Sachem High School East Explained

Sachem High School East
Streetaddress:177 Granny Road
Motto:We are Sachem
City:Farmingville
State:New York
Zipcode:11738
Country:United States
Type:Public high school
Established:2004
District:Sachem School District
Principal:Lou Antonetti
Grades:9-12
Enrollment:2,152 (2019-20)[1]
Ratio:12.22
Teaching Staff:176.10 (FTE)
Nickname:Arrows

Sachem High School East is a public secondary school located in Farmingville, New York, United States. Along with Sachem High School North, it is one of the two high schools in the Sachem School District.[2]

History

The school was founded in 2004, and was filled with students from the former Sachem High School South, which closed and was absorbed into Samoset Middle School.

Athletics

Sachem East fields a number of varsity and junior varsity teams in the Section 11 Athletic Conference. Teams at Sachem East include:

A number of teams have won national, state, or regional championships. These include:

Academics

Sachem East offers many of the Advanced Placement programs offered by the College Board, as well as many honors courses. It offers Spanish, French and Italian as foreign languages that can be taken. The school also offers classes in culinary arts, engineering, 3D printing, and cosmetology (which upon completion grants the student a cosmetology license). Sachem East has partnered with Eastern Suffolk BOCES to allow students to take courses through BOCES.

Extra curriculars

Sachem East offers many clubs for students to join. It also has chapters for many national honor societies including Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Business, Technology, Art, Music, and the National Honor Society. The school also fields several academic teams, such as History Bowl teams (the junior varsity 2017–18 team made it to the national competition in Washington, D.C.) and a DECA team.

Demographics

Gender 2015-2016
Gender StudentsPercent
Female 1,194 50.4%
Male 1,173 49.6%
Total 2,367 100%
Race 2015-2016
Race StudentsPercent
American Indian or Alaska Native5 0.21%
Asian/Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander136 5.7%
Black or African American44 1.9%
Hispanic/Latino211 8.9%
White1958 82.7%
Multiracial13 0.55%
Total 2367 100% [6]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sachem High School East. National Center for Education Statistics. July 6, 2021.
  2. Web site: Sachem Home Page. Sachem School District. December 28, 2018.
  3. Web site: Shanahan lifts Sachem East to Long Island title. newsday. December 28, 2018.
  4. Web site: Sachem East captures national cheerleading crown. newsday. December 28, 2018.
  5. Web site: Sachem East Girls Basketball Year-by-Year Results. maxpreps.com. December 28, 2018.
  6. Web site: Sachem High School East Enrollment (2015-16). New York State Department of Education. December 28, 2018.