| New Paltz Central High School | |
|---|---|
 New Paltz Central High School during 2007. | |
| Address | |
| 130 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, NY 12561 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | New Paltz Central School District |
| Principal | Samuelle Simms |
| Staff | 6 |
| Faculty | 58.99 (FTE) |
| Enrollment | 668 (2022–23) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.32 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and white |
| Mascot | Huguenot |
| Nickname | Ol' Maroon |
| Information | (845) 256-4100 |
| Website | New Paltz Central High School |
New Paltz Central High School is situated in the town of New Paltz in New York, on South Putt Corners Road. It serves students in grades 9-12 from the New Paltz Central School District, which serves most of New Paltz and Gardiner, New York, as well as parts of several other towns adjacent.
Academics
The original structure was completed during 1968, at which time the average class size was significantly smaller than for later decades. In both years 2004 and 2017 new wings were added.
New Paltz High School is known for academic success. The school has a variety of Advanced Placement courses that offer college credits. These classes are taken by students who want to challenge themselves in history, science, math, or literature and writing. Due to the high school's small size, students receive much one-on-one attention, increasing their academic success.
Athletics
The school mascot is the Huguenot. Historically the Huguenots were a group of French Calvinists who, while escaping religious persecution, played a major part in the European settlement of New Paltz.
New Paltz High School has several athletic teams with sports in both junior varsity and varsity class. Teams are raised from the school population and are directed by faculty and staff. The teams include football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, track and field, gymnastics, volleyball, cross country, swimming, Nordic skiing, wrestling, tennis, lacrosse, and golf. The New Paltz football team has won 3 section titles. The New Paltz track and field program has also had championship success, winning Section 9 Class B titles during 2010 (tying with Ellenville high school), 2011 and 2012 as well as being the 2011 and 2012 Mid-Hudson Athletic League champions. The cross country program has had title wins in the Mid-Hudson Athletic League and sections frequently over many years. The men's varsity swim team also placed 2nd in the New York state championship meet during 2010 at Buffalo, losing to Shenendehowa High School. The girls varsity swim team were the Section 9 champions in 2017.
From the 1970s through the 1990s New Paltz had an elite wrestling program managed by coaches Kemble Matter and Frank Ciliberto. During the span from 1975 to 1993 New Paltz was the regional standard, winning 13 UCAL/MHAL titles and two section 9 titles (when section 9 included Rockland County). Other notable team wins were achieved at the Pascack Hills, NJ and Delaware Valley, PA invitational tournaments as well as the OSWOA tournament for the 1983-1984 season. Also during that season New Paltz scored second in the New York State Cup dual meet tournament, losing a narrow battle 27-25 to the eventual champions from Baldwin, a prolific Long Island wrestling school roughly 3 times as large as New Paltz.
Each year the high school's physical education department hosts a dodge ball tournament - with both faculty and student players, and a pickleball tournament which sometimes includes separate competitions for badminton and ping-pong
Technology
During the 2005-2006 school year, school personnel developed their own television show called NPZ TV. The show was founded by English teacher Bill Zimmer and computer teacher Jen Cone. NPZ TV is used to deliver the school's daily announcements with two anchors and a lunch/weather/wellness person; the broadcast also includes brief shows about school sports, local news and student interests that are created by the advanced graphics and video editing for production class taught by technology teacher Brennan Woods. Participating students arrive at the school early to assist with the show, both as the anchors and to work with the technology in the control room to insert green screen backgrounds and videos directly into the teleprompter.
Notable alumni
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (November 2019) |
- Charles Davis, CBS NFL color analyst, NFL draft expert and voice of the Madden Football game.
- Ronald Enroth (born 1938), Professor of Sociology at Westmont College.
- Ebony Obsidian, actress
- Floyd Patterson, professional boxer
- Keith Schiller, former director of Oval Office operations.
References
- "New York State School Report Card 2005-06, Accountability and Overview Report for New Paltz Senior High School" (PDF). (520 KiB) retrieved August 12, 2007.
- ^ "NEW PALTZ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- "New Paltz Huguenots Athletics and Sports Teams - NY". www.maxpreps.com.
- http://www.newpaltz.k12.ny.us/15622011141154797/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=55394&15622011141154797Nav=%7C1170%7C&NodeID=1170
- "Woods, Brennan- Art/Technology / NPZ (advanced video and graphics)". http.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - "NPZTV". Archived from the original on 2013-04-22.
- "Student of the Week; Ronald Enroth Plans to Become a Teacher; Like History, Writing, Traveling and Books", Poughkeepsie Journal, December 2, 1955. Accessed June 26, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Set on becoming a teacher, Ronald M. Enroth, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Enroth, New Paltz, has been selected by the faculty as New Paltz High School's 'Student of the Week'. Born in Weehawken, N. J., Ronald was raised in Ridgefield, N. J., and attended the Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, N. J., prior to moving to New Paltz two years ago."
- Springer, Steve (February 5, 1987). "Ex-Boxing Champion Floyd Patterson Saves a Lad, Gains a Son : Youngster Escapes a Bleak Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- "Meet the 'most underestimated person on Trump's team'". CNN. 16 April 2017.
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