White Plains High School

White Plains High School
Address
550 North Street

White Plains
,
Westchester County
,
New York
10605

United States
Coordinates41°01′12″N 73°44′16″W / 41.02005°N 73.73777°W / 41.02005; -73.73777
Information
TypePublic
Established1962 [1]
School districtWhite Plains Public Schools
PrincipalEmerly A. Martinez[2]
Staff169.95 (FTE)[3]
Grades9 – 12
Enrollment2,220[3] (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio13.06[3]
Campus size75 acres
Color(s)   Orange & black
AthleticsSection 1 (NYSPHSAA)
MascotTiger
Phone number(914) 422-2182
Graduation rate92%[4]
Websitehttps://hs.whiteplainspublicschools.org/

White Plains High School is a high school in the White Plains Public Schools system of White Plains, New York, United States.[5] Built in 1962, it sits on 75 acres and has been expanded. It was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a School of Excellence in 1986–1987. The school's code of conduct[6] and state accountability report[7] are available online.

Demographics

Gender: The student body is 50.11 percent female and 49.89 percent male.[3]

Race: The student body is 59.55 percent Hispanic, 22.54 percent White, 12.88 percent Black, 3.36 percent Asian, and 1.68 percent other.[3]

Publications

  • Yearbook: The Oracle[8]
  • Newspaper: The Orange[9]
  • Literary magazine: The Roar[10]

Athletics

The school makes available for its students two gymnasiums, a weight room, a track field and football field (Loucks Field),[11] a soccer field, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, and a pool.

White Plains football team won the Section 1 Class AA title in 2013 for the first time in 34 years.

White Plains High School Hall of Fame

Notable inductees:[12]

  • T. Alexander Aleinikoff (1970) – United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
  • David Corn (1977) – author and broadcast journalist
  • John Davidson (1959) – versatile singer, actor and entertainer with career spanning more than 55 years, including Broadway musicals, Disney movies, variety, game and talk shows on TV and Las Vegas showrooms
  • Robert Malcolm Graham (1963) – Massachusetts State Supreme Court Justice
  • Lawrence Otis Graham (1979) – author, attorney and broadcast commentator
  • Larry James (1966) – Olympic medal winner
  • James J. Jordan (1948) – advertising executive and copywriter (posthumous award)
  • Grover "Deacon" Jones (1952) – Major League Baseball player and coach
  • Philip Kent (1972) – CEO of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
  • Jonathan Larson (1978) – Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright, Rent (posthumous award)
  • J. Bruce Llewellyn (1945) – business and civic leader
  • Dave Marash (1959) – broadcast journalist
  • Craig Masback (1973) – track champion, sports broadcaster, CEO of USA Track & Field
  • Art Monk (1976) – NFL wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
  • Oscar Moore (1956) – U.S. Olympian runner, honored college track & field coach
  • Garrick Ohlsson (1966) – international concert pianist
  • Jimmy Roberts (1975) – Emmy Award-winning sports journalist and broadcaster
  • John Jay Saldi IV (1972) – football player; played more than 100 games over nine seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears; key member of Dallas' Super Bowl Champion (XII) team
  • David E. Sanger (1978) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, White House Correspondent for The New York Times
  • Richard Schlesinger (1972) – broadcast journalist

Notable alumni

In film

Scenes from The Beaver, a film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson and Foster, were filmed at the high school in the fall of 2009.[18] Scenes from the film Win Win, starring Paul Giamatti, were shot at the high school in March 2010.[19] Scenes from Alex Strangelove, a film written and directed by Craig Johnson, were also filmed at the high school in the summer of 2017.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "White Plains HS Names New Principal". White Plains Daily Voice. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "White Plains High School Total Cohort Graduation Rate / Overview". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "White Plains High School / Overview".
  6. ^ "Policies and Procedures / Code of Conduct Policy".
  7. ^ "WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | NYSED Data Site". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Oracle - White Plains High School".
  9. ^ "The Orange - White Plains High School".
  10. ^ "Student Activities - White Plains High School".
  11. ^ "White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Loucks Field Makeover to Open for 2008 Loucks Games. Parker-T-Giving". July 12, 2007. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  12. ^ White Plains High School Hall of Fame Program 2018. White Plains High School Hall of Fame Committee. 2018.
  13. ^ "Biography for Jennifer Damiano". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  14. ^ Class of 1924 Photo with Dan Duryea
  15. ^ "Andrew Tanenbaum profile". classmates.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  16. ^ Andrew S. Tanenbaum. "Andrew Tanenbaum's homepage". Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  17. ^ "Claire Weinstein," SwimCloud.
  18. ^ "Extras casting call for Jodi Foster feature film 'The Beaver' in White Plains, NY". Extra Casting. July 8, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  19. ^ "Movie filming today at White Plains H.S. - White Plains and Valhalla". Whiteplains.lohudblogs.com. March 31, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
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