Sewanhaka High School


Sewanhaka High School is a six-year public high school located in Floral Park, New York, United States, on Long Island. It is part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District. Sewanhaka High School was established in 1929. Its name translates to "Island of Shells" in English.
During the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,602 students and 93.4 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 17.2:1. There were 554 students eligible for free lunch and 148 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

History

Sewanhaka High School was constructed in 1929 by architects Knappe & Morris. Additional classrooms were completed in 1936. The school was established first in the district.
It is the only high school in its district to offer career vocational courses on Long Island. Those eligible to join this program include students from the other four high schools in the district.

Awards and recognition

During the 1992–93 school year, Sewanhaka High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Sports and clubs

The school's sports teams are known as The Indians and the team colors are purple, gold, and white.
There are many team sports, organized clubs, and student activities at Sewanhaka.
The Sports Team levels are Junior High, Junior Varsity and Varsity for boys and girls
The Model United Nations Debate Team at Sewanhaka starts with participation in the 1/2 credit World Issues class, and then upon completion, the students become members of the club. The team goes on many conferences where they debate a wide variety of issues facing the real United Nations today. At the 2009 American University Model United Conference, the Sewanhaka team took home Overall Best Delegation, the prestigious first place award on the international scale. Two members of the team took home the distinguished delegation award last November, continuing the team's success from the previous two years. Recently, Senator Jack M. Martins congratulated the Model UN team from Sewanhaka High School. The team participated in the Sewanhaka Interschool District Model UN competition.
More recently, in 2016, the team took home the trophy for Outstanding Small Delegation from the Rutgers University Model United Nations conference.

''The Chieftain''

The school newspaper at Sewanhaka, The Chieftain, has been extant since the inception of the school. It has garnered many national and local awards, including the American Scholastic Press Award, Newsday High School Journalism Award, Hank Logerman Award, and an honorable mention in 2009 and 2010 during Adelphi Quill Young People's Press competition.
Its editorials argue both sides to a common problem that society currently faces and the rest of the paper updates the school on its recent activities, runs special features for special news events and covers the progress of its sports teams.

Theatre

Sewanhaka students perform in one musical per year, during the spring. Recent shows include:
Another play which is not a musical is performed each autumn by Sewanhaka students in the Drama Club. Recent shows include: