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New Rochelle High School
Type	Public
Founded	1897
Enrollment	approx. 3,300
Principal	Donald T Conetta
Location	265 Clove Road New Rochelle, NY 10801
School Colors	Purple and White
Mascot	The Huguenot
Website	Click here

New Rochelle High School is a public high school located in New Rochelle, New York. The school is a part of the City School District of New Rochelle.

New Rochelle High School, twice named a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, offers over 240 courses, including honors, research and advanced placement courses. 96% of NRHS graduates attend college or other institutions of higher learning. Complementing the instructional program, multiple co- and extracurricular activities and interscholastic sports offer students numerous opportunities for developing leadership skills, providing community service and extending intellectual, social, artistic and athletic interests.

Contents 1 Mission Statement 2 Programs 2.1 PAVE 2.2 Science Research 3 Alma Mater 4 Distinguished Alumni 5 External Links

New Rochelle High School, with its smaller learning communities, is dedicated to developing responsible,respectful, tolerant citizens who value cultural diversity and who possess the intellectual, social and emotional independence to become lifelong learners and contributing members of a global society. With our community, its leaders, parents and teachers; we strive to develop responsible social behavior and to provide an environment in which each student may achieve maximum growth.

The Performing And Visual Arts Education program at NRHS is a unique program devoted to:

Preparing the talented students to meet the demands necessary for their success, both academically and professionally, and by providing them with a broader knowledge, scope, insight, & balance in a comprehensive program of creative & artistic works.

Acknowledging their heritage in the New Rochelle community through a curriculum which reflects and expresses this diversity.

Viewing themselves as an integral component in the creative process.

Empowering them to become leaders in the arts by developing their creativity, self-esteem, respect, mind and body, and their role as artists.

The different majors offered are Visual Arts, Theater, Vocal, Orchestra, Band and Dance.//;[oipjoino

New Rochelle High School's three-year program offers students the opportunity to participate in the community of scientific research and scholarship as part of their high school experience. In addition to class, formal individual meetings are held once a week. Students select a topic of interest and explore this topic through library research, person to person conversations with research scientists throughout the country, and telecommunication to research and college libraries. Students develop sophisticated data collecting and lab skills by completing a literature search, formulating a research question, articulating hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting their findings to a bona fide scientific audience (e.g., The Intel Talent Search, the New York State Science Symposium, and local and regional science fairs).

New Rochelle we sing to thee Alma Mater dear
Cherished will our memories be of the hours spent here
We love to gaze across the lakes to the towers standing proudly high
A symbol of the lives you make a goal for which we try

New Rochelle how swift the sun moves above the tower
The pride it gives for deeds well done, hope for future hours
A gift of all lives wealth you bring, a debt we’ll ne'er forget
New Rochelle we bow to thee, thy sun will never set

• Elia Kazan '26 - Academy Award winning Director
• Henry Heimlich '37 - Inventor, Heimlich Maneuver
• Don Hewitt '40 - Producer, 60 Minutes
• Jerome Kohlberg, Jr. '43 - Billionaire
• Louis Jones '50 - Olympic Gold Medalist
• Louis Rukeyser '50 - TV Personality, Economic Commentator
• Jesse Arnelle '50 - football and basketball star at Penn State University
• Drew S. Days, III '53 - Solicitor General of the United States, Professor of Law at Yale Law School
• Leslie H. Gelb '55 - President, Council on Foreign Relations
• Kenneth Blanchard '57 - Author
• Johnny Counts '58 - played professional football for New York Giants in NFL
• Richard Roundtree '61 - John Shaft (Yes, that Shaft)
• Butch Harmon '62 - one of the top ranked golf instructors in the United States and former coach of Tiger Woods
• Andrea Mitchell '63 - Journalist
• Russell T. Lewis '65 - Former CEO and President of The New York Times Company (1997-2004)
• Alan Menken '67 - Composer, Lyricist
• Gloria Borger '70 - Gonzo Journalist
• Christopher Edley, Jr. '70 - Dean of University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
• Michael Kaiser '71 - President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Stuart Calvin Lord '78 - Dean of The Tucker Foundation, Associate Provost of Dartmouth College
• Rachel Vail '84 - Children's Author
• Clifford J. Levy '85 - Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist
• Cristina Teuscher '96 - Olympic Gold Medalist

• City School District of New Rochelle
• New Rochelle High School