Sachem High School East

Sachem High School East is a public secondary school located in Coram, New York. Along with Sachem High School North, it is one of the two high schools in the Sachem School District.[2]

Sachem High School East
Address
177 Granny Road

Coram
,
New York
11738

United States
Coordinates40°50′42″N 73°00′40″W
Information
TypePublic High School
MottoWe are Sachem
Established2004
School districtSachem School District
PrincipalLou Antonetti
Teaching staff153.08 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,202 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.67[1]
Color(s)     
NicknameArrows
Websitewww.sachem.edu/schools/sachem_high_school_east

History

The school was founded in 2004, and was filled with students from the former Sachem High School South, which closed and was absorbed into Samoset Middle School.

Athletics

Sachem East fields a number of varsity and junior varsity teams in the Section 11 Athletic Conference. Teams at Sachem East:

  • Boys Bowling
  • Girls Bowling
  • Boys Cross Country
  • Girls Cross Country
  • Boys Volleyball
  • Girls Volleyball
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer
  • Field Hockey
  • Boys Lacrosse
  • Girls Lacrosse
  • Football
  • Girls Tennis
  • Boys Tennis
  • Girls Swimming
  • Boys Swimming
  • Boys Basketball
  • Girls Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Boys Golf
  • Boys Track
  • Girls Track
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Cheerleading
  • Arrowettes (dance)

A number of teams have won national, state, or regional championships. These include:

  • Varsity Field Hockey-Long Island Champions 2014, 2018[3]
  • Varsity Cheerleading-National Title 2016[4]
  • Girls Varsity Basketball-NYS Champion 2010[5]

Academics

Sachem East offers many of the Advanced Placement programs offered by the College Board, as well as many honors courses. It offers Spanish, French and Italian as foreign languages that can be taken. The school also offers classes in culinary arts, engineering, 3D printing, and cosmetology (which upon completion grants the student a cosmetology license). Sachem East has partnered with Eastern Suffolk BOCES to allow students to take courses through BOCES.

Extra Curriculars

Sachem East offers many clubs for students to join. It also has chapters for many national honor societies including Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Business, Technology, Art, Music, and the National Honor Society. The school also fields several academic teams such as several History Bowl teams (the junior varsity 2017-18 team made it to the national competition in Washington, D.C.) and a DECA team.

Demographics
Gender 2015-2016
Gender Students Percent
Female1,19450.4%
Male1,17349.6%
Total2,367100%
Race 2015-2016
Race Students Percent
American Indian or Alaska Native50.21%
Asian/Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander1365.7%
Black or African American441.9%
Hispanic/Latino2118.9%
White195882.7%
Multiracial130.55%
Total2367100% [6]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Sachem High School East". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. "Sachem Home Page". Sachem School District. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. "Shanahan lifts Sachem East to Long Island title". newsday. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  4. "Sachem East captures national cheerleading crown". newsday. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  5. "Sachem East Girls Basketball Year-by-Year Results". maxpreps.com. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  6. "Sachem High School East Enrollment (2015-16)". New York State Department of Education. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
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