As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,638 students and 129.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 285 students (17.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 18 (1.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]
Overview
It is located at 101 Campus Drive, in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island.[3] The school was originally constructed in 1953 and is named after a former superintendent.[3] Schreiber High School is one of the top public high schools on Long Island.[4]U.S. News & World Report awarded Schreiber a gold medal in its 2014 rankings.[5] In 2015, it was ranked as the 283rd best high school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, with a student/teacher ratio of 13:1.[6]
The school offers 26 Advanced Placement classes, more than three times the state average.[7] The Advanced Placement exam pass rate is 83%, meaning that 83% of students attain a score of 3 or higher on the AP exam, compared to the state average of 61%, and more than half of the student body, 53%, takes at least one Advanced Placement exam, compared to the state average of 16%.[8] In 2022, 75% of students took at least one Advanced Placement exam.[2]
In 2011, Mandarin Chinese was added as a fifth language to the foreign language curriculum, joining Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian.[9] Mandarin could be taken only in conjunction with another of the aforementioned languages or after completion of a three-year language sequence. After the conclusion of the 2014–15 school year, Chinese was dropped from the list of course of offerings following budget reallocation.
From 2007 to 2009, the Vikings won three consecutive class AA Nassau County championship titles. Furthermore, the team finished third in class AA and seventh overall in the 2009 state meet. In 2016, the Vikings were also AAA Nassau County champions.[10] The Vikings went back to back as County champions in 2021 (Spring) and 2021 (Fall).
Football
In October 2012, the Vikings defeated Jericho High School in the Conference V Finals, capping off a 7–1 season.[11]
Girls' tennis
In November 2008, the girls varsity tennis team beat previously defeated Westhampton Beach High School in the Long Island Championship. This marked the second straight year that the team won the title, becoming the first team to repeat as champions.[12]
Boys' baseball
In 2022, The Vikings made it to the playoffs, and lost to Plainview in the first round.
In 2018, the varsity soccer team won the Nassau County Championship against Massapequa High School and Long Island Championships against Walt Whitman High School. They proceeded to the New York State semi-finals, where they would lose to Clarence High School of Erie County. Although seeded second lowest in the county, they managed to beat the 1, 3, and 5 seed, as well as state ranked Walt Whitman and Syosset High School.
Mascot
The mascot is a blue and white with yellow only in the hair Viking head. It is often compared to the Viking head used by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
Schreiber's Academic Decathlon team was New York State's winning team from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. They placed second in 2005, their first time not attending the national competition in eight years.
Recently, in the NYS competition for Nationals, the 2008 team came in second place while the 2010 team came in third.
Debate
Schreiber's Lincoln–Douglas debate team was nationally dominant from 2003 to 2005, with three students capturing several national titles. The team has since transformed into a Public Forum Debate team, winning the Varsity Public Forum New York State Championship in 2009. In April 2011, the team came in second place in Public Forum at the New York State Championship. Schreiber's debate team is once again successful, achieving exemplary results at the Princeton Classic since 2016.
Mock trial
The school's Mock Trial team competes in the annual New York State High School Mock Trial Tournament. Schreiber won the Long Island Region of the state tournament in 1991 and 1996.
In the 2008 competition, the team advanced to the Round of 16 in the regional tournament. The team advanced to the county championship in 2007.
Other clubs
Schreiber offers a wide range of clubs including:[14]
The school features multiple bands, orchestras and choruses. In recent years, members of the various ensembles have been chosen to perform in select groups, including the All-State orchestra and band. For the 2008–09 school year, 11 Schreiber students were chosen as All-State musicians and alternates.
In the 2010–11 year, 5 students were selected as the All-State musicians and alternates, and one year later 8 students were selected.
The school marching band has praiseworthy achievements as well. The marching band has performed and marched in the Sugar Bowl Parade (1989), Orange Bowl Parade (1990), and the Tournament of Roses Parade (1996).
In May 2000, the Schreiber Concert Band performed and won several awards at a high school band tournament in Hershey, PA. During the next school year, in the fall of 2000, the Paul D. Schreiber Marching Band performed the piece "Seventy-Six Trombones" from the musical The Music Man at the tenth annual Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall.
In January 2008, the school produced six Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists, the second highest total on Long Island.[18] Additionally, two finalists were selected from the school. Schreiber was only one of two schools that produced double finalist winners.[19] Along with Great Neck North High School, Schreiber produced the second most finalists in the country, trailing only Stuyvesant High School of Manhattan.[20] A student from Schreiber was selected to be one of the top ten winners of the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, winning a scholarship of $20,000. The student was the ninth-place winner for a zoology project based on Odonate populations.[21]
Eight Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists were selected from Schreiber in 2006, tying for the second most semifinalists in the nation with Stuyvesant High School.[22] The achievement of the semifinalists marks the fourth consecutive year that Schreiber High School has been in the top five schools in the United States. That year, Schreiber also produced one finalist in the competition, who ended up winning the Glenn Seaborg award.
2000
In 2000, nine semifinalists were selected, leading all schools on Long Island. Schreiber ranked fifth nationally and second among comprehensive high schools.[23] Furthermore, three students were chosen as finalists, leading all schools in the country.[24]
Ultimately, a student from Schreiber won first place in the competition for her steganography project. She encrypted a message in the gene sequence of a DNA strand.[25]
Schreiber's premier student publication is The Schreiber Times. The newspaper was first established in 1924 at the original Port Washington High School as The Port Weekly. The newspaper now publishes 24 page monthly issues that include sections about News, Features, Opinions, Arts and Entertainment, and Sports. The newspaper has also been recognized for its artwork and covers.
The Schreiber Times has won awards for each of its five sections from well-acclaimed sources, including the Long Island newspaper Newsday,[30] the American Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and the Empire State School Press Association.
In 2012, The Schreiber Times launched an online version of the print paper. There is as an archive of all issues of The Schreiber Times and The Port Weekly published since 1924.
Literary magazine
Another publication, Kaleidoscope, is a literary magazine featuring the poetry, prose, artwork, and photography of Schreiber students. It has won various awards, including two silver medals in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Medallist Critiques in both 2010 and 2011.
Yearbook
The school also produces an annual yearbook. This yearbook is compiled by students with the aid of a faculty adviser and is called the Port Light.
^McLaughlin, Corey. "Port Washington girls repeat as LI tennis champs", Newsday, November 5, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 1, 2008. Accessed February 12, 2021. "For the second consecutive year, the Vikings defeated Suffolk champion Westhampton, 5-2, for the Long Island title yesterday, ensuring that the area's best squad continues to reside in Nassau. Port Washington (14-1), the two-time Nassau champion, swept all four singles matches and won at second doubles to hand Westhampton (17-1) its first loss of the year and become the first team to capture back-to-back Long Island titles."
^Best, Neil. "Kenny Albert's Cup runneth over with Islanders memories", Newsday. Accessed February 6, 2023. "When Albert was a senior at Paul D. Schreiber High School in 1985-86, he attended 20 or so Islanders games to practice announcing into a tape recorder."
^ abDijkstra, Kimberly (September 23, 2015). "Notable Residents: Today and Yesterday". Port Washington Today. Retrieved November 12, 2020. Cassavetes was born in New York City and lived in Port Washington until his graduation from Port Washington High School in 1947
^Genn, Adina. "How Port Washington Helped Shape ABC Star Katie Lowes", Port Washington, NY, Patch, April 5, 2012. Accessed February 6, 2023. "Lowes plays Quinn Perkins, a young lawyer with a secret past and a steep learning curve. But don't be fooled by the hype. Lowes is still very much a Port Washington girl, and says her roots played a big role in who she is today.... Like many current Port Washington 'theater kids,' Lowes, who graduated high school in 2000, devoted herself to the local arts scene, and all of its opportunities."
