Great Neck Village High School (also known as Village School or VS) is an American long-established public

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. It is a member of

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http://www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/Pages/profiles/vsprofile10.pdf Great Neck Public Schools Web site, PDF document titled "Great Neck Public Schools: The Village School", accessed October 18, 2007. and is located in the village of

Great Neck, New York Great Neck is a region on Long Island, New York, that covers a peninsula on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore and includes nine villages, among them Great Neck (village), New York, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, New York, Great Neck Es ...

, serving students in grades 8 through 12. Village School is one of three high schools in the

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, which includes

Great Neck North High School John L. Miller Great Neck North High School or simply "Great Neck North," is a public high school, including grades 9 through 12, in the village of Great Neck, New York, operated by the Great Neck School District. As of the 2018–19 school year ...

and

Great Neck South High School William A. Shine Great Neck South High School (commonly Great Neck South, South High School, or GNSHS) is a four-year public high school located in the Lake Success village of Great Neck, New York. The school serves students in grades 9 through 1 ...

. Village School offers its 39 studentsEnrollment and Demographic Factors
; URL accessed August 15, 2012. an outdoor education program, college preparatory program, and

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of students with disabilities. Co-founder Arnie Langberg has been called "one of the most important pioneers in the field of public alternative education." Village School is home to the newspaper 'The Villager. As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 48 students and 6.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 8.0:1. There were 3 students (6.3% of enrollment) eligible for

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and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Village School

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. Accessed December 12, 2016.

Students

Students who enroll must be considered at risk academically for an array of reasons. The students must be in danger of getting lost in Great Neck’s two large, comprehensive high schools or becoming overwhelmed by their large high schools. Students may have social and emotional problems. The students may also face anxiety and difficulties with focus and organization. In the Village School’s low-key approach, these issues can be dealt with easily. Students who may have felt lost and isolated in a large school often thrive in the smaller and more personalized setting of the Village School. In the 2010-2011 school year, 39 students attended Village School. However, Village School can enroll up to 50 students. About fifty percent of students qualify for special education.

Demographics

The student body in the school year of 2010-2011 consists of: * 0 American Indian or Alaska Native students or 0% of the student body * 2 Black or African American students or 5% of the student body * 4 Hispanic or Latino students or 10% of the student body * 5 Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students or 13% of the student body * 28 White students or 72% of the student body * 0 Multiracial students or 0% of the student body

Notable alumni

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, actress; transferred to the school in her sophomore year. * Jesse Friedman, who with his father Arnold was the subject of the child-molestation case documented in '' Capturing the Friedmans''."An Uphill Fight to Shed a Lifelong Label," by Corey Kilgannon. ''The New York Times,'' September 10, 2006, section 14LI, page 1.

References

External links

Great Neck Public School official site

Great Schools Web site information on Great Neck Village High School
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