Odyssey Academy

Odyssey Academy
Location
133 Hoover Drive Rochester, NY 14615
Information
Type	Public School of Choice
Principal	Dr. Susan Meier
Schedule type	Block
Color(s)	Purple, Black, & White
Mascot	Leopard (originally Snow Leopard)

Odyssey Academy is a high/middle school in Greece, New York, United States. It is part of Greece Central School District. Odyssey maintains a population of slightly over 800 students, selected by random lottery from applicants across Greece, serving grades 6 - 12.

Though Odyssey Academy is the District's most recent addition as of 1993, 133 Hoover Drive is itself the oldest working school building in Greece (1929).

Currently, Odyssey is the only high school in the Greece Central School District to offer the International Baccalaureate program.

National recognition

• In 2006, Odyssey Academy was declared one of the Intel Schools of Distinction for "Leadership Excellence."^[1]

• In 2007, the school was determined 109th best American public school on a list of 1,300 by Newsweek.

• In 2008, Odyssey was listed 108th in the Newsweek Challenge Index of top public high schools in America. The index rates schools based on the number of students who take Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate examinations relative to the size of the school.

Musical productions

Odyssey Academy's past musical productions, dating back to 1994, have been Broadway Revue, Ransom of Red Chief, Wizard of Oz, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Camelot, The Music Man, Kiss Me, Kate, big, The Musical, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Seussical, The Wiz, Annie Get Your Gun, Once on This Island, Footloose, and Rags and Cinderella

Since 2004, Odyssey Academy's musical productions have been performed at Greece Olympia High School.

External links

• Odyssey Academy Website
• Odyssey Sports Website

References

1. ^ List of Schools of Distinction winners in 2006