Freeport High School (New York) Explained

Freeport High School
Streetaddress:	50 South Brookside Avenue
City:	Freeport
County:	Nassau County
State:	New York
Zipcode:	11520
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	40.6543°N -73.6025°W
Schooltype:	High school
Fundingtype:	Public
District:	Freeport Public Schools
Enrollment:	2,264 (as of 2022–2023)
Faculty:	168.92 FTEs
Ratio:	13.40
Us Nces School Id:	3611550
Ceeb:	332000
Principal:	Gisselle Campbell-Ham
Grades:	9 - 12
Gender:	Co-ed
Colors:	Red and White
Teamname:	Red Devils

Freeport High School is a public high school located in Freeport, in Nassau County, New York, United States. Serving students in ninth through twelfth grade, it is the only high school operated by the Freeport Public Schools.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,177 students and 156.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. There were 1,130 students (51.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 79 (3.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Administration

The school's principal is Gisselle Campbell-Ham. Her administration team includes four assistant principals.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin), political activist, co-founder of Code Pink^[3]
• Raymond Harry Brown (born 1946), composer, arranger, trumpet player and jazz educator.^[4]
• D'Brickashaw Ferguson (born 1983), former American football offensive tackle who played ten seasons in the NFL for the New York Jets.^[5]
• Flavor Flav (William Jonathan Drayton, Jr.), rapper and reality TV star; grew up in Freeport and neighboring Roosevelt^[6]
• George Gollin, an elementary particle physicist and physics professor^[7]
• Morlon Greenwood (born 1978, class of 1996), former American football linebacker. who played in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders.^[8]
• Jay Hieron (born 1976),actor, stuntman and former mixed martial artist.^[9]
• Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3^[10]
• Erik Larson, author of books such as Isaac's Storm and The Devil in the White City.^[11]
• Peter Lerangis, American author of children's and young-adult fiction; valedictorian of the FHS Class of 1973^[12]
• Dino Mattessich, university administrator and former college lacrosse coach and player.^[13]
• Lou Reed, singer-songwriter and founding member of The Velvet Underground^[14]
• Harold E. Varmus (born 1939), Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was director of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.^[15]
• Michael Zielenziger, American journalist and author^[16]
• Thomas G. O'Brien (Dr. Tommy O), Medical Doctor, Veteran - FMR CDR 102 Forward Medical Support Detachment, 88th BDG, NYG, Author and Amazon Best Seller, 4 x Beta Award winning TV Host, "Ask Dr. Tommy O", Radio Host, "The Ask Dr. Tommy O Show", Health Education Community Advocate, "Health Education Learning Program, Inc., FHS Class of 1982.

Notes and References

1. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3611550&ID=361155000914 School data for Freeport High School
2. http://www.freeportschools.org/Assets/Guidance_Documents/121620_FREEPORT_20-21_FHS_SCHOOL_COMMUNITY_PROFILE_121420.pdf?t=637437114731300000 2020-2021 Profile
3. Book: Voyageur '70 . Freeport High School. 1970. 116. Yearbook.
4. Kemp, Larry. Current Jazz Trumpet Legends, p. 82. Dorrance Publishing, 2018. . Accessed January 26, 2021. "Raymond Harry Brown was born in Oceanside, New York. He is a graduate of Freeport High School in Freeport, New York, which is on the South Shore of Long Island."
5. Martin, Kimberley A. "From Freeport to Jets, D’Brickashaw Ferguson always set the example", Newsday, April 10, 2016. Accessed January 26, 2021. "D’Brickashaw Ferguson once was a 6-3, 210-pound high school sophomore desperate to put on the pounds. And Cellan, Freeport High School's longtime football coach, was always there to remind him to be patient."
6. News: Flavor Flav's breakout role. Gamboa, Glenn. April 16, 2008. Newsday. May 12, 2008.
7. Web site: Faculty bio for Professor George Gollin, Department of Physics. illinois.edu. University of Illinois. March 8, 2008.
8. https://www.liherald.com/stories/hometown-boy-gives-back-to-freeport,69516 "Hometown boy gives back to Freeport"
9. LaMonica, Mark. "LI's Jay Hieron continues on his journey", Newsday, April 16, 2011. Accessed January 26, 2021. "But it is sport's unique connotation of 'journeyman' that Hieron, a two-time state finalist in wrestling at Freeport High School in the mid-1990s, prefers not be applied here."
10. Web site: Mitch Kapor. KurzweilAI.net. November 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090623114024/http://www.kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.html?main=%2Fbios%2Fbio0153.html%3F. June 23, 2009. dead.
11. Web site: Erik Larson, 2003 National Book Award Finalist: Nonfiction. 2003. The National Book Foundation. November 13, 2008. February 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213230539/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2003_elarson.html. dead.
12. Web site: Peter Lerangis (contributor bio). Scholastic.com. November 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100819230314/http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1608. August 19, 2010. dead.
13. https://news.hofstra.edu/2013/08/07/mattessich-named-deputy-director-of-athletics/ "Mattessich Named Deputy Director Of Athletics"
14. News: Lou Reed. American Masters. November 13, 2008. PBS.
15. https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm200/news/YSM_Bicentennial_Program_April_25_82149_284_7115_v5.pdf "Biomedicine in the New Century; The Yale School of Medicine Bicentennial Symposium"
16. High School Censorship (Students fight for free press: Editors to retain control over newspaper despite school officials' efforts). Student Press Law Center Report. XXI. 1. Winter 1999–2000. 18. November 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090621132257/http://www.splc.org/report_detail.asp?id=524&edition=3. June 21, 2009. dead.