Spencerport High School

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Spencerport High School


Principal	Ty Zinkiewich
Location	Spencerport, New York, USA
Colors	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Ranger Bear
Website	http://www.spencerport.k12.ny.us

1 About Spencerport High School
2 Block Scheduling
3 Spencerport Academy
4 Student Body Activities
5 Spencerport Athletics
6 External links

[edit] About Spencerport High School

Spencerport High School is the only high school in the Spencerport Central School District, located at 2707 Spencerport Road, in Spencerport, New York. Lead by head Principal Ty Zinkiewich, and assistant principals Laurie Boughter, Sean McCabe, Kimberly Meade, and Anthony Lipani, the school has over fourteen hundred students and staff. [1]

The school is two stories high and has two gymnasiums, two cafeterias and a pool. A new larger eight-lane pool with a diving area is expected to be built by 2009. It has a weight room and an extra practice room used for cheerleading, wrestling and baseball. The school recently built an auditorium that seats one thousand people as well as an additional hallway for health, second language, technology and academy classes.

[edit] Block Scheduling

As of September 2006, high school students are taking classes under a block schedule. Block scheduling is defined as at least part of the daily schedule organized into larger blocks of time (more than 60 minutes) to allow flexibility for a diversity of instructional activities. The Board of Education approved the change on November 8, 2005, following three years of examining the advantages and disadvantages.

Spencerport’s block schedule features four 80-minute classes each day, one 30 minute advisement period and one 35 minute after school activity period.

[edit] Spencerport Academy

Spencerport Academy, the district's alternative high school, opened in September of 2003, with 32 students. The Academy is a "school within a school," and is located within the High School, in the recently built east wing.

The Academy serves 36 students in grades 9-12, and offers Regents-level courses. Students who graduate from the Academy are awarded a Spencerport Diploma, with the appropriate designation. The Academy is an integrated program that is open to students with or without an IEP.

The Academy is staffed by an administrator (Assistant Principal), full time secretary, guidance counselor, social worker, and five teachers (English, Science, Social Studies, Math, and Special Ed.).

The Academy is a voluntary program for students who are at risk of dropping out or failing. Students must be referred to the program by either the IST (Instructional Support Team) in conjunction with building administration. The student spends a day at the Academy, and is accepted or denied for enrollment based on input from the student, parent, Academy staff and administration.

[edit] Student Body Activities

Spencerport offers a wide array of clubs and activities such as:

Art Club
Anime Club
Business Honor Society
Student Government
Class of 2007-2010
Distributive Education Clubs Of America (DECA)
Drum Line
Environmental Club
Fashion Club
First Priority
French Club
French Honor Society
Future Business Leaders Of America (FBLA)
Gaming Club
History Club
Italian Club
Jazz Band
Master Minds
Math League
Model United Nations
Multicultural Club/Stepping
National Honor Society
P.E. Leaders Club
Peer Mediators
Proud Rangers Inspire A Drug-Free Environment (PRIDE)
Senior High Newspaper – THE VOICE
Service Club
Spanish Club
Spencerport Theatre Arts Group Experience (STAGE)
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Treble (Women’s) Choir
Varsity Club
Vocal Jazz
Yearbook Club

[edit] Spencerport Athletics

Spencerport offers 82 teams in 29 sports (including varsity, junior varsity, freshman and modified A and B programs). Teams and student-athletes have distinguished themselves with winning records and championships in Monroe County, Section V and New York State competitions. Spencerport is best know for its wrestling, swimming, and volleyball teams, each of which have won many county and sectional championships.