George W. Hewlett High School

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name = George W. Hewlett High School


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established = 1955
grades = 9 - 12
district = Hewlett-Woodmere School District
type = Public high school
principal = Mr. Thomas Russo
enrollment = 1,161 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 98.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 11.8
nickname = The Bulldogs
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colors = Blue and white
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location = 60 Everit Avenue
Hewlett, NY 11557
information = 516-374-8005
website = [http://hewlett-woodmere.net/schools/highschool/index.php School website]

George W. Hewlett High School (commonly known as Hewlett High School) is a four-year public high school in Hewlett, New York, which is a part of the Five Towns area of the South Shore of Long Island. The school is the only high school in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District (District 14). On March 13, 2008, Asst. Principal Thomas Russo was named Principal of Hewlett High School. His appointment is effective July 1, 2008. [ [http://hewlett-woodmere.net/hwps/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=284833 Mr. Tom Russo Appointed Principal of George W. Hewlett High School] ]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,161 students and 98.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.8. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409210&ID=340921000568 Hewlett High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2007.]

Academics

Hewlett is a National Academy of Music Arts and Sciences school and is one of three Nassau County Districts "that is certified as a CISCO CCNA Academy." [ [http://hewlett-woodmere.net/schools/highschool/programs.php Outstanding Programs] , accessed October 2, 2006] . There are 18 different Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses and three different courses for college credit through Syracuse University and Long Island University.

Extra-Curricular Activities

Some of the long-standing traditions in the school include Cabaret Night (raises funds for the Laura Rosenberg fund at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) and the Rock and Wrap it Up campaign.

The school newspaper "Spectrum" has won many awards over the years including first place newspaper of Long Island at the Long Island Press Day held at Adelphi University and by Newsday.

There is an active drama program (including a chapter of the International Thespian Society (ITS). School Clubs include chapters of the National Honor Society and FBLA. Other activities include a Student Council, Model Congress and Mock Trial teams and various language clubs.

Athletics

The sports teams' nickname (and mascot) is the Bulldogs. Previously the nickname was the Bluejackets - supposedly after the jackets worn by those in the Navy.

"V = Varsity, JV = Junior Varsity

eptember 11, 2001 victims

Four alumni perished in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center: Brett Friedman, Class of 1990; [ [http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1110 Brett O. Freiman, 29, Roslyn, N.Y ] ] Steven Furman, Class of 1978; [ [http://legacy.com/Sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=106831&location=1 Remember: September 11, 2001 - A site presented by Legacy.com ] ] Craig Montano, Class of 1980; [ [http://legacy.com/Sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=146393&location=1 Remember: September 11, 2001 - A site presented by Legacy.com ] ] and Philip Rosenzweig, Class of 1972. [ [http://legacy.com/Sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=91863&location=1 Remember: September 11, 2001 - A site presented by Legacy.com ] ] There is now a memorial in their honor at the school

Notable alumni

Many of Hewlett High School's more distinguished alumni have been recognized by plaques on the school's walls that name them as members of the school's Alumni Hall of Fame. [http://www.hewlett-woodmere.net/1478101109828497/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=54946 Hewlett-Woodmere Alumni Association Hall of Fame website] , accessed May 2, 2008, and [http://web.archive.org/web/20070623014429/http://hewlett-woodmere.net/organizations/alumni.php Hewlett-Woodmere Alumni Association Hall of Fame inductees] , backed up by Internet Archive as of June 23, 2007, accessed April 23, 2007.] The following are among the school's notable former students:
*John Amitrano - punter for the New York Jets
*Josh Appell - pitcher on Brooklyn Cyclones Class-A farm team for the New York Mets . [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/orgreport?team=nym Org Report Archive: New York Mets] , ESPN.com, July 24, 2005. Accessed June 11, 2007. "LHP Josh Appell, a graduate of nearby Hewlett High School on Long Island, earned his first professional win last week by tossing 2 1/3 innings of no-hit relief at Class A St. Lucie. Appell gained All-Ivy League honors as a punter at Penn."]
*BIGUET Christian (1965) AFS Student from France, elected president of Art Club 1964/1965, now 60 years old and a famous antiques dealer in Antibes (French Riviera)
*Ross Bleckner (1967) - artist. [Harrison, Helen A. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7DA1639F931A35752C0A9639C8B63 "LIVES IN ART: Building Up, Taking Apart; An Artist's Investigation Of Loss and Memory"] , "The New York Times", January 2, 2005. Accessed March 31, 2008. "And although he found few kindred spirits among his classmates at George W. Hewlett High School, he had art teachers "who basically let me sit in art class whenever I wanted -- before school, during school and after school -- and play around."]
*Peter Breggin, Psychiatrist
*Edward Burns (1986) - actor, producer, writer, and director
*Howard Deutch - Director of several hit movies, married to actress Lea Thompson
*John DiResta (1982) - Comedian.
*Debbie Drimmer, VP of Talent, Comedy Central
*Gordon Edelstein (1972) - Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.
*Steven Feig (1968) - Founder and CEO of Cleanse-Tec Corporation
*Jane Friedman - President and CEO, HarperCollins ; She was recently named on "Vanity Fair"'s list of 200 Women Legends, Leaders and Trailblazers
*Lisa G, NYC Radio DJ.
*Barbara Gaines (1975) - "Late Night with David Letterman" (and Emmy Award winning) Producer.
*Rande Gerber (1980)- nightclub owner, married to Cindy Crawford
*Brent Glass (1965) - director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
*Louise Glück (1961) - Poet, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993, United States Poet Laureate 2003-04
*Larry "Melrose Larry Green" Greenblatt
*Carolyn Gusoff (1980) - news anchor/reporter WNBC Channel 4, NYC.
*David Israel - TV producer, former sports announcer
*Donna Karan (1966) - fashion designer. [ [http://www.newsday.com/about/custom/nie/ny-iholi040104story,0,573917.htmlstory "1966: Donna Karan Graduates from Hewlett High School"] , "Newsday". Accessed June 11, 2007.] [Van Gelder, Lawrence. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5081FFC3C5D10738DDDAF0994D8415B878BF1D3 "INTERVIEW; Her Winning Way With Fashion"] , "The New York Times", October 16, 1977. Accessed September 15, 2008. "And suddenly, at the age of 29, Donna Karan, who grew up in Woodmere, Who lied about her age to begin selling women's clothes at 14 in Cedarhurst, and who now lives in Lawrence, was at the top of her fashion world."]
*Lucy Komisar (1959) - investigative journalist, theater critic [ [http://thekomisarscoop.com The Komisar Scoop ] ]
*Tony Kornheiser (1965) - Sportscaster/Sportswriter.
*Stan Krangel, [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4360/is_200306/ai_n15217510 Stan Krangel] ] President of Lenox, Inc. [ [http://www.lenox.com/ Lenox, Inc.] ]
*Matthew Laurance (1968) (Birth name: Matthew Dyckhoff), actor, sideline analyst on the "Duke Radio Network"
*Mitchell Laurence (1968) (Birth name: Mitchell Dyckhoff) ,actor, Married to professional billiard player and actress Ewa Mataya Laurance (the "Striking Viking")
*Bruce Murray (1981) - host, "Murray in the Morning".
*Ken O'Brien (baseball player) (1966) - Drafted by New York Yankees in 1966
* Hon. Emily Pines (1968), [ [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/10jd/suffolk/supreme.shtml Hon. Emily Pines] ] Justice of the New York Supreme Court.
*Thomas G. Richards JR (1987) Author/Director/Historian/Researcher [http://www.spirituallysmart.com WebSite]
*Seth Rudetsky - Emmy Award-winning writer at the "Rosie O'Donnell Show", Musician, Radio Personality
*Lisa Schwarzbaum [ [http://www.nyfcc.com/members.php?member=26 Lisa Schwarzbaum] ] - Movie Critic, columnist
*Dr. Joe Sobel (1961) [ [http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-bio.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&blog=sobel Joe Sobel] ] - Meteorologist, AccuWeather.
*Jim Steinman (1965), Musical producer (most famous for collaboration with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler)
*Leslie J. Taubman, Ph.D. (1969), Fulbright Award winner 2008, professor Fordham University.Fact|date=May 2008 www.fulbright.org www.ciies.org
*Jonathan Tiomkin, Olympic Athlete (Fencing) "Member gold-medal 2003 Pan Am Games team; earned silver medal individually. 2003 and 1999 U.S. National Champion." [ [http://www.fencingmedia.org/viewathlete.asp?weapon=MF#jon_tiomkin Jon Tiomkin] ]
*Stuart Weitzman - Shoe designer
*Alan Zweibel (1968) - Writer/producer. [McGee, Celia. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E7DC1430F93AA35750C0A961958260 "How to Mourn a Friend? One Way Is With a Play"] , "The New York Times", March 9, 1997. Accessed May 21, 2008. "Mr. Zweibel harbored secret ambitions to write as far back as his days as "a jock" at Hewlett High School on Long Island."] Molly ( Janet) Ackerman 1971 Internationally recognized artist.

References

External links

* [http://www.hewlett-woodmere.net/hhs/ George W. Hewlett High School] official site
* [http://hewlett-woodmere.net/organizations/alumni.php Hewlett High School Alumni Association]
* [http://hewlettalumni.bravehost.com Hewlett High School Alumni Site]
* [http://www.hewletthigh1974.org/ Hewlett High School Class of 1974]
* [http://hewlettclassof61.com/ Hewlett High School Class of 1961]
* [http://www.hewlettclassof62.com/ Hewlett Class of 1962]
* [http://www.newsphoto.com/usa1_detail.php/35153/Sports/Girls_VarsityBasketballHewlettGarden_City/ Hewlett Girls Varsity Basketball vs Garden City 1-6-07]
* [http://newsphoto.com/usa1_detail.php/54489/Sports/HewlettBoys_VarsitylacrosseGarden_City/ Hewlett boys varsity lacrosse playoff game action against Garden City on 5-21-07]