- Columbia High School (New York)
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Columbia High School Address 962 Luther Road
East Greenbush, New York 12061Information School type Public high school Motto Creating Honor and Success School district East Greenbush Central School District Superintendent Dr. Angela M. Nagle Principal John P. Sawchuk Assistant principals Martin Mahar, Tim Malloy, Ed Kilmartin Grades 9–12 Language English Campus Suburban Color(s) Blue and White Mascot Blue Devil Communities served East Greenbush
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Secondary: Goff Middle SchoolWebsite http://www.egcsd.org/columbia/ Columbia High School (or CHS) is a public high school located on Luther Road in East Greenbush, New York, USA. It is the only high school for the East Greenbush Central School District and educates around 1,501 students in grades 9-12.[1] The school has a thirteen to one student to teacher ratio that is below the state average.[2] Columbia High School, commonly called CHS, is home to the "Blue Devils" athletic department.
The principal is John P. Sawchuk and the assistant principals are Timothy Malloy, Edward Kilmartin and Martin Mahar.
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Academics
The school offers eleven Advanced Placement classes in: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Economics: Micro, English Literature & Composition, Environmental Science, European History, Physics B, Chemistry, U.S. History, and World History.[3]
Clubs
Many clubs and programs are available to students enrolled in Columbia. They are the following: Amnesty International, Art Club, Chamber Singers, Chamber Orchestra, Chorus, Columbia Audio Visual, Columbia Dramatic Play (Fall), Columbia Players (Spring), Columbian Yearbook, Community Action Club, Concert Band, Culinary Arts Club, Dance Team, Devils Advocate, Ethnic Student Coalition, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), German Club, National Honor Society, Interact, Jazz Ensemble, Key Club, Labyrinth, Mock Trial Team, Model Congress, Orchestra, Outdoors Club, Peer Leadership, Ping Pong Club, Science Olympiad, Shakespeare Celebration, Sting Quintet, Student Council, Students Against Driving Drunk and Wind Ensemble/Symphonic Band.[4]
Notable alumni
Rich Romer was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round of the 1988 NFL Draft and was in the NFL for 2 years.
Craig Forth, after graduating Columbia, accepted a basketball scholarship at Syracuse University. Playing center, he started all 136 games of his college career, averaging 4.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. In his sophomore year, he was a member of the 2003 NCAA National Championship team. Forth had six points in the 81-78 win over Kansas in the national championship game.
Ryan Smithson, a graduate of CHS, published his book Ghosts of War: the true story of an 19 year old GI in 2008 [5]
Jenni "JWoww" Farley, from MTV's Jersey Shore.[6]
Notable achievements
In 1992 the girls softball team won the school's only State Championship title.
Notable incidents
Jon Romano, then 16, attended Columbia High School on February 9, 2004 and fired three rounds with a 12-gauge shotgun. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and the sentence was upheld on appeal.[7]
Kirk Hellwig, then a social studies teacher, was sentenced to a year in jail for having oral sex with a 16-year-old male student in a classroom during hours in August 2007.[8][9]
Outbreak of flu and flu-like symptoms occurred in October, 2009. It was confirmed that over 500 students, roughly one-third of the student body, were out of school on a single day. It is believed by many people around East Greenbush that the outbreak began at Columbia's Homecoming Dance that occurred the weekend before. The school district claimed that these were not H1N1 symptoms, but health experts stated that it is hard to differentiate between seasonal and swine flu. It was later confirmed that the Novel H1N1 flu was circulating. A letter was sent home to students and to parents e-mails.[10]
References
- ^ "Columbia High School", Great Schools
- ^ http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ny/other/722#from..Tab
- ^ http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ny/other/722#toc
- ^ http://www.egcsd.org/columbia/programs/index.htm
- ^ Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
- ^ http://blog.timesunion.com/amanda/jnormal-to-jwoww/570/
- ^ "Court upholds school shooter's 20-year sentence", Capital News 9, November 16, 2007[dead link]
- ^ "Ex-Columbia teacher sentenced for sex act", Times Union, November 7, 2007
- ^ "Former teacher sentenced for sex act with student", Capital News 9, November 7, 2007
- ^ http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/flu-1267432-parents-letter.html
External links
Categories:- High schools in New York
- Schools in Rensselaer County, New York
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