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White Plains High School

White Plains High School is a high school in the White Plains Public Schools system of White Plains, New York, United States.[5] Built in 1962, it sits on 75 acres and has been expanded. It was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a School of Excellence in 1986–1987. The school's code of conduct[6] and state accountability report[7] are available online.

White Plains High School

41°01′12″N 73°44′16″W / 41.02005°N 73.73777°W / 41.02005; -73.73777

Public

1962 [1]

White Plains Public Schools

Emerly A. Martinez[2]

171.40 (FTE)[3]

9 – 12

2,205[3] (2019–20)

12.86[3]

75 acres

   Orange & black

Section 1 (NYSPHSAA)

Tiger

(914) 422-2182

92%[4]

https://hs.whiteplainspublicschools.org/

Demographics[edit]

Gender: The student body is 50.11 percent female and 49.89 percent male.[3]


Race: The student body is 59.55 percent Hispanic, 22.54 percent White, 12.88 percent Black, 3.36 percent Asian, and 1.68 percent other.[3]

Yearbook: The Oracle

[8]

Newspaper: The Orange

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Literary magazine: The Roar

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Athletics[edit]

The school makes available for its students two gymnasiums, a weight room, a track field and football field (Loucks Field),[11] a soccer field, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, and a pool.


White Plains football team won the Section 1 Class AA title in 2013 for the first time in 34 years.

(1970) – United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees

T. Alexander Aleinikoff

(1977) – author and broadcast journalist

David Corn

(1959) – versatile singer, actor and entertainer with career spanning more than 55 years, including Broadway musicals, Disney movies, variety, game and talk shows on TV and Las Vegas showrooms

John Davidson

(1963) – Massachusetts State Supreme Court Justice

Robert Malcolm Graham

(1979) – author, attorney and broadcast commentator

Lawrence Otis Graham

(1966) – Olympic medal winner

Larry James

(1948) – advertising executive and copywriter (posthumous award)

James J. Jordan

(1952) – Major League Baseball player and coach

Grover "Deacon" Jones

(1972) – CEO of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Philip Kent

(1978) – Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright, Rent (posthumous award)

Jonathan Larson

(1945) – business and civic leader

J. Bruce Llewellyn

(1959) – broadcast journalist

Dave Marash

(1973) – track champion, sports broadcaster, CEO of USA Track & Field

Craig Masback

(1976) – NFL wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

Art Monk

(1956) – U.S. Olympian runner, honored college track & field coach

Oscar Moore

(1966) – international concert pianist

Garrick Ohlsson

(1975) – Emmy Award-winning sports journalist and broadcaster

Jimmy Roberts

(1972) – football player; played more than 100 games over nine seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears; key member of Dallas' Super Bowl Champion (XII) team

John Jay Saldi IV

(1978) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, White House Correspondent for The New York Times

David E. Sanger

(1972) – broadcast journalist

Richard Schlesinger

Notable inductees:[12]

– football player

Sam Bowers

– political journalist and author

David Corn

– author

Sloane Crosley

– Broadway actress[13]

Jennifer Damiano

(1924) – film and television actor[14]

Dan Duryea

– basketball player, 11th overall pick of 1967 NBA draft

Mal Graham

– Scholar of religion and long-time professor at Princeton University

Martha Himmelfarb

– Olympic gold medalist track athlete

Larry James

– retired first baseman for Chicago White Sox

Grover "Deacon" Jones

(born 1990) – basketball player for Brooklyn Nets and for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League

Sean Kilpatrick

– playwright and composer, best known for creating musical Rent

Jonathan Larson

– football player

Lou Mark

– Hasidic Jewish reggae musician

Matisyahu

– NFL wide receiver, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Arthur Monk

– football player

Dennis Morgan

– football player

Dick Nolan

– classical pianist

Garrick Ohlsson

– attorney, journalist, and author

Lawrence Otis Graham

– film director of Super Fly, son of photographer Gordon Parks Sr.

Gordon Parks Jr.

– NFL tight end, Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl X)

Jay Saldi

– White House correspondent for New York Times

David E. Sanger

– computer scientist[15][16]

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

(born 1975) – American-Israeli basketball player

Chris Watson

– professional baseball player

Sal Yvars

- philosopher and environmentalist

Roger S. Gottlieb

In film[edit]

Scenes from The Beaver, a film directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson and Foster, were filmed at the high school in the fall of 2009.[17] Scenes from the film Win Win, starring Paul Giamatti, were shot at the high school in March 2010.[18]