Journalism Awards, Long Island Press School Journalism Awards, and Adelphi University High School Press Day Quill Awards.
- Oyster Bay High School's Guidance Department is headed by esteemed guidance counselor Gwyeth Smith, Jr, whom Newsday called "a matchmaker for students searching for the right college."
- Oyster Bay High School boasts several National Merit Commended Students, National Merit Semi-Finalists and National Merit Finalists each year.
- Oyster Bay High School Students were also featured on "The Long Island Challenge".
- Clubs and Organizations at OBHS
- Fine and Performing Arts
- Theatre
- Chamber Singers
- Showstoppers (?? - c.1998)
- Stage Crew
- Art Club
- Agapae (Award-Winning Literary Magazine)
- National Honor Societies
- Business Honor Society
- Tri-M Music Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- International Thespian Society
- National Art Honor Society
- National Junior Honor Society
- Quill and Scroll
- Service/Cause Related Clubs
- Interact
- SADD
- Undecided - A play about social choices.
- Sports
- Fall
- Cross Country (Boys & Girls)
- Cheerleading (Girls)
- Field Hockey (Girls)
- Football (Boys)
- Soccer (Boys & Girls)
- Tennis (Girls)
- Volleyball (Girls)
- Winter
- Basketball (Boys & Girls)
- Fencing (Boys & Girls)
- Indoor Track (Boys & Girls)
- Wrestling (Boys)
- Bowling (Boys & Girls)
- Cheerleading (Girls)
- Spring
- Baseball (Boys)
- Badminton (Girls)
- Golf (Boys)
- Softball (Girls)
- Tennis (Boys)
- Track & Field (Boys & Girls)
- Music at OBHS
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The Fine and Performing Arts Department at Oyster Bay boasts such musical ensembles as a Chorus, Chamber singers (a by-audition subset of the chorus), Jazz Band, a symphonic band, and a wind ensemble. The ensembles and their directors all strive to deliver a sound music education using the New York State Learning Standards as a basis for instruction.
- The department performs concerts throughout the year both in and out of the school district. In addition to performances, the school hosts visiting artists and composers, partners with local arts organizations, and reaches out to the community through the arts.
- Some of the visiting artists hosted by Oyster Bay include Thomas Duffy, Frank Ticheli, Steve Schook, and most recently, Shelley Hanson.
- In March 2008 the Wind Ensemble from Oyster Bay High School joined the East Meadow High School Wind Ensemble and the C.W. Post University Symphonic Band for the Festival Band at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts. Some selections played included Gustav Holst's Suite in E Flat, played by East Meadow's ensemble, and Shelly Hanson's Seis Manuel performed by Oyster Bay. Oyster Bay also performed Karel Husa's Divertimento. The C.W. Post wind Ensemble joind the performance and play the Red Line Tango, and the symphonic band played Bernstein's Candide Suite.
- On December 18, 2008 the wind ensemble played the world premiere piece, of Dr. Hanson's piece, Groove.
- Notable alumni
- Jackie Martling, is an American comedian, comedy writer, musician, composer and actor. He is best known as "Jackie The Joke Man," a former cast member and later head writer for the "The Howard Stern Show"
- Heather Matarazzo, Actress, Class of 2000
- Mark Haines co-host of CNBC's morning show "Squawk on the Street"
- Thomas Pynchon is an author best known for works such as Gravity's Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49.
- History
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The first schoolhouse in Oyster Bay was built before the Revolutionary War by Thomas Youngs, a short distance up Cove Hill from his homestead in Oyster Bay Cove. It was replaced in 1802 by the Oyster Bay Academy on East Main Street, led by the Reverend Marmaduke Earle. The first public school began in 1845, in a small wood building on South sheet where State Bank is currently located.
- It is no mistake that a street on the hill near St. Dominic’s Church is called School Street; it’s named changed from Petticoat Lane when a much larger public schoolhouse was built on the corner of Weeks Avenue in 1872. By the 1890’s it too had become overcrowded forcing some classes to meet in the dank basement and even in private homes. This led to the construction of Oyster Bay’s first high school completed in 1901 on Anstice Street.
- The present high school building was built to replace the older one, and was completed in 1929. Though this school has been primarily used as a high school it was originally built to house grades K through 12. This imposing brick and stone building with its Art Deco styling, has some interesting details in the original facade. See if you can find the gargoyle-like eagles and the letters “B” and “G”. These letters indicate separate doors for the girls and boys to enter the building. In February 1929 the children did just that, carrying their books and personal belongings from the old school building to this one. The new school had many modem features, including classroom loudspeakers, an auditorium with a balcony and projection booth, a central vacuuming system, and one of the most modern gymnasiums in Nassau County.
- Though it was modern in its day after over 70 years the gym had become outdated; in fact it was the oldest in Nassau County when it was replaced in 2000 with a new state of the art gymnasium, dedicated to Dr. Howard Imhof. The 2000 additions also included a new library-media center with 18 computer stations, ushering their handsome Deco building into the new century.
- See also
- Oyster Bay History Walk
- List of Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Nassau County, New York
- External links
- Oyster Bay East Norwich School District
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| About This Zip Code (11771) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
9,550 people |
18,208,943 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
54% |
32% |
| Population Average Age |
40 years old
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34 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.7 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$74,623
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$41,761 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.8 rooms |
4.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
57 years old |
56 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
71% / 29% |
42% / 58% |
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