| Schreiber High School | |
| Established: | 1953 |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Principal: | Kathryn Behr [1] |
| Enrollment: | 1,638 (as of 2021–22) |
| Ratio: | 12.6:1 |
| Us Nces School Id: | 362358003295 |
| Teamname: | Vikings |
| Address: | 101 Campus Drive |
| Zipcode: | 11050 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.8294°N -73.6803°W |
| Newspaper: | The Schreiber Times |
| Yearbook: | Port Light |
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School (commonly Paul D. Schreiber High School or Schreiber High School) is a four-year public high school in Port Washington, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is operated by the Port Washington Union Free School District.
As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,638 students and 129.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 285 students (17.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 18 (1.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]
It is located at 101 Campus Drive, in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island.[3] The school was originally constructed in 1953 and is named after a former superintendent. Schreiber High School is one of the top public high schools on Long Island.[4] U.S. News & World Report awarded Schreiber a gold medal in its 2014 rankings.[5] In 2015, it was ranked as the 283rd best high school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, with a student/teacher ratio of 13:1.[6]
Notable alumni include Kenny Albert, Craig Thomas, and Anthony Scaramucci.
The school offers 26 Advanced Placement classes, more than three times the state average.[7] The Advanced Placement exam pass rate is 83%, meaning that 83% of students attain a score of 3 or higher on the AP exam, compared to the state average of 61%, and more than half of the student body, 53%, takes at least one Advanced Placement exam, compared to the state average of 16%.[8] In 2022, 75% of students took at least one Advanced Placement exam.
In 2011, Mandarin Chinese was added as a fifth language to the foreign language curriculum, joining Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian.[9] Mandarin could be taken only in conjunction with another of the aforementioned languages or after completion of a three-year language sequence. After the conclusion of the 2014–15 school year, Chinese was dropped from the list of course of offerings following budget reallocation.
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 York in: baseball, basketball, bowling, badminton, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling.
From 2007 to 2009, the Vikings won three consecutive class AA Nassau County championship titles. Furthermore, the team finished third in class AA and seventh overall in the 2009 state meet. In 2016, the Vikings were also AAA Nassau County champions.[10] The Vikings went back to back as County champions in 2021 (Spring) and 2021 (Fall).
In October 2012, the Vikings defeated Jericho High School in the Conference V Finals, capping off a 7–1 season.[11]
In November 2008, the girls varsity tennis team beat previously defeated Westhampton Beach High School in the Long Island Championship. This marked the second straight year that the team won the title, becoming the first team to repeat as champions.[12]
In 2022, The Vikings made it to the playoffs, and lost to Plainview in the first round.
ESPN Radio and Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz personality and alumnus Jon "Stugotz" Weiner once set the Long Island record for most successful three-pointers in a half, with 6.[13]
In 2018, the varsity soccer team won the Nassau County Championship against Massapequa High School and Long Island Championships against Walt Whitman High School. They proceeded to the New York State semi-finals, where they would lose to Clarence High School of Erie County. Although seeded second lowest in the county, they managed to beat the 1, 3, and 5 seed, as well as state ranked Walt Whitman and Syosset High School.
The mascot is a blue and white with yellow only in the hair Viking head. It is often compared to the Viking head used by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
Schreiber's Academic Decathlon team was New York State's winning team from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 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.
Schreiber's Lincoln–Douglas debate team was nationally dominant from 2003 to 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. Schreiber's debate team is once again successful, achieving exemplary results at the Princeton Classic since 2016.
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.
Schreiber offers a wide range of clubs including:
Schreiber offered a total of 46 clubs for the 2014–15 school year.[14]
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 2008–09 school year, 11 Schreiber students were chosen as All-State musicians and alternates.In the 2010–11 year, 5 students were selected as the All-State musicians and alternates, and one year later 8 students were selected.
The school marching band has praiseworthy achievements as well. The marching band has performed and marched in the Sugar Bowl Parade (1989), Orange Bowl Parade (1990), and the Tournament of Roses Parade (1996).
In May 2000, the Schreiber Concert Band performed and won several awards at a high school band tournament in Hershey, PA. During the next school year, in the fall of 2000, the Paul D. Schreiber Marching Band performed the piece "Seventy-Six Trombones" from the musical The Music Man at the tenth annual Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall.
Schreiber has a nationally recognized research program in Mathematics, Science, and Social Science.[15] 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.[16] From 2002 to 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).[17]
In January 2008, the school produced six Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, the second highest total on Long Island.[18] Additionally, two finalists were selected from the school. Schreiber was only one of two schools that produced double finalist winners.[19] Along with Great Neck North High School, Schreiber produced the second most finalists in the country, trailing only Stuyvesant High School of Manhattan.[20] A student from Schreiber was selected to be 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.[21]
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.[22] 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.
In 2000, nine semifinalists were selected, leading all schools on Long Island. Schreiber ranked fifth nationally and second among comprehensive high schools.[23] Furthermore, three students were chosen as finalists, leading all schools in the country.[24]
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.[25]
| School Year | Intel STS | Semifinalists | Finalists | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2017 | 76th Regeneron STS | 6[26] | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015–2016 | 75th Intel STS | 2[27] | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–2015 | 74th Intel STS | 1[28] | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013–2014 | 73rd Intel STS | 3[29] | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–2013 | 72nd Intel STS | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011–2012 | 71st Intel STS | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 1996–1997 | 56th Intel STS | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 1995–1996 | 55th Intel STS | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 1994–1995 | 54th Intel STS | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 1993–1994 | 53rd Intel STS | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992–1993 | 52nd Intel STS | — | 2 | 0 | |
| 1991–1992 | 51st Intel STS | — | 2 | 0 |
Schreiber's premier student publication is The Schreiber Times. The newspaper was first established in 1924 at the original Port Washington High School as The Port Weekly. The newspaper now publishes 24 page 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 Newsday,[30] the American Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the Empire State School Press Association.
In 2012, The Schreiber Times launched an online version of the print paper. There is as an archive of all issues of The Schreiber Times and The Port Weekly published since 1924.
Another publication, Kaleidoscope, is a literary magazine featuring the poetry, prose, artwork, and photography of Schreiber students. It has won various awards, including two silver medals in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Medallist Critiques in both 2010 and 2011.
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.