Rocky Point High School is a public school of the Rocky Point Union Free School District along the north shore of

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, located in

Rocky Point, New York Rocky Point is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Brookhaven, New York, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the CDP population was 14,014. History Rocky Point is home to the site where American radio company ...

. It is the only

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in the district and serves grades 9-12. Prior to its formation in 1971, students from the Rocky Point area attending public school attended school in

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. It was Rocky Point Junior Senior High School, (7th-12th grade) until the opening of the Rocky Point Middle School in September 2002. The first graduating class in Rocky Point was 1975, because from 1971 to 1974 it was not yet considered a high school.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Rocky Point Union Free School District Website

Rocky Point High School

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