Ardsley High School
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Ardsley High School is a public secondary school located in Ardsley, New York
Ardsley, New York
Ardsley is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Greenburgh. The village's population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. The current mayor of Ardsley is Jay Leon....

. The school was established in 1957 and serves students in grades 9–12. An extension was built onto the school and was completed in 2006. The school principal is Dr. James Haubner. The assistant principal is Mary Gorman.

History

From the years 1920-1935, the population in Ardsley doubled, therefore a addition was added on to the 'old' high school in 1925. By the second population boom post World War II the Ardsley School District sought to build a new High School on the former Lewisohn Estate on Washington Hill. which burned to the ground in 1957. Ardsley High School opened it's door to students for the 1957-1958 school year.

Schedule

Ardsley High School runs on an 8 period schedule. Each period is 44 minutes long. There is a ninth period Tuesday through Thursday. This period is designated for students to seek extra help from their teachers. Attendance by students is not required during this period; however, teachers are required to be available. On Monday through Thursday the regular school day runs from 7:55 AM to 2:12 PM. On Friday school runs from 9:00 AM to 2:57 PM, except for certain band and chorus students who attend classes starting at 8:00 AM in the music wing. The school was built in 1957, and its first graduation class was 1958.

Missing SAT exams

On June 10, 2004, officials of the Ardsley school district notified police that 123 SAT
SAT
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 answer booklets were stolen while awaiting shipment to the College Board
College Board
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 for scoring. Ardsley High School had served as a testing location for the June 5, 2004, exam. On the morning of June 11, 2004, a man whose identity was never disclosed called the school to inform them that he had mistakenly taken the package. The answer booklets were returned, the package was reported to be completely intact, and therefore the tests were still eligible to be scored.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Ardsley High School include:
  • Richard Brodsky
    Richard Brodsky
    Richard Brodsky is an American politician who represented District 92 in the New York State Assembly, which includes the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Tarrytown, as well as parts of Briarcliff and Yonkers,...

    : AHS 1964. New York State Assemblyman
  • Jesse McCartney
    Jesse McCartney
    Jesse McCartney is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career...

    , Grammy-nominated pop singer, actor and song-writer
  • Gil Parris
    Gil Parris
    Gil Parris is an American Grammy-nominated rock, blues, jazz and pop guitarist. He graduated from Ardsley High School. After briefly attending the Berklee School of Music, Parris left to tour Europe as part of a musical troupe performing Jesus Christ Superstar before becoming a recording artist...

    , Grammy-nominated rock, blues, jazz and pop guitarist
  • Peter Riegert
    Peter Riegert
    Peter Riegert is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director, best known for his role as Boon from Animal House and crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on the HBO original series The Sopranos.-Early life:...

    : AHS 1964. Actor
  • Mark Zuckerberg
    Mark Zuckerberg
    Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chief executive and president...

    , CEO of Facebook
    Facebook
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