Honeoye Falls–Lima High School

Honeoye Falls–Lima High School (HF–L) is a public high school located 14 miles (23 km) south of the city of Rochester in the village of Honeoye Falls, New York, United States.

Honeoye Falls–Lima High School
Address
83 East Street

Honeoye Falls
,
(Monroe County)
,
New York
14472

United States
Coordinates42.9514°N 77.5873°W / 42.9514; -77.5873
Information
TypePublic
Established1969
School districtHoneoye Falls-Lima Central School District
SuperintendentGene Mancuso
PrincipalDavid Roth
Teaching staff57.19 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment735 (2018–19)[1]
Average class size197
Student to teacher ratio12.85[1]
CampusRural
Color(s)Black and Gold   
Team nameCougars
RivalPittsford Mendon High School
National ranking360
PublicationCougar Pride
YearbookLiaison
Websitewww.hflcsd.org

Awards and recognition

In 2016, the Honeoye Falls–Lima High School was named a national Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.[2]

The school was ranked 360th in the country (a Gold Medal School) by U.S. News & World Report in its 2017 high school rankings.[3] The school was also ranked 44th in New York High Schools and 140th in STEM High Schools. The school has been consistently listed as a Gold Medal School.

The school was ranked in 411th place nationwide in Newsweek's 2013 America's Best High Schools, listing the Top 2,000 High Schools in The United States.[4]

Curriculum

Every student at Honeoye Falls-Lima is involved in a college preparatory curriculum. Honors and Advanced Placement sections exist in each of the curricular disciplines.

Athletics

HF–L has taken part in the sectional and state tournaments of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association since 1978. In the fall season, HF–L offers football, volleyball, soccer, and cross country. In the winter season it offers wrestling, basketball, hockey, skiing, and swimming. In spring season, HF–L offers baseball, golf, lacrosse, softball, and track & field. The rowing team competes in both the fall and spring seasons.

Alumni

Czech-American philosopher, Erazim Kohák (1933-2020), earned his high school diploma in Honeoye Falls before receiving his Bachelor's at Colgate and his Master's and PhD from Yale. His parents, who had survived the Nazi concentration camps where they had been sent as members of the resistance, fled Czechoslovakia to Honeoye Falls following the Communist coup in 1948. Kohák was a professor and senior lecturer at Boston University from 1960-1989, and he published 29 books and over 500 publications, including his eco-phenomenology masterpiece, The Embers and the Stars. He returned to the Czech Republic in 1989 at the invitation of Vaclav Havel to serve as professor of philosophy at Charles University in his native Prague.[5]

References
  1. "HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  2. Murphy, Justin (2016-11-10). "Honeoye Falls-Lima HS named national Blue Ribbon school". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  3. "2017 Rankings". U.S. News and World Report. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  4. "2013 America's Best High Schools". Newsweek. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ledgertranscript/obituary.aspx?n=erazim-vclav-kohk&pid=195954184
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