North Shore High School is located in Glen Head, New York. It opened in September 1957 and graduated its first class in June 1958. The first principal was Dr. John French.
The school is a part of the North Shore School District. As of 2006, approximately 841 students attend North Shore High School. The current principal is Albert Cousins. In 2008, Newsweek ranked North Shore as the 263rd best public school in the country. North Shore's athletic teams are known as the Vikings, and have a long-time rivalry with neighboring Glen Cove High School.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 911 students and 74.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 45 students (4.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (1.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
For many years North Shore has had an "open campus" policy, where students were allowed to leave campus during lunch and other free periods so they could work on independent projects. Some community members wanted North Shore to become a "closed campus," where leaving campus was not permitted during free periods. They were concerned due to automobile and pedestrian safety and possibilities of students conducting recreational drug usage off campus.
Notable alumni
- Mike Armstrong (born 1954, class of 1972), a professional baseball player
- Rose Bird (1936-1999), former Chief Judge of the California Supreme Court
- Hank Bjorklund (1967), former NFL running back with the New York Jets (1972-1974)
- David Chesnoff (born 1955, class of 1973), criminal Defense Attorney
- Edmund Coffin (born 1955, class of 1973), Olympic Gold Medalist, Equestrian, Summer Olympics 1976
- Robin L. Higgins (née Ross), former Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Eden Ross Lipson (1943-2009, class of 1960), New York Times editor
- Michael McKean (1965), an American television actor
- Kate McKinnon (born 1984, class of 2002), comedian, Saturday Night Live.
- Gail Kern Paster (1962), Folger Shakespeare Library director
- Gregory Raposo (born 1985, class of 2003), Dream Street band member
- Jim Romano (born 1959, class of 1977), a professional football player
- Amanda Sobhy (born 1993), professional squash player.
- Darin Strauss (born 1970, class of 1988), novelist.
- Jake Siewert (born 1964), White House Press Secretary
- Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Investigative reporter, The Wall Street Journal
References
External links
- North Shore School District - Official website
