Minisink Valley High School is a
secondary school
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located in
Slate Hill, New York
Slate Hill is one of the eight hamlets found in the town of Wawayanda, New York. It is home to the Minisink Valley Central School District. Slate Hill is found in Orange County, New York, United States, one of the fastest-growing counties in the ...
. It contains an enrollment of over 1100 students.
The school, part of the
Minisink Valley Central School District
The Minisink Valley Central School District is a unified school district in Orange County, New York. The district consists of five schools; an elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school, which are all located in the township of Wawayanda, N ...
, was established in 1958 as a secondary school for grades 7–10. A junior class established in the 1959-60 school year became the first class to graduate in June 1961. Over the next decade, enrollment in the school increased so rapidly that in 1971, a bond was passed by district residents to build a new high school adjacent to the original school building. Reginald G. Kierstead High School was completed in 1974, and provided a comfortable home for the upperclassmen of the district. Additions were made in the years following
9/11
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to accompany the expanding class sizes due to
suburbanization
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. Both high school and middle school buildings have seen recent addition to the response of larger class sizes, along with the completion of new pool and track facilities. Minisink ceased the use of Native American imagery in their logo and mascot in 2023 following a New York State law prohibiting the use of Native American imagery by public schools, however they continued to use the name "Warriors".
Student body
Enrollment at Minisink Valley High School was 1,160 students as of the 2020-2021 school year. The student body was made up of 889 White students, 199 Hispanic students, 52 Black students, 17 Asian students, and 3 Native American students. 291 students were eligible for free or reduced price lunch that year. With 88.8 FTE teachers, there is a student to teacher ratio of 13 to 1.
Athletics
Boys varsity sports include football, basketball, track and field, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, golf, tennis, wrestling, swimming and diving, and baseball. Girls varsity sports include basketball, track and field, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, golf, tennis, wrestling, swimming and diving, softball, cheerleading, mat maids, and volleyball.
The Minisink Valley wrestling program is a perennial state level powerhouse, winning dual meet state championships in 2015, 2020, and 2022; as well as setting the team points record at the
NYSPHSAA
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Wrestling Championships in 2022. Individually, 5 Minisink wrestlers have won New York state titles; including 2022
UWW U17
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World Bronze medalist Zack Ryder, who has won 3.
The Minisink Valley boys lacrosse program is consistently locally successful as well, most notably having produced former
MLL player Joseph Sessa. Sessa went on to win the
2018 NCAA Men's Division I Lacrosse Championship as a member of the Yale Bulldogs
Notable alumni
*
Nicholas Abruzzese –
NHL
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player for the
Toronto Maple Leafs
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,
2022 Olympian for
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in
Men's Ice Hockey
*
Karl A. Brabenec – New York State Assemblyman - 98th District
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Stefanie Dolson
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–
WNBA All-Star,
2020 Olympic
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gold medalist in women's
3x3 Basketball
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*
Kyle Filipowski –
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player for the
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(Note: Attended Minisink Valley through 9th grade before transferring to
Fordham Preparatory School
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)
*
Mike Martucci – New York State Senator - 42nd District
*
Dave Telgheder
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– former
MLB
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pitcher for the
New York Mets
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and
Oakland Athletics
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*
Josh Walker –
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pitcher for the
New York Mets
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*
Jeremy Zuckerman
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– Multiple Emmy Award-winning composer
Extracurricular activities
The school offers a variety of clubs and extra curricular activities for its students. Among these is a quarterly Coffee House, hosted by S.A.D.D. This gathering of student spectators and performers assemble to play music and engage in other various arts to raise money for current charities with money charged for admission.
Notes
External links
The Minisink Valley High School Homepage
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Wawayanda, New York