Schreiber High School
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Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School (commonly Paul D. Schreiber High School or Schreiber High School) is a four-year public high school located in Port Washington, New York
at 101 Campus Drive, in Nassau County, New York
on the North Shore
of Long Island
. The school was originally constructed in 1953 and is named after a former superintendent
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,556 students and 120 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student/teacher ratio of 13.0.
Schreiber is known to be one of the top public high schools on Long Island. This year, it was ranked as the 118th best public high school in the United States by Newsweek
, with a student/teacher ratio of 12.5.
in: Baseball
, Basketball
, Bowling
, Badminton
, Cross Country
, Field Hockey
, American Football
, Golf
, Lacrosse
, Soccer, Softball
, Swimming
, Track and Field
, Volleyball
, Tennis
, and Wrestling
.
High School in the Long Island Championship. This marked the second straight year that the team won the title.
Recently, in the NYS competition for Nationals, the 2008 team came in second place while the 2010 team came in third.
team was nationally dominant from 2003-2005, with three students capturing several national titles. The team has since transformed into a Public Forum Debate
team, winning the Varsity Public Forum New York State Championship in 2009. In April 2011, the team came in second place in Public Forum at the New York State Championship.
In the 2008 competition, the team advanced to the Round of 16 in the regional tournament. The team advanced to the county championship in 2007.
Schreiber offered a total of 59 clubs for the 2008-2009 school year.
, Science
, and Social Science. There have been numerous local and national winners from the school's research program. Students compete in a variety of competitions including the Siemens Competition, Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
.
The school's research program has attained nationwide recognition through student success in the Intel Science Talent Search
competition. From 2002-2010, the school had the sixth most semifinalists in the nation with 50, trailing only Montgomery Blair High School
(108), Stuyvesant High School
(103), Ward Melville High School
(85), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
(75), and Bronx High School of Science
(59).
, Schreiber produced the second most finalists in the country, trailing only Stuyvesant High School of Manhattan
. A student from Schreiber ended up being one of the top ten winners of the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, winning a scholarship of $20,000. The student was the ninth place winner for a zoology project based on Odonate populations.
Eight Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists were selected from Schreiber in 2006, tying for the second most semifinalists in the nation with Stuyvesant High School. The achievement of the semifinalists marks the fourth consecutive year that Schreiber High School has been in the top five schools in the United States. That year, Schreiber also produced one finalist in the competition, who ended up winning the Glenn Seaborg award.
Ultimately, a student from Schreiber won first place in the competition for her steganography
project. She encrypted a message in the gene sequence of a DNA strand.
.
For the 2009-2010 school year, The Schreiber Times was awarded first place with special merit from the American Scholastic Press Association for the third straight year.
Port Washington, New York
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the community population was 15,846....
at 101 Campus Drive, in Nassau County, New York
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
on the North Shore
North Shore (Long Island)
The North Shore of Long Island is the area along Long Island's northern coast, bordering Long Island Sound. The region has long been the most affluent on Long Island, as well as the most affluent in the New York metropolitan area, which has earned it the nickname "the Gold Coast." Though some...
of Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
. The school was originally constructed in 1953 and is named after a former superintendent
Superintendent (education)
In education in the United States, a superintendent is an individual who has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization....
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,556 students and 120 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student/teacher ratio of 13.0.
Schreiber is known to be one of the top public high schools on Long Island. This year, it was ranked as the 118th best public high school in the United States by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek 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...
, with a student/teacher ratio of 12.5.
Academics
The school offers 25 Advanced Placement classes, more than three times the state average. In 2011, Mandarin Chinese was added as a fifth language to the foreign language curriculum, joining Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian.Sports
Schreiber High School is part of the Section VIII (8) New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHAA). As such, it competes against other public schools in Nassau County, New YorkNassau County, New York
Nassau County is a suburban county on Long Island, east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York, within the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339,532...
in: Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, Badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Field Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Soccer, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and Wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
.
Boys Cross Country
From 2007-2009, the Vikings won 3 consecutive class AA Nassau County championship titles. Furthermore, the team finished third in the state in 2009.Girls Tennis
In November 2008, the girls varsity tennis team defeated WesthamptonWesthampton, New York
Westhampton is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 2,869 at the 2000 census.Westhampton is in the Town of Southampton.-Geography:Westhampton is located at ....
High School in the Long Island Championship. This marked the second straight year that the team won the title.
Academic Decathlon
Schreiber's Academic Decathlon team was New York State's winning team from 1997-1998 and again from 2000-2004. They placed second in 2005, their first time not attending the national competition in eight years.Recently, in the NYS competition for Nationals, the 2008 team came in second place while the 2010 team came in third.
Debate
Schreiber's Lincoln-Douglas DebateLincoln-Douglas debate
Lincoln–Douglas debate is sometimes also called values debate because it traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic, ethical values, and philosophy...
team was nationally dominant from 2003-2005, with three students capturing several national titles. The team has since transformed into a Public Forum Debate
Public forum debate
Public forum debate, also known as crossfire debate, PFD , is a style of debate practiced in National Forensic League, Texas Forensics Association, and National Catholic Forensic League competitions....
team, winning the Varsity Public Forum New York State Championship in 2009. In April 2011, the team came in second place in Public Forum at the New York State Championship.
Mock Trial
The school's Mock Trial team competes in the annual New York State High School Mock Trial Tournament. Schreiber won the Long Island Region of the state tournament in 1991 and 1996.In the 2008 competition, the team advanced to the Round of 16 in the regional tournament. The team advanced to the county championship in 2007.
Other clubs
Schreiber offers a wide range of clubs including:- Bridging the GapBridging the GapBridging the Gap is the second album by Black Eyed Peas, released in 2000. It contained the single "Request + Line", featuring Macy Gray. "Weekends" was remixed & renamed as "Another Weekend" for the Deluxe Edition of their fifth studio album The E.N.D....
- Chess ClubChess clubA chess club is a club formed for the purpose of playing the board game of chess. Chess clubs provide for both informal games and timed games, often as part of an internal competition or in a league.-Organisation:...
- Drama Club
- FBLAFBLA-PBLThe Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
- Jewish Student UnionJewish Student UnionThe Jewish Student Union, or JSU is an organization aimed at educating youth in public schools about the Jewish culture, heritage, and religion...
- Key ClubKey ClubKey Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
- Mu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
- Model United NationsModel United NationsModel United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
- National Art Honor SocietyNational Art Honor SocietyThe National Art Honor Society was established in 1978 in the United States by the National Art Education Association for high school students grades 10-12, for "the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art" from the National Art Honor Society...
- National Honors Society
- Quiz Bowl Team
- Science National Honor SocietyScience National Honor SocietyScience National Honor Society is an academic honor society focused on science for high school students within the United States. The society was established in 2000 in Texas and has expanded to over 277 schools in 33 states....
- Science OlympiadScience OlympiadScience Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
Team - Student CouncilStudent councilStudent council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
- Tri-MTri-MTri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher...
- Student Outreach
- Robotics Club
Schreiber offered a total of 59 clubs for the 2008-2009 school year.
Music
The school features multiple bands, orchestras and choruses. In recent years, members of the various ensembles have been chosen to perform in select groups, including the All-State orchestra and band. For the 2008-2009 school year, 11 Schreiber students were chosen as All-State musicians and alternates.Research Programs
Schreiber has nationally recognized research programs in MathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, and Social Science. There have been numerous local and national winners from the school's research program. Students compete in a variety of competitions including the Siemens Competition, Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, and Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific research event in the world, and is owned and administered by the Society for Science & the Public a 501 non-profit organization based in Washington, DC...
.
The school's research program has attained nationwide recognition through student success in the Intel Science Talent Search
Intel Science Talent Search
The Intel Science Talent Search , known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" science competition. In his speech...
competition. From 2002-2010, the school had the sixth most semifinalists in the nation with 50, trailing only Montgomery Blair High School
Montgomery Blair High School
Montgomery Blair High School is a public high school located in unincorporated Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States...
(108), Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School , commonly referred to as Stuy , is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. The school opened in 1904 on Manhattan's East Side and moved to a new building in Battery Park City in 1992. Stuyvesant is noted for its strong academic...
(103), Ward Melville High School
Ward Melville High School
Ward Melville High School is a public high school in the Three Village Central School District of Suffolk County, New York on Long Island, serving grades ten through twelve. It is fed by the two junior high schools in the district: Paul J...
(85), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is a Virginia state-chartered magnet school located within Fairfax County, Virginia, United States...
(75), and Bronx High School of Science
Bronx High School of Science
The Bronx High School of Science is a specialized New York City public high school often considered the premier science magnet school in the United States. Founded in 1938, it is now located in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx...
(59).
Recent Years
In January 2008, the school produced six Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, the second highest total on Long Island. Additionally, two finalists were selected from the school. Schreiber was only one of two schools that produced double finalist winners. Along with Great Neck North High SchoolGreat Neck North High School
John L. Miller Great Neck North High School or simply "North High," or "North," is a public high school, including grades 9 through 12, in the village of Great Neck, New York, operated by the Great Neck School District...
, Schreiber produced the second most finalists in the country, trailing only Stuyvesant High School of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. A student from Schreiber ended up being one of the top ten winners of the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, winning a scholarship of $20,000. The student was the ninth place winner for a zoology project based on Odonate populations.
Eight Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists were selected from Schreiber in 2006, tying for the second most semifinalists in the nation with Stuyvesant High School. The achievement of the semifinalists marks the fourth consecutive year that Schreiber High School has been in the top five schools in the United States. That year, Schreiber also produced one finalist in the competition, who ended up winning the Glenn Seaborg award.
2000
In 2000, nine semifinalists were selected, leading all schools on Long Island. Schreiber ranked fifth nationally and second among comprehensive high schools. Furthermore, three students were chosen as finalists, leading all schools in the country.Ultimately, a student from Schreiber won first place in the competition for her steganography
Steganography
Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message, a form of security through obscurity...
project. She encrypted a message in the gene sequence of a DNA strand.
Intel STS Results By year
| School Year | Intel STS | Semifinalists | Finalists | Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | 70th Intel STS | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-2010 | 69th Intel STS | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008-2009 | 68th Intel STS | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007-2008 | 67th Intel STS | 6 | 2 | 1 (9th Place Finish) |
| 2006-2007 | 66th Intel STS | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005-2006 | 65th Intel STS | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004-2005 | 64th Intel STS | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-2004 | 63rd Intel STS | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-2003 | 62nd Intel STS | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-2002 | 61st Intel STS | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-2001 | 60th Intel STS | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999-2000 | 59th Intel STS | 9 | 3 | 1 (1st Place Finish) |
| 1998-1999 | 58th Intel STS | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-1998 | 57th Intel STS | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Newspaper
One of Schreiber's publications is The Schreiber Times. The newspaper was first established in 1924 at the original Port Washington High School. The newspaper now publishes monthly issues that include sections about News, Features, Opinions, Arts and Entertainment, and Sports. The newspaper has also been recognized for its artwork and covers. The Schreiber Times has won awards for each of its five sections from well-acclaimed sources, including the Long Island newspaper, NewsdayNewsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
.
For the 2009-2010 school year, The Schreiber Times was awarded first place with special merit from the American Scholastic Press Association for the third straight year.
Literary Magazine
Another publication, Kaleidoscope, is a literary magazine featuring the poetry, prose, artwork, and photography of Schreiber students.Yearbook
The school also produces an annual yearbook. This yearbook is compiled by students with the aid of a faculty adviser and is called the Port Light.Notable alumni
- Denise Albert - Moms and the City
- Kenny AlbertKenny AlbertKenny Albert , is an American sportscaster, and the son of sportscaster Marv Albert and the nephew of sportscasters Al Albert and Steve Albert...
- broadcaster - Peter CoffeePeter CoffeePeter Coffee is best known for his longtime role as a commentator for Ziff Davis, where he was most recently Technology Editor for eWEEK until his departure for salesforce.com in January 2007...
(class of 1975) - technology columnist - Craig JohnsonCraig Johnson (NY State Senator)Craig M. Johnson was a Democratic Party member of the New York State Senate.-Education and early career:Johnson earned a B.A. degree from Amherst College in 1993. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. John's University School of Law in 1996. He was admitted to the New York State Bar...
(class of 1989) - Former New York State Senator - Frederick M. LawrenceFrederick M. LawrenceFrederick M. Lawrence is an American legal scholar and the President of Brandeis University.He is the third and youngest child of Brooklyn College sweethearts Joseph and Bea Lawrence . His father was a chemical engineer and his mother an educator. Lawrence attended Flower Hill Elementary School,...
(class of 1973) - President of Brandeis UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it... - Jordan Laws (class of 1998) - DJ-Grammy Winning Producer {Christina Aguilera 2006}
- Charlie Sweeny (class of 1975) - trans-Pacific advertising creative director
- Kerin Rose (class of 2001) - designer/owner of A-Morir
- Ryan Silbert (class of 1998) - co-producer of God of LoveGod of Love (film)God of Love is an American live action short film. The film's run time is approximately 18 minutes. It was written and directed by Luke Matheny, and produced by Gigi Dement, Ryan Silbert, and Stefanie Walmsley...
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(class of 1975) - violinist, musical instrument designer