Niskayuna High School

Niskayuna High School
Location
1626 Balltown Road Niskayuna, NY 12309 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1954
Principal	John Rickert
Enrollment	1,469
Color(s)	Red and silver
Information	[phone]
Athletics	Silver Warriors
Website	http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/nhs/

Niskayuna High School is a secondary school in Niskayuna, New York.^[1]

History

Niskayuna High School was founded in 1954.

Niskayuna High School is to receive $53.2 million to undergo repairs and updates including 8 new classrooms and a new media center set to be completed in 2010. As of February 2011, this construction project was not completed.

Academics

In 2006, Niskayuna High School was rated as one of "America's Best High Schools" by Newsweek magazine, with an index (total Advanced Placement Exams taken in 2005 divided by total number of graduating seniors) of 1.340.^[2] Niskayuna High School was a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in 1983.

For the Class of 2005, 94% of all graduating seniors attended college.^[3]

NHS Average SAT Score of 2008 Graduating Class - 1760^{[citation needed]}

Compared to NYS Average SAT Score - 1470^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

Fall Sports^[4]

Volleyball (M/F), Cheerleading (F), Crew (M/F), Cross Country (M/F), Field Hockey (F), Football (M), Golf (M), Soccer (M/F), Swimming/Diving (F), Tennis (F)

Winter Sports^[4]
Basketball (M/F), Bowling (M/F), Cheerleading (F), Ice Hockey (M), Ski - Alpine (M/F), Swimming/Diving (M), Track - Indoor (M/F), Wrestling (M)

Spring Sports^[4]
Baseball (M), Crew (M/F), Lacrosse (M/F), Softball (F), Tennis (M), Track (M/F)

Notable alumni

• Jeff Blatnick, a wrestler who won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics and is currently a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.^[5]
• Andy Bloom, an Olympic athlete competing in the shot put.^[6]
• Kevin Burns, American TV Director
• Roshal Patel, Chinese Pop Singer ^[7]
• Eric Latendresse, 2010 Leader of Sales, Girl Scouts of America.^[8]
• André Davis, wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the NFL.
• Brian Chesky, Co-founder, CEO Airbnb.com .
• Mike DeRocco, the New York State Record holder in the 100 freestyle.^[9]
• James Howe, prominent author of children's literature.
• Steve Katz, rock musician (Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• Ron Rivest, a cryptographer and MIT Computer Science professor, most famous for his part in the development of the RSA algorithm, for which he and his co-developers won a Turing Award.
• Jillian Shanebrook, who became a well-known model in Indonesia and wrote Model: Life Behind the Makeup.
• Gary Weiss, Noted Trial Lawyer and Author of Kentucky Trial Practice and Kentucky Evidence. Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell. Past president Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys. Top 10 Kentucky Superlawyers.
• Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot
• Vinnie Amico, drummer for the band moe.

References

1. ^ http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/nhs/ Niskayuna High School
2. ^ Kantrowitz, Barbara (2002-05-16). "The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools". Newsweek: pp. 8. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070311043034/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7723397/site/newsweek/page/8/. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 
3. ^ "Niskayuna High School 2005-2006 Profile" (PDF). Niskayuna High School. http://www.niskayunaschools.org/district/pdfword/HSProfile2005.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-05. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ ^{a b c} Primeau, Cindi. "Sports - Niskayuna Central School District". http://www.niskayunaschools.org/district/Athletics/sports.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
5. ^ "Jeff Blatnick". National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20070312032207/http://www.wrestlinghalloffame.org/awards/?dm&honoree=152. Retrieved 2007-05-05. 
6. ^ "Andy Bloom". Archived from the original on 2007-01-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20070123205018/http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2003/Bloom_Andy.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-07. 
7. ^ Gomez Dong, Alana. "Houstonian Next Asian Superstar?." [[KPRC]. Friday July 24, 2009. Updated July 25, 2009. Retrieved on December 13, 2010.
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9. ^ "Section 2 Swimming!". http://section2swim.com/Records/BoysHS/NYS-Rec.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-11.