Shoreham-Wading River High School
Shoreham-Wading River High School is a public secondary school located in Shoreham, New York. The school serves about 800 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District.
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Coordinates | 40.941695°N 72.866971°W |
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Type | Public school (US) |
Established | September 1975 |
School district | Shoreham-Wading River Central School District |
Superintendent | Gerard Poole [1] |
Principal | Frank Pugliese[1] |
Faculty | 64.96 (FTE)[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 716( 2021-22)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.02 [2] |
Color(s) | Navy Blue and Gold |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Website | Shoreham-Wading River High School official page |
Overview
The school colors are navy blue and gold, and the mascot is the wildcat. The North Shore Public Library is connected to the school building.
The Wildcat Pause, the school's official newspaper, has won many awards over the years.[3]
Among the school's second language courses is American Sign Language. Several advanced placement courses are offered as well, including AP US History, AP Calculus AB and AP Computer Science A.
Notable alumni
- D. B. Sweeney, actor[4]
- Keith Osik, Major League Baseball player[5][6]
- Jesse Jantzen, NCAA Wrestling Champion[7]
- Adam Conover, stand-up comedian
- Carter Rubin, singer, winner of Season 19 of NBC's The Voice
- Karen Sillas, actor[8]
- Eric Anthony Lopez, actor[9]The Phantom of The Opera on Broadway & Disney’s Chang Can Dunk Film
Athletics
The Shoreham-Wading River Boys' Cross Country team won the NYS Class B Championships in 2007.
Shoreham-Wading River lacrosse has established itself as a powerhouse program since the program was founded in the late 1990s. In 2006–2007, the boys' and girls' lacrosse teams won the NYS Class C Championship. They became only the second school to win both the boys' and girls' New York state championships in the same year; the other school was Garden City in 2001. The girls' and boys' teams would do this for a second time in the 2011–2012 season. The boys also won the State Championship in 2002 and 2019, while the girls would repeat in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
In 2014, the Wildcats captured the first Rutgers Cup in school history (an award given to the best public football team on Long Island) alongside their very first Long Island championship and finished the season with a perfect record of 12–0. In 2014, Thomas Cutinella, a member of Shoreham-Wading River High School's varsity football team, died of a head injury sustained during a routine play in a football game at John Glenn High School in Elwood.[1][10] Shoreham-Wading River High School later dedicated its main athletic field Thomas Cutinella Memorial Field in his honor.
References
- "Football death a 'freak accident'". ESPN.com. October 2, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- Institute of Education Sciences; National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). "School Directory Information (2020-2021 school year): SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, ID: 362684003657". nces.ed.gov/ccd. Common Core of Data: America's Public Schools. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- "Wildcat Pause Wins 18 Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-04-20.
- Alvin Klein (January 13, 1981). "First Shoreham 'Idyll,' Then Stardom". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- "Yastrzemski Award". Newsday. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- Robert Leuner (September 1, 2005). "SWR graduate joins Washington Nationals". The Village Beacon Record. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- Dave Kindred (April 26, 2004). "Pin your hopes on this student-athlete". Sporting News. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
- Smith, Nicole (2018-07-25). "Sunny's Diner serves as set for film starring SWR graduate". Riverhead News Review. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- "Eric Anthony Lopez Inks Joint Deal With Robert Stein & Natasha Matallana (EXCLUSIVE)". New York Business Now. June 10, 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- Carver, Marina (October 3, 2014). "Third high school football player dies in a week". CNN.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
- History. Shoreham-Wading River Central School District. Retrieved on 19 April 2008.
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