Sewanhaka High School is a six-year public high school located in Floral Park

Floral Park, New York

Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York, United States, on Long Island. The population as of the US Census of 2010 is 15,863. The village is at the western border of Nassau County, and is located in both the Town of Hempstead and the Town of North Hempstead...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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, as part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District

Sewanhaka Central High School District

The Sewanhaka Central High School District is a central high school district located in western Nassau County on Long Island, in New York State. The district is currently composed of five high schools: Sewanhaka High School, Elmont Memorial High School, New Hyde Park Memorial High School, Floral...

. The school's sports teams are known as "The Indians" and the team colors are purple, gold, and white. The school's name translates to "Island of Shells" in English. It is located at 500 Tulip Avenue, Floral Park, 11001. Sewanhaka High School dates back to 1929.

History

Sewanhaka High School was constructed in 1929 by architects Knappe & Morris (with additional classrooms in 1936) in the Long Island town of Floral Park. The school was established first in the district and currently is the only high school in the district to offer career vocational courses on Long Island. Those eligible to join this program include students from the other 4 high schools in the district.

Awards and recognition

During the 1992-93 school year, Sewanhaka High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School

Blue Ribbon Schools Program

The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...

 Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education

United States Department of Education

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, the highest award an American school can receive.

Sports and clubs

This is the current list of team sports, organized clubs, and student activities at Sewanhaka:

• Animation Club
• Arrow (literary magazine)
• BUILDERS' CLUB
• Class of 2017
• Class of 2016
• Class of 2015
• Class of 2014
• Class of 2013
• Class of 2012
• Class of 2011
• Cheerleaders, Varsity
• Cheerleaders, Junior Varsity
• Cheerleaders, Junior High
• Chieftain (school newspaper)
• Color Guard
• Computer Club
• Drama Club
• Dragon Boat Racing
• Ecology Club
• F.B.L.A.
• F.C.C.L.A.
• Follies
• Foreign Language Honor Society
• French Club
• Games, Chess, & Strategies
• G.S.A
• Italian Club
• Junior High Arts & Crafts Club
• Junior High Drama
• Key Club
• Lego Club
• Madison Square Garden Varsity (MSG Varsity)
• Marching Band
• Mathletes, Senior High
• Mathletes, Junior High
• Mock Trial
• Model UN
• Musical
• National Senior Honor Society
• National Junior Honor Society
• National Art Honor Society
• P.A. Club
• Physical Education Leader Corps
• Peer Helpers
• Photography Club
• Poetry Club
• Public Relations Club
• Reading Club
• Robotics
• Rockettes
• Service Club
• Sewanhaka Gems
• Sewing Club
• Skills USA
• Spanish Club
• S.P.I.C.E.
• S.A.D.D.
• S.T.A.C.
• Stage Band
• Stage Crew
• Step Team
• Student Council
• Talent Show Director
• Tickets
• Tri-M Music Honor Society
• Video Yearbook
• Vocal Ensemble
• Woodworking Club
• Yearbook

Model UN

The Model United Nations

Model United Nations

Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....

 Debate Team at Sewanhaka starts with participation in the 1/2 credit World Issues class, and then upon completion, the students become members of the club. The team goes on many conferences where they debate a wide variety of issues facing the real United Nations today. Recently at the 2009 American University Model United Conference, the Sewanhaka team took home Overall Best Delegation, the prestigious first place award on the international scale. Two members of the team took home the distinguished delegation award last November, continuing the team's success from the previous two years (members of the class of 2010). The team has participated in the following conferences:

• RUMUN- Rutgers Model United Nations
• SIDMUN - Sewanhaka Interdistrict Model United Nations Conference
• ILMUNC
  ILMUNC
  The Ivy League Model United Nations Conference, or ILMUNC, is one of the largest Model UN conferences for high school students worldwide. It is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania's International Affairs Association. Penn's ILMUNC High School Conference, along with the conferences hosted by...
  
   - Ivy League Model United Nations Conference
• DROMUN - Dress-Rehearsal of Model United Nations
• HNMUN - Harvard Model United Nations
• BosMUN - Boston/MIT Model United Nations
• AUMUNC - American University Model United Nations Conference

You can also find more information about Sewanhaka Model UN Program here:

• SIDMUN Faq - Sewanhaka Interdistrict Model United Nations District Conference FAQ Page
• RuMUN - Sewanhaka Model UN Team for 2005 Rutgers RUMUN Conference
• RuMUN 06 - Sewanhaka Model UN Winners for RUMUN 2006 Conference

Recently, Senator Jack M. Martins congratulated the Model UN team from Sewanhaka High School. The team participated in the Sewanhaka Interschool District Model UN competition.

• Senator Jack M. Martins Visits MUN Team - Senator Jack M. Martins with MUN Students (2011)

The Chieftain

The school newspaper at Sewanhaka has been extant since the inception of the school, and it has garnered many national and local awards, including the American Scholastic Press Award, Newsday High School Journalism Award, Hank Logerman Award, and an honorable mention in 2009 and 2010 during Adelphi Quill Young People's Press competition. It lets the students get more involved with the school and write articles about what takes place.

Musical

Sewanhaka performs a different musical each year. Recent shows include:

• Les Misérables (musical)
  Les Misérables (musical)
  Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
  
   2012
• Titanic
  Titanic (musical)
  Titanic is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone that opened on Broadway in 1997. It won five Tony Awards including the award for Best Musical...
  
  (2011)
• All Shook Up
  All Shook Up (musical)
  All Shook Up is a jukebox musical with Elvis Presley music, with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.-Production history:...
  
   (2010)
• Little Shop of Horrors
  Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
  Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
  
   (2009)
• Fame
  Fame (musical)
  A stage musical based on the 1980 musical film Fame has been staged under two titles. The first, 'Fame – The Musical' conceived and developed by David De Silva, is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. The musical premiered in 1988 in Miami,...
  
   (2008)
• Bye Bye Birdie (2007)
• The Wiz
  The Wiz
  The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
  
   (2006)
• Grease
  Grease (musical)
  Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
  
   (2005)

Notable alumni

• Zendon Hamilton
  Zendon Hamilton
  Zendon Alphonso Hamilton is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Polytekhnika-Halychyna Lviv in the Ukraine Super League...
  
   (1975-), a professional basketball player.
• Alfred G. Hansen
  Alfred G. Hansen
  Alfred Gustav Hansen is a retired United States Air Force four star general who served as Commander, Air Force Logistics Command from 1987 to 1989.-Military career:...
  
   (1933-), a United States Air Force four star general.
• Lloyd Harrison
  Lloyd Harrison
  Lloyd Harrison is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the San Diego Chargers, and the Miami Dolphins. He played college football at North Carolina State University.-College career:Harrison attended North Carolina State University and...
  
   (1977-), a professional football player.
• Al Oerter
  Al Oerter
  Alfred Adolf Oerter, Jr. was an American athlete, and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw....
  
   (1936–2007), an Olympic
  Olympic Games
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   discus throw
  Discus throw
  The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...
  
   4-time gold medalist.
• Telly Savalas
  Telly Savalas
  Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz...
  
   (1922–1994), an actor.
• Vinny Testaverde
  Vinny Testaverde
  Vincent Frank Testaverde is a former NFL quarterback. Testaverde last played for the Carolina Panthers and had previously played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots. Testaverde holds the NFL record for having...
  
   (1963-), professional football player.
• Dave Michaels
  Dave Michaels (news anchor)
  Dave Michaels was a news anchor on CNN & CNN Headline News from 1985 - 1993. He had previously anchored Eyewitness News at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, and Eleven Alive News at WXIA-TV in Atlanta....
  
  , a CNN and KABC-TV Anchorman.
• Eamon McEneaney
  Eamon McEneaney
  Eamon McEneaney was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977 who was killed during the September 11 attacks.-Cornell Big Red:...
  
   (1954–2001), an All-American lacrosse player and poet.
• Howard C. Vogts
  Howard C. Vogts
  Howard C. Vogts was an American football coach. He became the winningest high school football coach in New York State history on November 16, 2000. On that night, his team, the Bethpage Golden Eagles, defeated Glen Cove by a score of 16-15 in the Nassau County Conference III Championship game...
  
  (1929–2010), the winningest high school football coach in New York State history.