Eastchester High School
| Eastchester High School | |
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| Location | |
| Eastchester, NY 10709 | |
| Coordinates | 40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°WCoordinates: 40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1927 |
| School district | Eastchester Union Free School District |
| Principal | Jeffrey Capuano |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 905 (2009) |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Website | http://ehs.eastchesterschools.org/m2/ |
Eastchester High School is located in Westchester County, New York in the town of Eastchester. It is a former U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon school with approximately 905 students. Graduates have gained acceptance to schools such as Bucknell University, The Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, the University of Miami, Tulane, Haverford College, Stanford and many others. Eastchester High School is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
A junior high school was added to the High School in 1955, and two years later another wing was constructed to make up what is now known as Eastchester Middle School. The original gym and an auditorium were built at the High School in 1932, and a second gym was opened there in 1985.
In 2011, Eastchester High School students received an average combined SAT score of 1624 (527 Verbal, 560 Math, and 537 Writing). That same year, Eastchester sent 90.1% of its graduating class to a college.
Eastchester offers 16 AP classes as well as several courses for college credit in conjunction with colleges in New York State.
Eastchester High School offers a number of varsity sports team competing in New York State's Section 1 including football, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, track and field, tennis, hockey swimming, cross-country, lacrosse, and wrestling.
Eastchester's athletes have achieved considerable success. Eastchester's girls tennis team captured the New York State singles title in 2002 and 2004. Eastchester's Varsity Softball Team won state championships in 1990 and 1991, with their head coach, Thomas "Skip" Walsh and First Base/Pitcher, Bonnie Bell (Shelton), both subsequently inducted into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame.
Notable Coaches:
Eastchester High School was used as a filming location in the 1982 film The World According to Garp. Many students from the graduating classes of 1981–1984 appeared in the film that featured Robin Williams.
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