Long Beach High School (New York)
Long Beach High School is a public high school in Lido Beach, New York, serving the Long Beach City School District in Long Beach, New York. The school has a campus.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,324 students and 109.4 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 302 students eligible for free lunch and 40 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
History
Long Beach Junior Senior High School was built in 1939 on Lindell Boulevard in Long Beach. Later, this building was converted to an elementary school and the high school moved to Lido Beach, at the site of what is now the Lido Elementary/Long Beach Middle School complex. Construction of the current location of Long Beach High School, between Lagoon Drive West and Blackheath Road, was completed in 1971. Recently, the school adopted the International Baccalaureate program and currently offers the IB Diploma.Circa 2008, Island Park Union Free School District began allowing residents to send their high school aged children to Long Beach High, and as increasing numbers of district residents preferred Long Beach High over West Hempstead High School, Long Beach High became the only permitted choice effective the 2019-2020 school year.
Athletics
The school's teams are known as the Marines with a Bulldog as the mascot. They currently compete in District Eight of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The sports offered at the school include:Fall Sports:
Cross Country,
Football,
Cheerleading,
Soccer,
Badminton,
Swimming,
Volleyball,
Tennis,
and the Surf Team
Winter Sports:
Basketball,
Swimming,
Cheerleading,
Gymnastics,
Winter Track,
Wrestling.
and Ice Hockey
Spring Sports:
Baseball,
Softball,
Golf,
Spring Track,
Lacrosse,
Tennis,
and Badminton
Notable alumni
- Paul Boesch, professional wrestling promoter and decorated World War II veteran
- Larry Brown, professional basketball player and coach
- Billy Crystal, actor and comedian
- Jim Fiore, Director of Athletics at Stony Brook University from 2003 to 2013
- Eric Foner, historian
- Mike Francesa, WFAN-NY Sports Radio host
- Andrew Fried, producer
- Roger Gengo, music entrepreneur
- Scottie Graham former NFL running back
- Louis Ignarro, pharmacologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998
- Pete Johnson, former NFL running back who played most of his career with the Cincinnati Bengals
- Todd Kaminsky, member of the New York State Senate
- Ed Lauter, actor
- Steven Libutti, surgeon and scientist
- Lil Peep, rapper and singer
- Charlie McAvoy, NHL defenseman, Boston Bruins
- Mike Portnoy, drummer
- Jeffrey Robinson, author
- Phil Alden Robinson, director and writer
- Rick Rubin, record producer
- Edgar Scherick, ABC Television Network executive, Emmy Award-winning producer, and Wild World of Sports creator
- Alan Siegel, CEO of Siegelvision, a brand identity consultancy
- Will Skudin, professional surfer
- Balaram Stack, professional surfer
- Don Taussig, Major League Baseball player
- David Taylor, professional basketball player
- Harvey Weisenberg, former member of the New York State Assembly
- Lt. Colonel Melvin Pollack
- Prisoner of War in Vietnam, 1967–1973
- Flew 78 missions
- Shot down in North Vietnam on July 6, 1967
- Released March 4, 1973