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| established = 1960<ref>Dooley, Emily C. , '']'', June 7, 2017. Accessed November 23, 2020. "The high school, which opened in 1960, is across the street from Bethpage Community Park, the site of an intense cleanup plan to remove a plume of volatile organic chemicals from groundwater and other contaminants from the soil."</ref> | established = 1960<ref>Dooley, Emily C. , '']'', June 7, 2017. Accessed November 23, 2020. "The high school, which opened in 1960, is across the street from Bethpage Community Park, the site of an intense cleanup plan to remove a plume of volatile organic chemicals from groundwater and other contaminants from the soil."</ref>
| grades = 9–12 | grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 3,734,000,000 (as of 2018–19)<ref name=NCES>, ]. Accessed September 1, 2020.</ref> | enrollment = 932 (as of 2022–23)<ref name=NCES>, ]. Accessed August 9, 2024.</ref>
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| ratio = 12.8:1<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 11.08<ref name=NCES/>
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'''Bethpage High School''' is the only high school in ], New York. Located in ] on ], the school is situated at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Cherry Avenue, across from the Bethpage Community Park. On average, each class size is between 25 and 30&nbsp;students. Bethpage High School was once ranked by ''Newsweek'' at number&nbsp;267 of the Best High Schools in America.<ref> at Newsweek/MSNBC</ref> '''Bethpage High School''' is a high school in ], ], United States. The school is situated at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Cherry Avenue, across from the Bethpage Community Park. On average, each class size is between 25 and 30&nbsp;students. Bethpage High School was once ranked by ''Newsweek'' at number&nbsp;267 of the Best High Schools in America and offers nunerous extracurricular activities in athletics, civics, robotics, and the arts.<ref> at Newsweek/MSNBC</ref>


As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 962 students and 75.3 classroom teachers (on an ] basis), for a ] of 12.8:1. There were 155 students (16.1% of enrollment) eligible for ] and 27 (2.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 923 students and 81.82.3 classroom teachers (on an ] basis), for a ] of 11.21.


==Extracurricular activities== ==Extracurricular activities==

===Performing arts===
On January 16, 2007, the Bethpage High School Performing Arts Center was unveiled. The Center is home to the Bethpage Masquers Guild (Drama Club).

===Spanish Club===
Bethpage High School's Spanish Club embraces both Spanish culture and community service. Each year, the club works to organize cultural trips to museums and volunteers time at Winthrop Hospital at the Hispanic Health Fair. The club also sends aid to Spanish countries and holds an annual Foreign Film Night. The club is open to all students, regardless of language class taken or heritage.

===Student Civic Association===
The Bethpage High School Student Civic Association is a ] association composed of current attendees of Bethpage High School, open to all those students willing to join. It holds an annual philanthropic talent show and numerous blood drives, and participates in ] programs including Hurricane relief, the annual ] Christmas Party for terminally ill children, and various other altruistic endeavors.

===Long Island Challenge appearance===
In 2006, Bethpage High School was chosen to compete on The Long Island Challenge, an academic quiz show featuring Long Island high schools.<ref name="Bethpage Tribune, Bethpage High School to Compete Against Massapequa in First Round of L.I. Challenge">http://cdm16373.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15281coll116/id/82/rec/21</ref> Team members included Raman Madan, Karan Sabharwal, Jeff Katz, Vinod Kasturi, and Steve Secchio.<ref name="Bethpage Tribune, Bethpage High School to Compete Against Massapequa in First Round of L.I. Challenge"/>


===Bethpage Robotics=== ===Bethpage Robotics===
The Bethpage Regal Eagles Robotics team was founded in 2009, and compete annually in the ], specifically at the New York City and SBPLI Long Island Regionals. For the first time in 2017, they competed at the new Hudson Valley Regional. They have won three awards: Woodie Flowers Finalist Award, Dean's List Finalist Award, and Rookie Inspiration Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regal Eagle Robotics |url=https://www.regaleaglerobotics.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308134255/https://www.regaleaglerobotics.com/ |archive-date=2017-03-08 |access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>


=== Athletics ===
The Bethpage Regal Eagles Robotics team was founded in 2009, and compete annually in the ], specifically at the New York City and SBPLI Long Island Regionals. For the first time in 2017, they will be competing at the new Hudson Valley Regional. The head mentors of the team include Dan Zabell and Eric Kay. The current Captain is senior Sam Perkowsky and the Co-Captain is Smiti Shah. They have won 3 notable awards: Woodie Flowers Finalist Award, Dean's List Finalist Award, and Rookie Inspiration Award. Their current sponsors include Altice USA, UTC, Plethora, Northrop Grumman, and TechClash.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.regaleaglerobotics.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308134255/https://www.regaleaglerobotics.com/ |archive-date=2017-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Bethpage offers sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, badminton, golf, tennis, and kickline, among others.

==Athletics==

Bethpage offers numerous varsity athletic teams. They have a varsity program for football, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, badminton, golf, tennis, and kickline, among others. The Golden Eagles have won numerous county and conference championships across their varsity programs.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

===Varsity Kickline===
The Golden Girls are a kickline/dance team which has won multiple awards. The team participates in the Kick, Pom, Jazz, and Hip Hop Categories (Lyrical and Team Routine in 2008). In 2006 and 2007, the Varsity ] became National Champions in the POM Category, and in 2008 placed 6th at the ] (NDA) Championship, where the team also placed 2nd in Kick in 2005. In 2009, the Golden Girls & Company won the Eastern Dance Association's National High Kick Title, as well as the All-Around Champion title, with a 2nd-place finish in the Large Pom category. In 2010, the Golden Girls placed 2nd in Kick, and won the Large Pom title.

=== Lacrosse ===
The lacrosse team has had success throughout the years and commit to play collegiate lacrosse every year. Since 2000, over 20 boys have gone on to play Division I and over 40 more players to play at the Division II & III levels. Some notable alumni that either achieved All-American or that have gone on to play Division I College Lacrosse; Todd Lawson, Tom Poggio, AJ Haugen, Rob Coscia, Dave Kelly, Brian Cerci, The Testa Brothers, Brian Solliday, ], Trevor Michaelsen, ], ] and many others. Around 10 players that have gone on to play professional lacrosse. In 1996, Bethpage won their first and only State Championship Title which was helped by then, Assistant Coach Erwin Dill but then took over as the Head Coach from 1997 to 2014.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

===Wrestling===
Ron Abitelli is the current{{when|date=October 2015}} Head Wrestling Coach. They have successfully helped over 100 county place winners ranging from Champions to Six Place Finishers and 18 All-State wrestlers.

===Soccer===
Bethpage Soccer has been improving since the early 2000s after they won 4 consecutive conference championships from 2001-2004 and during the 2002 season, the team went undefeated.{{when|date=October 2015}}{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

==Football==
Football was coached by ], who helped the teams with 5 Long Island titles, 3 Rutger Cups, and 29 Regular Season or Conference Championships.
Under Vogts' direction, the Golden Eagles have made the Nassau County playoffs 25 times since in 1970, and every year since the playoff system expanded to four teams in 1984. Vogts' teams have won 29 regular season league or Conference Championships, 13 Conference Playoff Championships (ten since 1984), three Rutgers Cups, and five Long Island titles. Bethpage has had one Thorp Award winner, Dennis Macholz in 1968. Coach Vogts has had 39 winning seasons, only nine losing seasons, and three .500 seasons. In Vogts' first 23 seasons (1953–1976) his teams were 96-75-7 for a winning percentage of .557. Since then (1977–2005), Vogts' teams have had a Nassau County record 30 consecutive winning seasons, with an astonishing record of 246-39-3 (.865 winning percentage). Under Coach Vogts' helm he coached many stellar athletes who have gone on to play College Football like Craig Swanson, John Beachy & Dennis Macholz in addition to coaching many athletes that have gone on to play collegiate lacrosse like Trevor Michaelsen who holds and ties three Long Island Kicking Records with the (Most PAT's in a game 8, most PAT's Season 56, and most career PAT's 88) and many more great athletes.. Vogts is the winningest high school coach in New York State with a record of 342-114-10.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}


==Notable alumni== ==Notable alumni==
* ] (1951–2020), ] and ] saxophonist.<ref>Carmel, Julia. , '']'', August 21, 2020. Accessed September 22, 2020. "Mr. Grossman took private saxophone lessons with Joseph Allard, a teacher at Juilliard, while attending Bethpage High School, and Mr. Allard coordinated with the high school so that Steven could graduate early and begin his studies at Juilliard."</ref> * ], former ] and ] saxophonist.<ref>Carmel, Julia. , '']'', August 21, 2020. Accessed September 22, 2020. "Mr. Grossman took private saxophone lessons with Joseph Allard, a teacher at Juilliard, while attending Bethpage High School, and Mr. Allard coordinated with the high school so that Steven could graduate early and begin his studies at Juilliard."</ref>
* ] (born 1986), professional lacrosse player and men's lacrosse head coach at ].<ref>Borenstein, Jack. , '']'', September 8, 2009, backed up by the ] as of September 26, 2009. Accessed November 23, 2020. "For those who followed the squad midfielder, Jordan Levine played an integral role in helping the Nationals go all the way in their inaugural season.... As a senior he captained his Bethpage High School team to a 16-2 record and earned All-Nassau County recognition in football and basketball."</ref> * ], men's lacrosse coach, ]<ref>Borenstein, Jack. , '']'', September 8, 2009, backed up by the ] as of September 26, 2009. Accessed November 23, 2020. "For those who followed the squad midfielder, Jordan Levine played an integral role in helping the Nationals go all the way in their inaugural season.... As a senior he captained his Bethpage High School team to a 16-2 record and earned All-Nassau County recognition in football and basketball."</ref>
* ], television producer{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* ] (born 1985), professional lacrosse player and founder of 365lax Inc.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.365lax.com | title=Lacrosse Team in New York City}}</ref> * ], professional lacrosse player and founder of 365lax Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lacrosse Team in New York City |url=http://www.365lax.com |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www365lax.com}}</ref>
* ] (born 1952), television producer.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* ], professional wrestler for ].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} * ], professional wrestler, ]{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* ], entrepreneur{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
* ] (born 1952), pitcher who played in MLB for the ], ] and ].<ref>Gumbs, Joe. , ]. Accessed September 22, 2020. "Growing up, Sambito began to think he might have a chance to play professional baseball when scouts started showing up to the games he pitched for Bethpage High School."</ref>
* ], former professional baseball player, ], ], and ]{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}


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Bethpage High School
Bethpage High School in Bethpage, New York
Address
10 Cherry Avenue
Bethpage, (Nassau County), New York 11714
United States
Coordinates40°45′18″N 73°28′59″W / 40.75500°N 73.48306°W / 40.75500; -73.48306
Information
TypePublic
Established1960
School districtBethpage Union Free School District
NCES School ID3604740
PrincipalNicholas Jantz
Faculty84.09 FTEs
Grades9–12
Enrollment932 (as of 2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio11.08
Color(s)Navy Blue and Gold   
MascotGolden eagle
Websitewww.bethpagecommunity.com/ourschools/bethpage_high_school

Bethpage High School is a high school in Bethpage, New York, United States. The school is situated at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Cherry Avenue, across from the Bethpage Community Park. On average, each class size is between 25 and 30 students. Bethpage High School was once ranked by Newsweek at number 267 of the Best High Schools in America and offers nunerous extracurricular activities in athletics, civics, robotics, and the arts.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 923 students and 81.82.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.21.

Extracurricular activities

Bethpage Robotics

The Bethpage Regal Eagles Robotics team was founded in 2009, and compete annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition, specifically at the New York City and SBPLI Long Island Regionals. For the first time in 2017, they competed at the new Hudson Valley Regional. They have won three awards: Woodie Flowers Finalist Award, Dean's List Finalist Award, and Rookie Inspiration Award.

Athletics

Bethpage offers sports like football, baseball, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, softball, volleyball, badminton, golf, tennis, and kickline, among others.

Notable alumni

References

  1. Dooley, Emily C. "Radium find spurs plan to test on Bethpage High School grounds", Newsday, June 7, 2017. Accessed November 23, 2020. "The high school, which opened in 1960, is across the street from Bethpage Community Park, the site of an intense cleanup plan to remove a plume of volatile organic chemicals from groundwater and other contaminants from the soil."
  2. ^ School data for Bethpage Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 9, 2024.
  3. America's Best High Schools at Newsweek/MSNBC
  4. "Regal Eagle Robotics". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  5. Carmel, Julia. "Steve Grossman, Hired as a Teenager by Miles Davis, Dies at 69", The New York Times, August 21, 2020. Accessed September 22, 2020. "Mr. Grossman took private saxophone lessons with Joseph Allard, a teacher at Juilliard, while attending Bethpage High School, and Mr. Allard coordinated with the high school so that Steven could graduate early and begin his studies at Juilliard."
  6. Borenstein, Jack. "Levine plays major role in lacrosse title win", The Jewish Tribune, September 8, 2009, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 26, 2009. Accessed November 23, 2020. "For those who followed the squad midfielder, Jordan Levine played an integral role in helping the Nationals go all the way in their inaugural season.... As a senior he captained his Bethpage High School team to a 16-2 record and earned All-Nassau County recognition in football and basketball."
  7. "Lacrosse Team in New York City". www365lax.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
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