Elmont Memorial High School Explained

Elmont Memorial High School
Address:555 Ridge Road
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.6972°N -73.7183°W
Colors:Green and White
Teamname:Spartans
Grades:7–12
Established:1956
Enrollment:1,054 (as of 2023-2024)
Ratio:15.0:1
Us Nces School Id:3626520
Principal:Marya Baker
Yearbook:LOG
Newspaper:Elmont Phoenix
Website:https://www.sewanhakaschools.org/o/elm
Campus:Suburban

Elmont Memorial High School (EMHS) is a co-educational, public high school founded in 1956 for students in grades 7–12 in the hamlet of Elmont, Long Island, New York, in Nassau County, United States. The school is one of five secondary schools of the Sewanhaka Central High School District.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,640 students and 109.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1. There were 620 students (37.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 153 (9.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Its school newspaper is known as the "Elmont Phoenix". Elmont High School's mascot is the Spartan. Its school colors are green and white. The school's current principal is Marya Baker. Elmont High School is part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District.

Awards and recognition

During the 1990–93 school year, Elmont Memorial High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[2] the highest award an American school can receive.[3] [4]

In 2005, Elmont High School was recognized as having the largest number of African American high school students scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement examinations in the country.

Elmont HS was also recognized by the College Board as having the largest number of African American students attaining a 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam in the country.[5]

Elmont Memorial from 1995–2006 had a 97% graduation rate, and in 2004 achieved a 100% graduation rate, a first in the Sewanhaka Central District.

Elmont Memorial also won the 2013 District Sports Night. This is the first time the school has won since 1997.

Faculty & Staff

In August 2022, Principal Dougherty went on a sabbatical leave for unknown reasons and returned on October 11, 2022.[6] Principal Dougherty resigned as Principal at the end of the 2022-2023 school year.[7]

Academics

(adapted from the Sewanhaka Central High School District Catalog of Courses)

Levels of Study

Students may pursue one of two levels of study:

Grades 7 and 8

Grades 9-12

Music

The school has several performing arts groups, and credit is given for students in these groups. They include (note that there are separate groups at each school level):

Students perform each year during the Winter and Spring Concerts, local events, and music competitions. Some students participate in their respective musical groups at the All-District, All-County, Long Island Invitational, and All-State levels, or join the Tri-M Music Honor Society.

Students may also pursue coursework in Music Theory.

Each year the Music Department puts on two theatre productions, a drama and a musical. Musicals the school has performed in the past include Dreamgirls, Les Misérables, The Wiz, Once On This Island, Aida, and Guys and Dolls.

Athletics

Elmont High School's football team were district champions for three years. The mascot of EMHS is the Spartans. Sports are offered at the Junior High, Junior Varsity, and Varsity levels and include:

Students from all five schools in the Sewanhaka Central High School District participate in District Sports Night, a competition between schools.

Extracurricular activities

Other extracurricular groups include:

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3626520&ID=362652003626 School data for Elmont Memorial High School
  2. https://www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)
  3. Web site: CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department . . November 16, 2006 . November 16, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070819233705/http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 . August 19, 2007 . "The award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve.".
  4. Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  5. Fischler, Marcelle S. "Long Island Journal; Battling Stereotypes With High Test Scores", The New York Times, February 20, 2005. Accessed December 16, 2020. "Elmont had the largest number of black students in the country to score so high on the exam, according to the College Board, which administers the A.P. program.... Trevor Packer, the executive director of the College Board's Advanced Placement program, said Elmont 'leads Long Island in having a greater number of African-American students scoring three or higher across all their A.P. subjects.'"
  6. Web site: October 11, 2022 . Beloved Elmont Memorial H.S. principal returns to school following mysterious leave . 2023-07-13 . News 12 - Long Island.
  7. Web site: April 14, 2022 . Reinstated Elmont Memorial H.S. principal to leave the district in June . 2023-07-13 . News 12 - Long Island.
  8. Strickland, Carol. "Novelist Uses The Island's Gold Coast As A Setting For A Clash of Cultures", The New York Times, April 8, 1990. Accessed December 16, 2020. "Mr. De Mille was born in Jamaica, Queens, and educated at Elmont High School and Hofstra University, and so he knows the area well, although he calls himself a member in good standing of the middle class."
  9. Web site: Rich the Kid Twitter.

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