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Deer Park School District (New York)
Deer Park School District is a school district headquartered in Deer Park, New York Deer Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 27,745 at the 2010 census. History Deer Park is located in the pine barrens in th .... Schools Secondary: * Deer Park High School * Robert Frost Middle School Primary: * John F. Kennedy Intermediate School * John Quincy Adams Primary School * May Moore Primary School References External links * School districts in New York (state) {{NYschoolstub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer Park, New York
Deer Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Babylon, in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 27,745 at the 2010 census. History Deer Park is located in the pine barrens in the northeast corner of the town of Babylon. It grew out of Jacob Conklin's 1610 settlement of the Half Way Hollow Hills, later known as Wheatley Heights. Charles Wilson started what is now Deer Park in 1853 about eleven years after the Long Island Rail Road arrived in 1842-when he established a large and productive farm. A post office was opened in 1851, closed in 1872 and re-opened on July 1, 1873. Deer Park had an elementary school in 1874. Prior to 1923, the Deer Park School District took in Deer Park and Wyandanch. Farming was a staple of this small town for most of its history. Known as the "fruit basket" of New York state, the area was also famed for its dahlia cultivation. It was not until the effects of the post-World War II boom r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer Park High School (New York)
Deer Park High School is a public high school in the town of Deer Park in suburban Long Island, New York. It is the only high school in the Deer Park School Union Free School District and serves students in grades 9– 12. Academics In 2008, the school exceeded the state average passing rate in all nine of the New York State Regents Examinations test areas and students took AP examinations in 16 test areas. The school's 14.9 student-teacher ratio exceeds the 12.8 state average. Notable alumni *Bob McCurdy – college basketball player, Class of 1970 *Ray Searage, baseball player and coach, Class of 1973 *Paul Becker, Naval Intelligence Officer and Director for Intelligence of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Class of 1979 *Joe Valentine – baseball player, Class of 1997 *Kathleen Herles – voice actress, original voice of Dora on ''Dora the Explorer'', Class of 2008 Feeder patterns Students enter the school after completing eighth grade Eighth grade (or grade ei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |