Greece Athena High School

Greece Athena High School serves grades 9–12 as a part of the Greece Central School District in Greece, NY, a suburb of Rochester, New York.[3] It occupies the 1st and 2nd floors of the Athena Complex and shares its library and the Greece Performing Arts Center (G.P.A.C.) with Greece Athena Middle School, which is located on the 3rd floor. The high school and middle school was visited by President George W. Bush in 2005.

Greece Athena High School
Address
800 Long Pond Road

,
14612

United States
Coordinates43°14′38″N 77°41′32″W
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1969 (1969)
School districtGreece Central School District
PrincipalKelly Higgins-Flagler [1]
Teaching staff90.80 (FTE) (2017–18)[2]
Grades9-12[2]
Enrollment1,154 (2017–18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio12.71 (2017–18)[2]
Color(s)  Black
  Gold
MascotTrojan
Websitewww.greececsd.org/Domain/8

The school is notable for the February 15th, 2006 Greece Athena Trojans basketball game vs the Spencerport Rangers when basketball coach Jim Johnson inserted his team manager Jason McElwain with 4 minutes and 19 seconds left on the clock, McElwain, who has autism, ended up scoring twenty points including six three-point shots and one two-point shot, when the buzzer rang the crowd stormed the court in celebration and lifted McElwain on their shoulders.

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Athena High School Administrators". Athena High. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. "Search for Public Schools - Athena High School (361263001032)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. "About Athena High". www.greececsd.org. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  4. "2003-04 Greece Athena Trojans". ArmDrag.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  5. "Autistic teen's hoop heroics hook Hollywood". ESPN.com. February 28, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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