Great Neck Village High School Explained

Great Neck Village High School
Address:614 Middle Neck Road
City:Great Neck
State:New York
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.8031°N -73.7365°W
Zipcode:11023
Established:1971[1]
Principal:Stephen Goldberg[2]
Enrollment:37 (2018-19)[3]
Faculty:6.00 FTEs
Ratio:6.17

Great Neck Village High School (also known as Village School or VS)[1] is an American long-established public alternative school.[4] It is a member of Coalition of Essential Schools[5] and is located in the village of Great Neck, New York, serving students in grades 8 through 12.[6] Village School is one of three high schools in the Great Neck School District, which includes Great Neck North High School and Great Neck South High School.[7] Village School offers its 39 students[8] an outdoor education program,[9] college preparatory program,[10] and inclusion of students with disabilities.[11]

Co-founder Arnie Langberg has been called "one of the most important pioneers in the field of public alternative education."[12]

Village School is home to the newspaper 'The Villager.[13]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 48 students and 6.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1. There were 3 students (6.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[14]

Students

Students who enroll must be considered at risk academically for an array of reasons.[15] The students must be in danger of getting lost in Great Neck’s two large, comprehensive high schools or becoming overwhelmed by their large high schools.[16] Students may have social and emotional problems.[16] The students may also face anxiety and difficulties with focus and organization.[16] In the Village School’s low-key approach, these issues can be dealt with easily.[16] Students who may have felt lost and isolated in a large school often thrive in the smaller and more personalized setting of the Village School.[1] In the 2010-2011 school year, 39 students attended Village School.[8] However, Village School can enroll up to 50 students.[17] About fifty percent of students qualify for special education.[4]

Demographics

The student body in the school year of 2010-2011 consists of:[8]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://gnnhsguidance.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/6/4/10642097/28-village_school.pdf VILLAGE SCHOOL
  2. http://gnvs.weebly.com/faculty.html Faculty
  3. Web site: VILLAGE SCHOOL. National Center for Education Statistics. February 26, 2021.
  4. News: Hu. Winnie. Profile Rises at School Where Going Against the Grain Is the Norm . The New York Times. 2007-11-12. 2007-11-26.
  5. http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/profiles/vsprofile10.pdf Great Neck Public Schools Web site, PDF document titled "Great Neck Public Schools: The Village School", accessed October 18, 2007.
  6. Web site: The New York State School Report Card . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151022050842/https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/AOR-2011-280407030016.pdf . October 22, 2015 .
  7. Web site: http://www.nysed.gov/admin/280407/280407.html . www.nysed.gov . July 14, 2011 . January 7, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107121728/http://www.nysed.gov/admin/280407/280407.html . dead .
  8. https://reportcards.nysed.gov/files/2010-11/AOR-2011-280407030016.pdf Enrollment and Demographic Factors
  9. http://gnvs.weebly.com/physical-education.html Physical Education Learning Outside the Box
  10. http://gnvs.weebly.com/graduation-and-beyond.html Graduation and Beyond
  11. http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/publications/ataglance.pdf Page 7
  12. Web site: Education Revolution #27 . March 2, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070317150152/http://www.educationrevolution.org/issue27.html . March 17, 2007 . The quote is from Jerry Mintz, founder of the Alternative Education Resource Organization, in an interview Mintz conducted with Langberg, "Radio Interview With Arnie Langberg on the Night of the Littleton Tragedy" appearing in The Education Revolution Magazine, Summer 1999, accessed March 1, 2007
  13. Web site: The Villager – A Student-Generated News Blog . 2020-08-08 . 2020-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808081559/http://villager.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ . dead .
  14. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3612510&ID=361251002027 School data for Village School
  15. News: Rather. John. If You're Thinking of Living In/Great Neck; Great Site for Schools, Parks and Trains . The New York Times. 2002-09-08. 2012-08-15.
  16. News: Vail. Kathleen. The future of high school . 2007-08-31. 2012-08-15.
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416123904/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/26215159/caring-village The Caring Village
  18. Fischler, Marcelle S. "For ‘Hairspray’ Star, ‘My Darn Dream Come True’", The New York Times, July 8, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2007. "In her sophomore year, unable to find her niche, she switched from the John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School to the Village School, the district’s alternative high school, with 50 students. After class, she joined the theater program at the William A. Shine Great Neck South High School..."
  19. "An Uphill Fight to Shed a Lifelong Label," by Corey Kilgannon. The New York Times, September 10, 2006, section 14LI, page 1.

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