Odyssey Academy
Encyclopedia
Odyssey Academy is a high/middle school
in Greece
, New York, United States. It is part of Greece Central School District
. Odyssey maintains a population of slightly over 800 students, selected by random lottery from applicants across Greece, serving grades 6 - 12.
Though Odyssey Academy is the District's most recent addition as of 1993, 133 Hoover Drive is itself the oldest working school building in Greece (1929).
Currently, Odyssey is the only high school in the Greece Central School District
to offer the International Baccalaureate program.
, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma!
, Fiddler on the Roof
, Camelot
, The Music Man
, Kiss Me, Kate
, big, The Musical
, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
, Seussical
, The Wiz
, Annie Get Your Gun
, Once on This Island
, Footloose
, and Rags and Cinderella
Since 2004, Odyssey Academy's musical productions have been performed at Greece Olympia High School.
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
in Greece
Greece (town), New York
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, New York, United States. It is part of Greece Central School District
Greece Central School District
The Greece Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 14,000 students in the town of Greece in Monroe County with over 3,700 employees and an operating budget of $180 million ....
. Odyssey maintains a population of slightly over 800 students, selected by random lottery from applicants across Greece, serving grades 6 - 12.
Though Odyssey Academy is the District's most recent addition as of 1993, 133 Hoover Drive is itself the oldest working school building in Greece (1929).
Currently, Odyssey is the only high school in the Greece Central School District
Greece Central School District
The Greece Central School District is a public school district in New York State that serves approximately 14,000 students in the town of Greece in Monroe County with over 3,700 employees and an operating budget of $180 million ....
to offer the International Baccalaureate program.
National recognition
- In 2006, Odyssey Academy was declared one of the Intel Schools of Distinction for "Leadership Excellence."
- In 2007, the school was determined 109th best American public school on a list of 1,300 by NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
.
- In 2008, Odyssey was listed 108th in the NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
Challenge IndexChallenge IndexThe Challenge Index is a method for the statistical ranking of top public high schools in the United States by Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews...
of top public high schools in America. The index rates schools based on the number of students who take Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate examinations relative to the size of the school.
Musical productions
Odyssey Academy's past musical productions, dating back to 1994, have been Broadway Revue, Ransom of Red Chief, Wizard of OzThe Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...
, Bye Bye Birdie, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
, Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
, Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
, The Music Man
The Music Man
The Music Man is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and uniforms to naive townsfolk before skipping town with...
, Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. It is structured as a play within a play, where the interior play is a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The original production starred Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk and Harold Lang.Kiss...
, big, The Musical
Big, The Musical
Big: the musical is a musical adaptation of the 1988 Tom Hanks film Big. It was directed by Mike Ockrent and featured music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., with choreography by Susan Stroman. It involves a 12-year-old boy, Josh Baskin, who grows up overnight after being granted a...
, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story is set in the Town of "St...
, Seussical
Seussical
is a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty based on the books of Dr. Seuss that debuted on Broadway in 2000. The play's story is a rather complex amalgamation of many of Seuss's most famous books. After a Broadway run, the production spawned two US national tours and a UK tour...
, The Wiz
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
, Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley , who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.The 1946 Broadway production...
, Once on This Island
Once On This Island
Once on This Island is a one-act musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy, set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea...
, Footloose
Footloose (musical)
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:...
, and Rags and Cinderella
Since 2004, Odyssey Academy's musical productions have been performed at Greece Olympia High School.