Eastchester High School

Eastchester High School
Address
2 Stewart Place Eastchester , New York 10709 United States
Coordinates	40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W / 40.9614; -73.8102Coordinates: 40°57′41″N 73°48′37″W / 40.9614°N 73.8102°W / 40.9614; -73.8102
Information
Established	1927
School district	Eastchester Union Free School District
Principal	Jeffrey Capuano
Teaching staff	69.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	947 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.61[1]
Color(s)	Red, Blue
Team name	Eagles
Rivals	Harrison High school huskies, Scarsdale High School Raiders, Pelham High school Pelicans
Website	www.eufsdk12.org/Domain/8

Eastchester High School is located in Westchester County, New York in the town of Eastchester. A part of the Eastchester Union Free School District, it is a former U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon school^[2] with approximately 1009 students. Graduates have gained acceptance to schools such as Bucknell University, The Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Cornell University, Notre Dame, the University of Virginia, the University of Miami, Tulane, Haverford College, Harvard, and Stanford.^[3] Eastchester High School is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

History[]

Original Buildings[]

A junior high school was added to the High School in 1955, and two years later another wing was constructed to make up what is now known as Eastchester Middle School. The original gym and an auditorium were built at the High School in 1932, and a second gym was opened there in 1985.^[4]

Expansion[]

Eastchester High School received a major infrastructure overhaul with the passage of a $27 million-dollar bond vote in 2015.^[5] Among the additions were a new STEM wing, two computer labs, and an expanded cafeteria to reduce congestion of the rapidly growing student body.^[6]

Academics[]

Eastchester offers 18 AP classes as well as several courses for college credit in conjunction with colleges in New York State.^[7]

Athletics[]

Eastchester High School offers a number of varsity sports team competing in New York State's Section 1 including football, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, track and field, tennis, hockey swimming, cross-country, lacrosse, and wrestling.

Eastchester's athletes have achieved considerable success. Eastchester's girls tennis team captured the New York State singles title in 2002 and 2004.^[8] Eastchester's Varsity Softball Team won New York State Championships in 1990 and 1991, with their head coach, Thomas "Skip" Walsh, First Base/Pitcher, Bonnie Bell (Shelton), and Pitcher Jennifer Satriale (Weitman), all subsequently inducted into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame.^[9][10]

Notable Players:

• John Doherty - MLB Pitcher, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, EHS Class of 1985.

Notable Coaches:

• Ron Rothstein – Coach of the several NBA teams was both a physical education teacher and the varsity basketball coach in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Notable alumni[]

• Betty Broderick, High-profile murderer convicted of the killing of her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989, Class of 1965.
• Doug Crane, Animator, Class of 1953.^[11]
• Jimmy Fink, New York radio personality, Class of 1967.
• Bobby Moynihan, Cast Member of Saturday Night Live, Class of 1995.
• Eric Naposki, Former NFL player, convicted of murder, Class of 1984.
• Kenneth Posner, Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer, Class of 1983.
• Jill Cornell Tarter, astronomer, Class of 1961.
• Chuck Traynor, Pornographer, Class of 1955.

Filming location[]

• Eastchester High School was used as a filming location in the 1982 film The World According to Garp. Many students from the graduating classes of 1981–1984 appeared in the film that featured Robin Williams.

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