Massapequa High School

Massapequa High School is a public high school located in Massapequa, New York, United States, for students in grades 10 through 12.

Massapequa High School
Address
4925 Merrick Road

Massapequa
,
New York
11758

United States
Coordinates40°40′04″N 73°27′12″W
Information
Established1955
School districtMassapequa School District
PrincipalBrian Conboy[1]
Faculty142.4 FTEs[2]
Grades10–12
Enrollment1,734 (as of 2016-17)[2]
Student to teacher ratio12.8:1[2]
Color(s)Navy blue and gold
   
Team nameChiefs
WebsiteMassapequa Public Schools

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,825 students and 142.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 97 students (5.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 30 (1.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

History

Massapequa High School's first graduating class, the class of 1956, remained at the elementary school located at Hicksville Road for its freshman year and then spent the next two years at what was to become East Lake Junior High School (now known as East Lake Elementary School). Massapequa High School opened in its own location on Merrick Road in September 1955.

Berner High School opened in 1962 to relieve the growing population of Massapequa High School. After a decline in district enrollment, Berner High School closed in 1987 and now serves 6th-8th grade students as Berner Middle School.[3]

Massapequa High School underwent an expansion in the northeast corner of the school, with construction of a new wing with eight classrooms completed in September 2007. The school's football and baseball fields, as well as the track, were redone during the spring and summer of 2017, which meant a call for relocation of the tennis courts towards the south entrance.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "2018-19 Staff Directory". www.msd.k12.ny.us. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. School data for Massapequa High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  3. Schmidt, Catherine (1986-08-03). "If You're Thinking Of Living In; Farmingdale". The New York Times.
  4. Ted Alflen profile
  5. Brian Baldinger Archived 2007-05-24 at the Wayback Machine, database Football. Accessed November 25, 2007.
  6. Mifflin, Lawrie; and Katz, Michael. "SCOUTING; N.F.L. Brothers", The New York Times, September 7, 1982. Accessed January 3, 2017. "Brian Baldinger said the best was yet to come. The youngest Baldinger brother, Gary, 18, was all-state at Massapequa High School and is now a freshman at Wake Forest."
  7. Litsky, Frank. "Rookie Tackle Pleases Giants", The New York Times, August 4, 1982. Accessed January 3, 2017. "George Martin, the left defensive end, rushes the passer, and Rich Baldinger, playing right offensive tackle, tries to block him.... Baldinger, a 22-year-old rookie from Massapequa (L.I.) High School and Wake Forest, is just learning."
  8. "Phil Baroni UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  9. Staff. "Massapequa's Matt Bennett: Soon, big star", Newsday. Accessed January 3, 2017. "More on Matt: He's 18, graduated from Massapequa High in '08, and ye shall know him in the show by the dummy he carries and the glasses he wears."
  10. Ketcham, Diane. "ABOUT LONG ISLAND; At the Repository of High School Memories", The New York Times, February 12, 1995. Accessed January 3, 2017. "Copies of The Sachem, as the Massapequa book is called, are scattered throughout the collection. A long-haired Jerry Seinfeld pops out of the pages of 1972. In '74, Mr. Buttafuoco and his wife graduated. There is just one comment under Mr. Buttafuoco's picture. It says, 'I love Mary Jo.' Other graduates of the Massapequa schools include the Baldwin brothers, Alexander, '76, class president; Dan, '79; Billy, '81, and Steven, '84. In Ms. Hahn's Class of '77 were also Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats, Tim Van Patten, an actor and Brian Baldinger, a professional football player."
  11. "The Penn Relays - April 25-27, 2019". pennrelaysonline.com. Wall of Fame Inductees 2006 Kathy Franey (1985)
  12. Kornfeld, Michael. "A Single Comedian Is Returning to His Roots", The New York Times, July 23, 1989. Accessed March 6, 2008. "Although he has fond memories of placing second in pole-vaulting for Massapequa High School in a track and field meet during the early 1970's, Mr. Seinfeld, who has made the traumas of childhood and of growing up a major part of his stand-up routines, says growing up on Long Island was not too exciting."
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