Hastings High School (New York)

Hastings High School (HHS) is a comprehensive public high school and only high school of the Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District in Westchester County, New York. The principal is Louis A. Adipietro.[2]

Hastings High School
Location
One Mount Hope Boulevard
Hastings-on-Hudson

New York
10706

United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoPrimus Inter Pares
(First Among Equals)
Opened1905 (1905)
School districtHastings-on-Hudson UFSD
PrincipalLouis A. Adipietro
Staff43.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment505 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.61[1]
Color(s)Green and Gold
MascotYellow jacket
NewspaperThe Buzzer
Feeder schoolsFarragut Middle School
Websitewww.hastings.k12.ny.us

History

The class of 1908 was the first graduating class of Hastings High School. In 1949, the school adopted the coat of arms of Hastings, England.

Rankings

Hastings High School was ranked 162nd on Newsweek's ranking of the top US high schools[3]

Awards

Hastings High School was a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Award for excellence for 2001–2002 and for 2016-2017.[4]

Athletics
The Hastings High School football team plays Yonkers Montessori Academy at Reynolds Field

Hastings is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The Hastings Athletics Department has been recognized by the Journal News as recipients of the NHSCSA Sportsmen Medallion for their outstanding efforts in both Crowd Attendance and Spirit. The Student Section, also known as the "Cochran Crazies," has been awarded the TFS Scholar Creative Minds Award recognized by the Section 1 Athletic Committee in 2006.

Hastings High School's curling team won both the County and Section titles during the '05 and '06 Campaigns.

Hastings 2015 Boys Varsity Soccer team made a New York State Final Four run after winning both the league and the section. Hastings 2016 Boys Varsity Soccer returned to the Final Four and the team won the New York State Class B Championship after winning their league, section, and region. This was Hastings' first state championship win in any sport.

The Buzzer

Hastings High School's newspaper, The Buzzer, is one of the most successful clubs at the school. It has been represented by its Editorial Staffs at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Annual Conference at Columbia University, the Young Author's Conference of 2007, and "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" at The George Washington University. The Buzzer has featured interviews with Owen Wilson, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Daniels, as well as various prominent bloggers.

Clubs[5]

Notable alumni

The Hastings High School Alumni Association was established in 2000 and can be found at https://hohalumni.org/.

References
  1. "HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. "Hastings High School". usnews.
  3. On 08/19/15 at 7:31 AM EST. "America's Top High Schools 2015". Newsweek.com. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  4. "Hastings High School Named National Blue Ribbon School". Hohschools.org. September 28, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  5. "Clubs / Club Information". www.hohschools.org. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

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