Sheepshead Bay High School
- Sheepshead Bay High School
Infobox high school
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enrollment = 3,150
address = 3000 AVENUE X
city = Brooklyn
state = NY
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district = Region 6
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information = Phone: 718-332-2003
Fax: 718-648-9349
website = [http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region6/K495/default.htm Sheepshead Bay HS]
Sheepshead Bay High School is a public high school in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
Mission
Sheepshead Bay High School is a large, multi-cultural high school in Brooklyn. There are currently 3150 students enrolled, in grades 9 through 12. Students are mostly Black (53%), with 22% Asian, 13% hispanic, and 12% white. 580 are English language learners, and around 400 are special education students. [http://schools.nyc.gov/OA/SchoolReports/2006-07/ProgressReport_HS_K495.pdf] Average attendance at the high school 27% is lower than in similar schools, but has risen from .5% recently and has been affected by the large number of students who remain on the register, but who have seldom or never attended. Apart from these, most students have good levels of attendance.
The school provides a wide range of courses, including generous sports and music programs, courses in law and health education, and Fastrack programs for under-credited students. A higher than average number of students graduate in the Regents Examinations and many go on to college, including some to competitive and demanding courses.
Trivia
The school is named after the local neighborhood which is called the Sheepshead Bay. The bay is famous for a fish named sheepshead. The school used to have relatively high rates of crime, with a shooting in 1994, but has recently cleaned up it's image. It is still known as a "tough" school in the neighborhood.
Former Boston Red Sox shortstop/3rd baseman Rico Petrocelli graduated in 1961.
Outstanding Faculty
*Nicholas Marston
*Kwame Nyanin
*David Reiff
*Michelle Fienga
*Robin Kovat
References
Robert Kornhiser
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
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