General Information About the School

Community

Chappaqua is a community of apporoximately 16,000 located 35 miles north of New York City. Most parents are college graduates. Many are widely recognized in business and professional fields. Chappaqua sets high expectations for its schools and enjoys a long history of support from the community.

The School

For years, Horace Greeley has been recognized as one of the top public high schools in the country. We offer a comprehensive curriculum to more than 850 students. In addition, Greeley has outstanding programs in the Fine and Performing Arts.

Curriculum and Program

The strength of the curriculum at Horace Greeley lies in the depth and breadth of our academic offerings:

• All 9th and 10th grade students take a two-year curriculum of literature, language, speech and composition. Eleventh and twelveth greaders select from 16 electives: interdisciplinary courses in Humanites and On Creating (Creative Writing and Photography), media, expository and creative writing, a tutorial in independent literary analysis, as well as literature of various periods and genres. All courses are designed to challenge students of all ability levels; heterogeneous grouping is seen as desirable and beneficial.

• Global Studies, European History, and American History and Government are required and are grouped heterogeneously. Eleventh and twelveth grade students are select their 4th year of social studies from 8 semester electives and two advanced placement courses. As a result, each year enrollment figures are above 100% of the student body.

• Physics is a pre-requisite for all advanced science courses: AP Biology, AP Physics C, Organic and Inorganic chemistry, and Astronomy and Geology. A three year science research program is available to highly motivated students. Over 95% of the student body is enrolled in four years of science.

• A full four years of college preparatory math is offered to accommodate a wide range of abilities. The most advanced students can move beyond AP Calculus to Number Theory and Differential Equations. Non-Regents student offerings Trigonometry and Adv anced Algebra. AP Computer Science is also offered. 98% of the student body completes at least three years of mathematics. A math clinic is available every period. Graphing calculators are used in the classroom.

• Advanced study is offered in French, Spanish, Russian, and Latin. Over 90% of the student body is enrolled in the study of a second language; 42% continue beyond the second year.

• Students can choose to sample or major in the Fine and Performing Arts. Extensive course offerings are supplemented by regularly scheduled performances and exhibits. Teachers in these areas co-teach three interdisciplinary courses (Humanities, On Creating, and Stagecraft). A course in Video Art is expanding. An on-site pre-school program for three and four year olds gives students the opportunity to ovserve and interact in the Child Study Program.

• The Physical Education Program is geared to the health and fitness of individuals: the final goal being, each student will develop his or her own fitness program. Two-thirds of the student body participates on 46 interscholastic teams. Three hundred and fifty students are involved in intramural programs.