Hilton Central High School
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Hilton High School is part of the 4,450-student Hilton Central School District, a public school system based in Hilton, a suburb of Rochester, New York. Hilton High School offers an International Baccalaureate Diploma and the school also made Newsweek's top 1,200 schools in the United States, ranking at number 989 in 2005. It has made the list the last two years. Hilton's Quest Elementary School, 400 pupils, is an authorized International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program. Hilton School District is headed by Superintendent of Schools David Dimbleby who was formerly principal of Hilton High School.
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Hilton Schools have a long history of achievement graduating the first Regents Diploma student, Miss Jennie Mitchell, in 1899. More than 20 one-room schoolhouses and the "Henry Street School" were centralized in 1949. Superintendents have brought many innovations and sweeping facility upgrades to the District's five schools and transportation facility including a $60 million capital project in 2001-05. Students have excelled - a significant number accepted to US military academies. Over 90% of graduates go on to further education. In 2005, the Hilton Girl's Cross Country Team won the 2005 Nike Team Nationals Race, making them the number one girls cross country team in the nation. In 2006, Allison Sawyer and Caroline Shultz advanced to the Foot Locker National Championship meet in San Diego. Putting them in contention with the top 40 girls cross country runners in the entire United States. The Hilton School District is a "School System for the 21st Century" where schools maximize the potential of individual learners in a process of continual improvement. Through the District Improvement Team and many other communication avenues, the Hilton School District strives to act in concert with its mission to provide for each student's success academically, physically, emotionally, and socially so that they become self-directed, life-long learners who think critically and creatively and function as caring, responsible, productive citizens.
