Colonie Central High School is a

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in the town of Colonie, with the postal address of Albany,

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. In 2005 it had 2225 students and 132 classroom teachers. It is part of the South Colonie Central School District. The building principal was Christopher Robilotti until the 2020-2021 school year when Thomas Kachadurian was promoted.

Academics

Colonie High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in numerous disciplines. In addition, the high school, in conjunction with nearby

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, offers several "College in High School courses", in which students can earn college credits for classes taken in the high school. Colonie also has a large

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department, where students can take all of the courses in the Project Lead the Way engineering sequence. Also, the school offers credits from

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and College of St. Rose. Three foreign languages are taught at the school, including

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, French and

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Notable alumni

Notable alumni include: * Tony Rossi (b. 1943), college baseball coach * Michael Nolin (b. 1948), film producer, writer, director, executive, Savannah college of Art and Design professor *

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(b. 1970), drummer, Shadows Fall * Chad Dukes (b. 1971), running back for several NFL teams * David Gamble (b. 1971), wide receiver for the Super Bowl Champion Denver Broncos *

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, (b. 1976), professional wrestler for

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References

External links

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