North Tonawanda High School Explained

North Tonawanda High School
Streetaddress:	405 Meadow Drive
City:	North Tonawanda
State:	New York
County:	(Niagara County)
Zipcode:	14120
Country:	USA
Coordinates:	43.0508°N -78.8708°W
Schoolboard:	North Tonawanda School Board
Superintendent:	Jeff Jachkewski
Principal:	Bradley Rowles
Teaching Staff:	76.99 (FTE)
Ceeb:	334-230
Ratio:	13.59
Type:	Public, Coeducational
Grades:	9-12
Conference:	Section VI
Mascot:	Lumberjack
Yearbook:	NorthStar
Newspaper:	The Horizon
Enrollment:	1,046 (2018-19)^[1]
Feeders:	North Tonawanda Middle School
Homepage:	North Tonawanda High School

North Tonawanda High School (NTHS) is a public high school located in North Tonawanda, New York. N.T.H.S. is the high school for the North Tonawanda City School District. The current principal is Bradley Rowles.

Academics

Academies

North Tonawanda High School houses five smaller career academies: The Academy of Business and Finance, The Academy of Engineering & Architecture, the Academy of Information Technology, the Academy of International Studies, and the Academy of Health Science. Each academy accepts around twenty new students each school year, wherein each student takes a track of classes within that discipline to prepare students for further exploration of that career strand in college.

History

North Tonawanda High School was built in 1962. The building opened on September 5, 1962 and was dedicated on October 14, 1962.

Selected former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• George L. Lowry - 1927-1962 (Teacher - North Tonawanda High School, named Principal of North Tonawanda Junior High^[2])
• Earl Fonner - 1962-1972 (Assistant Principal - North Tonawanda High School, retired)
• B. Frank Sheppard - ?-1979 (Assistant Principal - North Tonawanda Middle School, retired)
• John T. Mahoney - 1979-1987 (Principal - Perry Junior/Senior High School, resigned)
• Joseph Burruano - 1987-1990 (Principal - Payne Junior High School, retired^[3])
• Martin R. Heavey, Jr. - 1990-1993 (House II Principal - Orchard Park High School, named Principal of Cleveland Hill High School^[4])
• Franklin D. Ruggiero - 1993-1999 (Principal - Jefferson Middle School, died^[5])
• Albert J. Almansberger - 1999-2005 (Principal - Keshequa Junior-Senior High School,^[6] retired)

James Fisher (retired 2022)

Notable alumni, teachers and coaches

• Maryalice Demler, television news anchor
• Tonio di Paolo, opera singer
• Jill Krowinski, politician
• Stan Rojek, baseball player
• Roman Piskor, American football player
• John Olszowka, historian
• Earl Valiquette, Canadian football player

External links

• District Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. National Center for Education Statistics. March 1, 2021.
2. George Lowry, North Tonawanda Principal. (1991, October 14). The Buffalo News
3. Batzer, R. (1990, April 5). N. Tonawandaprincipal stepping down; Burruano retiring from high - school at semester's end. The Buffalo News
4. Carroll, P. (1993, June 24). Heavey named Cleveland Hill Principal. The Buffalo News
5. Batzer, D. (1999, May 20). Franklin D. Ruggiero dies; Principal of North Tonawanda - High School. The Buffalo News, p. E5.
6. Batzer, R. (1999, August 12). Homeowner savings of $57 seen in school tax. The Buffalo News, p. B5.