Vestal Senior High School
| Vestal High School | |
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| Location | |
| Vestal, New York | |
| Coordinates | 42°05′03″N 76°02′43″W / 42.084262°N 76.045145°WCoordinates: 42°05′03″N 76°02′43″W / 42.084262°N 76.045145°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1960 |
| NCES School ID | 362961003992 |
| Principal | Al Penna |
| Number of students | 1301 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Golden Bears |
| Website | www |
Vestal High School is a public high school that operates as part of the Vestal Central School District which encompasses 57 square miles (150 km2) just west of Binghamton in the Southern Tier of New York. It is a four-year comprehensive school which annually receives both national and state recognition for excellence in education. The high school offers Varsity and Junior Varsity sports as well as musical opportunities in orchestra, band, and chorus. Clubs and student organizations accommodate a wide range of interests, from the physical sciences to martial arts. The mascot of Vestal High School is the Golden Bear named Bruin. Vestal High School holds an annual dance named after the mascot called the King Bruin dance, or KB. Unlike most high schools, Vestal High School does not have a Homecoming dance, but instead a football game and later in the year the King Bruin dance.
Vestal High School is one of the only two schools in the Binghamton area to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. It has been an IB World School since January 1998.Advanced Placement (AP) courses are also offered. In general, there are over 225 courses that are offered to students. Vestal High School was ranked #494 on the 2007 Newsweek list of the top 1,200 high schools in the United States based on participation of students in AP and IB programs. Many students have qualified for the National Merit Scholarship Program with a total of six finalists in 2006. A significant number of graduates have attended Ivy League universities. Languages taught include: French, German, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.
The IB Program began during the 1999-2000 school year.
The program has become increasingly popular at Vestal High School with the majority of the students taking at least one AP, IB, or Honors course. In 2005, 259 students took 327 AP exams with 200 IB exams also administered.
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