Manhasset Secondary School

Manhasset Secondary School
Location
200 Memorial Place Manhasset, NY 11030
Information
Type	Middle School / Public High School
School district	Manhasset School District
Principals and Assistant Principals	Dr. Dean Schlanger (Principal, all grades) Peter J. Vercessi (Assistant Principal, all grades)
Faculty	59.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	7 - 12
Enrollment	1700 (as of 2014-15) [1]
Color(s)	Orange and blue
Athletics conference	Section VII
Team name	Indians
Publication	Indian Ink, The Phoenix
Information	516-267-7600
Website	https://manhassetschools.org School website

Manhasset Secondary School is a six-year public high school and middle school located in Manhasset, Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. Manhasset High School consistently ranks among the top 100 high schools in America. In addition, the school has been represented yearly national science competitions such as I-SWEEEP, ISEF, and WAC Foundation Lighting Science Fair.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1350 students and 59 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis). As of 2014, the new 7th grade students (class of 2020) became the largest class ever to admit to Manhasset Secondary School with over 300 new students from both Munsey Park and Shelter Rock elementary schools.^[1]

Building history

• The secondary school building was built in 1934-1939 as a project of the Works Progress Administration. The building was designed by the firm Tooker & Marsh^[2] with Roger H. Bullard (of Manhasset) as an associate architect. John H. Esile & Co. was contracted as the building contractor. It has undergone multiple extensions and renovations throughout the years, but remains almost entirely intact historically. The interior main hallway and auditorium underwent restoration in 2009. It is currently pending a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

Schools and offices located in the school building

• Manhasset Middle School
• Manhasset High School
• Central Office
• The Superintendent of Schools
• Offices for the District Coordinators of Mathematics, Foreign Languages, Science, English, Athletics, Technology and Social Studies

Sports

• Manhasset's team nicknames are the Indians and "Set". The school colors are orange and blue.
• Varsity sports at Manhasset High School include baseball, football, basketball, cheerleading, field hockey, cross country, track, volleyball, lacrosse,^[3] tennis, soccer, swimming, crew, fencing, badminton, golf, bowling and wrestling.

Lacrosse

• In 1932, Manhasset established the first HS lacrosse team on Long Island while Garden City followed shortly after in 1934.^[4] A yearly lacrosse tradition known as the "Woodstick Classic" emerged between the schools, an event which is attended by thousands every year, and is currently the nation's longest continuous boys lacrosse rivalry.^[5]
• Since 1995, Manhasset has won the Class B State Championship one time : 1995, and Class C State Championship three times:^[3] 2004,2009 and 2010.
• For the past six years since 2004, the Manhasset Indians have been ranked among the top 100 best lacrosse teams in the country (Ranked by Laxpower), and have finished among the top three on that list, three different times during that span.
• In 2009 and 2010, the boys lacrosse team won the Class C state championship, making back-to-back state titles for the first time in school history.

Rowing

• In 2008, the Boys Junior 4+ boat won the Scholastic National Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee,^[6] the prestigious Stotesbury Cup regatta, and the New York State Championship regatta.
• The following year, in 2009, the Boys Senior 4+ won back-to-back National titles.^[7][8] They also placed first in both the New York State Championship regatta and the New Jersey State Championship regatta that year. The Girls Junior 4+ boat also won the Scholastic National Regatta and placed 4th in the world famous Head of the Charles Regatta.
• In 2010 the Girls Lightweight 4+ boat won New York State Championship regatta and the Scholastic National Regatta. They also took second place Second at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.

Music

Eight choirs involve over 300 students in singing: Symphonic Choir, Concert Choir I, Concert Choir II, Women's Chorus, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen, Varsity Kinsmen. Kinsmen is the elite men's choir with 35 members.

NYSSMA Majors

• 2009 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Symphonic Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen, Orchestra
• 2008 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Concert Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen
• 2007 Golds with Distinction: Concert Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen

Notable alumni

• Ted Bessell (born 1935) television actor and director.
• Jim Brown (born 1936), NFL Hall of Famer for the Cleveland Browns.^[9]
• Jack Coffee (born 1944) attorney, professor of law at Columbia and SEC expert.
• John Gagliardi (born 1974), professional lacrosse player.^[10]
• Dr. Nancy E. Gary, (1937–2006) former dean of Albany Medical College, Executive Vice President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine.^[11]
• Ken Howard (1944–2016), actor best known for the TV series The White Shadow^[12] and Chancellor of the National Kidney Foundation.
• Steve Lesser (born 1944), architect, best known for work on Faneuil Hall, Boston.
• Barbara Prey (born Barbara Ernst in 1957), painter with works in numerous museums and White House.
• Vicki Robin (born 1945), activist, author Your Money or Your Life
• Ira Lee Sorkin (born 1943), attorney, and SEC expert, defended Bernard Madoff
• Matthew Giovine (born 1981), co founder and owner of database solutions company Endao

References

1. Manhasset High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 27, 2007.
2. http://www.pelhampreservationsociety.com/id52.html
3. "Manhasset Lacrosse: Enduring Tradition". Manhasset Press. July 14, 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
4. Local Heat, National Spotlight - High Schools, Long Island Expressway, National Collegiate Athletic Association - Newsday.com
5. Woodstick Classic Boys Varsity Lacrosse November 30th, 2006.
6. http://www.sraa.net/archives/2008_SRAA_Saturday.pdf
7. http://www.antonnews.com/manhassetpress/sports/1606-manhasset-high-school-crew-team-wins-consecutive-national-titles.html
8. http://www.sraa.net/archives/2009_Sat_Results.pdf
9. Holden, Stephen. "FILM REVIEW; Jim Brown as Football Legend, Sex Symbol and Husband", The New York Times, March 22, 2002. Accessed October 15, 2007. "It was at Manhasset High School that he became a football star and athletic legend."
10. Barbuti, Angela. "Field of Dreams: Manhasset's Fab 5 Returns to MHS to Practice", Manhasset Press, August 26, 2005. Accessed November 27, 2007. "Of the 150 best lacrosse players in the world, five call Manhasset home. Beginning their careers playing on Manhasset's P.A.L. teams, Conor Denihan, John Gagliardi, Tim Goettelmann, Blake Miller, and Nick Murtha would all grow up to play major league lacrosse."
11. Nancy Gary; Pioneering Dean of Medical Schools, Washington Post, June 15, 2006
12. Ken Howard profile, The New York Times. Accessed November 23, 2007.

External links

• Manhasset Public Schools-Welcome
• Manhasset Middle School
• Manhasset High School
• Manhasset High School Choirs
• The Manhasset Girls Field Hockey Team in a championship game against Garden City
• Woodstick Classic Boys Varsity Lacrosse November 30, 2006.
• The Woodstick Classic boys varsity lacrosse on 3-31-07
• The boys varsity lacrosse team winning their Nassau county semifinal game against the Friends Academy on 5-25-07

Coordinates: 40°47′35″N 73°42′15″W / 40.79306°N 73.70417°W