Sanford H. Calhoun High School
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Sanford H. Calhoun High School is a high school
located in Merrick
, New York
, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
. Calhoun is a magnet school
for several programs.
According to the 2010 edition of Newsweek, Calhoun is the 383 best public high school in the United States.
in their Shakespeare Festival.
The CCP consists of 3 groups. Many students belong to more than one group:
Many CCP students boast individual honors, such as All-County, All-State, All-Eastern, and All-USA selection.
and the New York State Forensics League each year. It is one of the smallest teams in the league, but has frequently been represented in the NYS championship.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Merrick
Merrick, New York
Merrick is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 22,097. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name of the Algonquian tribe formerly indigenous to the area...
, New York
New York
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, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District
Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District is the central high school district of the Long Island hamlets of Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick, and North Merrick, New York. More than 5000 students, grades 7-12, attend the Bellmore-Merrick secondary schools...
. Calhoun is a magnet school
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
for several programs.
Pegasus
The official The Calhoun Literary Magazine, Pegasus includes a mix of art, fiction, and nonfiction.According to the 2010 edition of Newsweek, Calhoun is the 383 best public high school in the United States.
Hoofbeats
Hoofbeats is the official student newspaper of Calhoun, informing the students, teachers, and community of the school’s news and events. The paper is produced five times a year, with several editions in color, and spotlights the latest happenings on and around the campus.Athletics
Calhoun HS competes in Section VIII athletics, a compilation of public schools in Nassau County. The fall season hosts boys and girls cross country, football, boys and girls soccer, girls tennis, boys badminton, girls volleyball, and girl's swimming. The winter hosts wrestling, boys and girls basketball, and indoor track , with district teams (which include athletes from the other two schools of the district, Mepham and Kennedy) existing for ice hockey, swimming, diving, rifle, and bowling. The final season, spring, is home to boys and girls lacrosse, track and field, baseball, softball, boys volleyball, boys tennis, and girls badminton. Girls badminton is notorious for constantly winning the county and section championship. The Bellmore-Merrick Sharks swim team is generally very competitive with the Long Beach team. Boys Cross Country has also been outstanding in recent years.On Tour Company
Calhoun HS is home to the "On Tour Company", a high school theatre company. The "On Tour Company" was founded in 1973. The program has been performing since September 1985. The company attracts students from all three schools in the district and the program includes a class and an after school club. The company is student run - meaning the students are responsible for the technical aspects of production (lighting, sound, sets, etc.). The program produces more than ten shows a year; four are standard: a Shakespeare play, a straight show, a musical, and a season finale (which can be any genre from commedia dell'arte to children's theatre). On Tour also puts on evenings of Improv or Variety Nights, as well as senior directed one-act plays. On Tour has performed at other venues, including Hofstra UniversityHofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
in their Shakespeare Festival.
Calhoun Choral Program (CCP)
The Calhoun HS Choral Program, composed of over 180 students, is the Bellmore-Merrick Central HS District's largest music program.The CCP consists of 3 groups. Many students belong to more than one group:
- Concert Choir is an auditioned 75-person class composed of 10th, 11th and 12th graders. Each spring, over one-hundred students audition for the incoming group. They perform a wide variety of three, four, six, and eight part music, primarily a cappella. Concert Choir has performed throughout the Bellmore-Merrick community, in Washington DC, in Virginia, and on the Disney World stage four times.
- Chorale, a 3-section class made of over 80 9–12th grade students, is a group that performs a wide variety of three-part a cappella and accompanied music. The class performs at concerts in the winter and spring.
- Crescendo, the most well-known of the ensembles, is an auditioned show choir of 24 students that performs pop-rock literature with choreography/movement. One of the most well-known show choirs in the state, Crescendo is the 10-time Music in the Parks Show Choir Champion, and the 2007 "Best in Class" Champion at the Festival Disney national music competition. The group has performed in concert on the Disney World stage on 5 occasions, in concert with Kenny RogersKenny RogersKenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
, at Madison Square GardenMadison Square GardenMadison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
with the NY Knicks City Dancers, and at the NY Planting Fields Arboretum, where they shared the stage with NY Police Officer Daniel RodriguezDaniel RodriguezDaniel Rodríguez is an American operatic tenor from New York City. He became known as "The Singing Policeman" in his former work with the New York City Police Department, due to his role as one of the department's designated National Anthem singers...
. They have also performed extensively throughout the Bellmore-Merrick community, Long Island, and the eastern seaboard. Crescendo has been the featured guests on the Cablevision television show, Spotlight NY. The group was honored by the Town of Hempstead in 2003, and by the Nassau County Legislature on two occasions.
Many CCP students boast individual honors, such as All-County, All-State, All-Eastern, and All-USA selection.
Debate Team
Calhoun HS is home to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District's only debate team. The team competes in tournaments hosted by the Long Island Forensic Association (LIFA)Long Island Forensic Association (LIFA)
The Long Island Forensic Association is a non-profit organization which direct high school competitive speech events. It is affiliated with the New York State Forensics League.LIFA is a daughter league of the New York State Forensics League ....
and the New York State Forensics League each year. It is one of the smallest teams in the league, but has frequently been represented in the NYS championship.
Notable alumni
- Lou SilverLou SilverLouis Grant Silver is a businessperson and attorney having retired from a career as a professional American-Israeli basketball player. Lou received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1975, LL.B. from Tel Aviv University School of Law and LL.M...
, Professional European basketball player Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. - Jeff MattsonJeff MattsonJeff Mattson born July 3, 1958 is an American musician. A founding member of the jam band, the Zen Tricksters, Jeff is the guitarist in the Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson, which features the Grateful Dead’s Donna Jean Godchaux...
, Lead Guitarist/Vocalist of Dark Star OrchestraDark Star Orchestra-References:* at the Internet Archive* - John Kadlecik's official website & personal pages**-External links:* , official website of Dark Star Orchestra* , official website of Dino English... - Matthew Cardona, Professional Wrestler
- Ben CohenBen Cohen (ice cream)Ben Cohen , is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's.-Early life:Raised in the town of Merrick on Long Island by his parents Frances and Irving, Cohen first met and befriended his future business partner, Jerry Greenfield, in a junior high school gym class in 1963...
and Jerry GreenfieldJerry GreenfieldJerry Greenfield is a co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc.Throughout his childhood, Greenfield lived in New York, on Long Island. In 1969, he enrolled at Oberlin College, where he followed a pre-med curriculum before graduating in 1973...
, of Ben & Jerry'sBen & Jerry'sBen & Jerry's is an American ice cream company, a division of the British-Dutch Unilever conglomerate, that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and ice cream novelty products, manufactured by Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc., headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont, United...
Ice Cream - Debbie Gibson, pop singer
- Dana MilbankDana Milbank-Biography:He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of Trumbull College, the Progressive Party of the Yale Political Union and the secret society Skull and Bones. He is a graduate of Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick, New York...
, Washington Post Columnist and former member of the White House press corpsWhite House Press CorpsThe White House Press Corps is the group of journalists or correspondents usually stationed at the White House in Washington, D.C. to cover the president of the United States, White House events and news briefings. Their offices are located in the West Wing....
under George W. Bush - Kevin ShinickKevin ShinickKevin Thomas Shinick is an American actor, producer, director and voice artist, as well as an Emmy and Annie award winning writer who occasionally writes comic books...
, Actor/Writer/Director - Lindsay LohanLindsay LohanLindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
, Actress - Robbie Rosen, Singer: Contestant on season 10 of American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
- Navraj Nat, God: part time great guy, all around great person, Our Savior