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At Sleepy Hollow High School we are guided by
our district mission statement.
Mission Statement To create a sense of community, we present to our students appropriate role models as well as suitable time and instruction at their individual educational level. We appreciate the importance of each human being, based on strengths rather than limitations, so that students may gain a respect for themselves and for other members of their community at Sleepy Hollow. The environment we create values not only the result but also celebrates the process that motivates students to succeed. Here, they are encouraged to assume control of their own learning in exploring subject matter and at the same time to influence others through interaction that comes with presentation, discussion, and group activity. Our belief is that vibrant academic and social education leads to a fulfilling, enriched, and rewarding life that we wish for all students. Sleepy Hollow stands as a Renaissance community where each and every student can realize all dimensions of human experience as self-directed learners who possess the knowledge, skills, and determination necessary to enjoy a life of worth. Sleepy Hollow High School stands above the east bank of the Hudson River, serving approximately 850 students in grades 9 through 12 from the villages of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. It is an ethnically and socio-economically diverse school located in southern Westchester County, approximately 20 miles north of New York City. We have become a community of choice for middle and upper middle class families who value our ‘snap shot’ of the real world. Many of these families can afford to send their children to a host of private schools in the area, but proudly choose instead to have their children attend the public school. Our community has also become a planned destination point for newly arriving immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America. They often struggle with literacy in their native tongue while learning English and other subjects. Side by side with the children of these families sit the children of professionals – doctors, lawyers, financiers, artists, researchers and entrepreneurs. Their families are among the major supporters of The Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, which raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to supplement our educational program. Our comprehensive high school programs are designed to meet the needs of each adolescent we serve. We get to know each of our students, and their families, building relationships that guide them through the ups and downs of adolescence. A thriving athletics and performing arts program is complemented by an extensive extra curricular program. A new source of pride is our student produced newscast for the web; check it out at www.sleepyhollowhits.com. We have established extensive partnerships with local colleges, corporations and the community at large. Utilizing local historical and business resources, we have reached out to make our community an extension of our campus, with students conducting research and performing internships as an integral part of our program. Our affiliation with Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers provides support and tutoring opportunities for high school students who are contemplating careers as educators, as does our Tomorrow’s Nurses, through our partnership with Phelps Memorial Hospital. Our creativity and commitment has been acknowledged through consistently passed local school budgets and the award of state, federal and private foundation grants. Locally smaller grants have provided funding for cultural trips for students, added expensive instruments to our band and orchestra, audio equipment for our multimedia students, robotic kits for AP physics students, a gardening component to our life skills’ curriculum for our most handicapped students, and provided a weather station for our earth science students. Our sprawling building on its scenic campus experiences many of the facilities restrictions of comparable structures built in the 1950’s. While it has been well maintained and consistently upgraded, it is now undergoing major renovations and expansion, we look forward to the project being completed in 2009. Details can be found on our website, tufsd.org. We are proud of our students’ record of accomplishment. An impressive percentage of students go on to college – in the Class of 2007, 92% went to mostly four year schools. Our top students consistently attend the most prestigious colleges and universities in our country. Including for example, Brown, Cornell, Northwestern, Georgetown, Vassar, Tufts, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Stamford, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale. We are equally proud of the many first generation students we send to local and community colleges. Annually, our students earn an impressive amount of scholarship dollars, averaging in excess of $250,000 each of the last five years. A key factor in our success is the involvement of our parents in their children’s education. Regardless of their cultural background or their dominant language, parents feel welcome and supported at our school. Our PTSA sponsors Parent-to-Parent Nights, both in English and Spanish, so parents can support one another in parenting their teens. The PTSA, along with The Foundation and our sports and performing arts boosters, raises funds and provides a host of supports to our programs. In addition, our new parenting center in the heart of the village provides information about all district schools and a wide range of support for parents. Sleepy Hollow is an exciting place for students and staff to work and learn together. If any school community can demonstrate that public education is alive and well, it is ours. Our school slogan, “Sleepy Hollow, Say it Proudly” sums up our collective commitment to our school. About Our School We have become a community of choice for middle and upper middle class families who value our ‘snap shot’ of the real world. Many of these families can afford to send their children to a host of private schools in the area, but proudly choose instead to have their children attend the public school. Our community has also become a planned destination point for newly arriving immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America. They often struggle with literacy in their native tongue while learning English and other subjects. Side by side with the children of these families sit the children of professionals – doctors, lawyers, financiers, artists, researchers and entrepreneurs. Their families are among the major supporters of The Foundation for the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns, which raises hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to supplement our educational program. Comprehensive high school programs are designed to meet the needs of each adolescent we serve. We get to know each of our students, and their families, building relationships that guide them through the ups and downs of adolescence. We have established extensive partnerships with local colleges, corporations and the community at large. Utilizing local historical and business resources, we have reached out to make our community an extension of our campus, with students conducting research and performing internships as an integral part of our program. Our creativity and commitment has been acknowledged through consistently passed local school budgets and the award of state, federal and private foundation grants. These include numerous grants from both the New York State Education Department and the U.S. Department of Education totaling over 1.2 million dollars for Extended School Day/School Violence Prevention, 21st Century Community Learning Center Program, Children in Transition and Bilingual Excel. Locally smaller grants have provided funding for cultural trips for students, added expensive instruments to our band and orchestra, audio equipment for our multimedia students, robotic kits for AP physics students, a gardening component to our life skills’ curriculum for our most handicapped students, and provided a weather station for our earth science students. The Capelli Foundation provided funds to support the pilot program of Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers which provides support and tutoring opportunities for high school students who are contemplating careers as educators. Our sprawling building on its scenic campus experiences many of the facilities restrictions of comparable structures built in the 1950’s. While it has been well maintained and consistently upgraded, it is now undergoing major renovations and expansion, we look forward to the project being completed in 2009. A recent facilities renovation has made our building handicapped accessible. We are proud of our students’ record of accomplishment. An extremely high percentage of students go on to college – in the Class of 2007, 93% went to mostly four year schools. Our top students consistently attend the most prestigious colleges and universities in our country. For example, Amherst, Cornell, Northwestern, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Vassar, Barnard, Princeton, Williams, Dartmouth and Yale. We are equally proud of the many first generation students we send to local and community colleges. Annually, our students earn an impressive amount of scholarship dollars, averaging in excess of $280,000 each of the last five years. A key factor in our success is the involvement of our parents in their children’s education. Regardless of their cultural background or their dominant language, parents feel welcome and supported at our school. Our PTSA sponsors Parent-to-Parent Nights, both in English and Spanish, so parents can support one another in parenting their teens. The PTSA, along with The Foundation and our sports and performing arts boosters, raises funds and provides a host of supports to our programs. In addition, our new parenting center in the heart of the village provides information about all district schools and a wide range of support for parents. Sleepy Hollow is an exciting place for students and staff to work and learn together. If any school community can demonstrate that public education is alive and well, it is ours. Our school slogan, “Sleepy Hollow, Say it Proudly” sums up our collective commitment to our school. Contacting the Sleepy Hollow High School
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