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Newfield High School

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Newfield High School
Newfield High School logo.png
Address
145 Marshall Drive

,
New York

United States
Coordinates40°52′20″N 73°03′35″W / 40.87222°N 73.05972°W
Information
TypePublic
Established1959
School districtMiddle Country
PrincipalScott Graviano
Teaching staff96.23 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,499 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.56[1]
Color(s)Red, white, black, grey
MascotWolverine
AccreditationState of New York
Websitemccsd.net/nhs

Newfield High School is a public high school in Selden, New York, United States. It is located one mile (1.6 km) north of Middle Country Road (Route 25) on Marshall Drive.

History and overview

As suburban growth spread into central Suffolk county in the 1950s, the new Middle Country Central School District was created in 1957 from the merger of the Selden and Centereach school districts. Newfield opened in 1959[2] to serve the growing population, as neither district had ever had a high school. Before its opening, upper-level students had been sent to Port Jefferson High School.

Newfield's name is derived from the former names of both Centereach (which adjoins Selden and is part of the same school district) and Selden; New Village and Westfield.

It has always served as secondary school, currently educating students from the 9th through 12th grade. In the past, students from the 9th grade were educated at Selden Junior High School, and this changed when the Junior High formally became Selden Middle School and the 9th grade was passed on to Newfield.

Athletics

Newfield fields a number of varsity and junior varsity athletic teams, in Section 11, Division 1 of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, including baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, volleyball (girls), and wrestling.

Although team uniforms use the school's red and white colors, in the late 1990s, varsity teams began using black as a third color to distinguish from junior varsity.

Notable alumni

  • Edward Donofrio (1969), member of US Olympic fencing team, and 1976 US National Men's Foil Champion[3]
  • Doug Drexler (1971), Illustrator, visual effects artist, and makeup artist, won Academy Award for best makeup for 1990's Dick Tracy, and two Emmys for VFX on Battlestar Galactica
  • Tom Leykis, (1973), radio personality and "shock jock"
  • Linda Cohn (1977), ESPN SportsCenter anchor
  • Rob Burnett (1986), former NFL player, member of 2000 Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens[4]
  • Ray Narvaez, Jr. (2007), internet personality and streamer
  • Elijah Riley (2016), NFL player on the Eagles.

References

  1. ^ a b c "NEWFIELD HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rural Selden Putting on a New Face". Newsday. May 24, 1998.
  3. ^ Edward Donofrio, 1976 foil champion, Museum of Fencing.com
  4. ^ Rob Burnett NFL stats

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