Hamilton Central School, located on West Kendrick Avenue,
Hamilton

Hamilton (town), New York

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, New York

New York

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 was established in 1946. It educates Student

Student

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s in K-12 with an average class size of 45 and a teacher to student ratio of 1:10.

Newspaper

Hamilton boasts an award-winning school paper. The Emerald Press has been coming out weekly since 1990, and has won several awards in national competitions.

Theater Activities

The Middle and High Schools present two productions a year, usually a play in the Fall and a musical in the Spring.

Athletics

Hamilton Central School is in the Class D division for sports. It has won five state championships in the last 15 years, and more state titles than any other school in the central New York area.

The men's basketball team won states in the 1993-94 season, mostly because of Adonal Foyle

Adonal Foyle

Adonal David Foyle is a retired Vincentian-American former professional basketball center. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played ten seasons with the team until the team bought out his contract on August 13, 2007. At the...

. Foyle continued his basketball career with three years at Colgate University

Colgate University

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...

 (1995-98), and currently plays for the Orlando Magic

Orlando Magic

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 in the NBA.

In the 2008-2009 school year, the Hamilton Central Boys Soccer Team also became the NYS Champions.

Hamilton Central School State Championships

Sport	Hamilton	Opponent
Cross Country (2010)	Sage Hurta (Seventh Grader)	19:59.8 to win by 14 seconds
Boys Soccer (2008)	#3 Hamilton 4	#7 Chazy 3
Girls Soccer (2001)	Hamilton 1	Ellicottville 0
Boys Basketball (2000)	#2 Hamilton	n/a
Boys Soccer (1997)	Hamilton 1	Jasper-Troupsburg 0
Boys Soccer (1995)	Hamilton 1	Faith Heritage 0
Boys Basketball (1994)	Hamilton 59	Tuckahoe 39

Notable alumni

• Adonal Foyle
  Adonal Foyle
  Adonal David Foyle is a retired Vincentian-American former professional basketball center. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played ten seasons with the team until the team bought out his contract on August 13, 2007. At the...
  
   - Professional basketball player
• Christopher White
  Chris White (musician)
  Chris White was the bass guitarist and songwriter with the 60s British Invasion band The Zombies.Although born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, he was brought up in Markyate where his parents owned a village shop...
  
   - musician
• Mason Jones - Principal Horn, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1939-1980
• Ethan Lamb - Soccer Player, Conservative Commentator (HCS 1987-1991)