Saunders Trades and Technical High School | |
Established: | 1909; 115 years ago |
Type: | Public High School [1] |
District: | Yonkers Public Schools |
Grades: | 9-12 |
Principal: | Jeremy Rynders |
Staff: | 83.02 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 13.56 |
Students: | 1,126 (2017–18)[2] |
Athletics: | Saunders Blue Devils |
Colors: | Blue, White and Black |
Mascot: | Blue Devil |
Location: | 183 Palmer Road, Yonkers, New York 10701 |
Website: | https://www.yonkerspublicschools.org/saunders |
Saunders Trades and Technical High School (Saunders High School or SHS) is a career and technical education public high school for grades 9–12, in Yonkers, New York.
In October 1994, the Middle States Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges evaluated Saunders to be an exemplary high school, “a model for the nation.” In both 1995 and 1998 Saunders was selected to be a “New York State School of Excellence.” After a rigorous application process and three days visitation, the United States Department of Education recognized Saunders as a “Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.”[3]