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, serving the Long Beach City School District in Long Beach, New York. The school has a campus.Saslow, Linda.
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''. October 23, 1988. Retrieved October 18, 2011. As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,324 students and 109.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1. There were 302 students (22.8% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 40 (3.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

History

Long Beach Junior Senior High School was built in 1939 on Lindell Boulevard in Long Beach. Later, this building was converted to an elementary school and the high school moved to Lido Beach, at the site of what is now the Lido Elementary/Long Beach Middle School complex. Construction of the current location of Long Beach High School, between Lagoon Drive West and Blackheath Road, was completed in 1971. Recently, the school adopted the

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program and currently offers the IB Diploma,

Athletics

The school's teams are known as the Marines with a Bulldog as the mascot. They currently compete in District Eight of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The sports offered at the school include: Fall Sports: Cross Country (Separate Male and Female Teams), Football, Cheerleading, Soccer (Separate Male and Female Teams), Badminton (Male Team), Swimming (Female Team), Volleyball (Separate Male and Female Teams), Tennis (Female Team), and the Surf Team (New York State's Only High School Surf Team (Co-Ed)) Winter Sports: Basketball (Separate Male and Female Teams), Swimming (Male Team), Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Winter Track (Separate Male and Female Teams), Wrestling (4X New York State Champions, 16 individual New York State Champions (the most in Nassau County history). and Ice Hockey (Male Team)(Three time New York state small school high school champions 2005, 2010–11 and 2011–12) Spring Sports: Baseball (Male Team), Softball (Female Team), Golf (Separate Male and Female Teams), Spring Track (Separate Male and Female Teams), Lacrosse (Separate Male and Female Teams), Tennis (Male Team), and Badminton (Female Team)

Notable alumni

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and decorated World War II veteran. * Larry Brown (born 1940, class of 1958), ABA All Star player and NBA basketball coach. *

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(born 1948, class of 1965), actor and comedian. * Jim Fiore (born 1968), Director of Athletics at Stony Brook University from 2003 to 2013. *

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(born 1954, class of 1972), WFAN-NY Sports Radio host * Andrew Fried (born 1976, class of 1994), producer, * Roger Gengo (born 1992), music entrepreneur * Scottie Graham (born 1969, class of 1987) former NFL running back. *

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in 1998. * Pete Johnson (born 1954, class of 1972), former NFL running back who played most of his career with the Cincinnati Bengals. * Todd Kaminsky (class of 1996), member of the New York State Senate. *

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(born 1967, class of 1985), drummer. * Jeffrey Robinson (born 1945, class of 1963), author. *

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, Film Producer, Executive Producer, and creator of ABC's '' Wild World of Sports''. *

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(born 1938), CEO of Siegelvision, a brand identity consultancy. * Will Skudin (class of 2003), professional surfer. * Balaram Stack (born 1991, class of 2010), professional surfer. * Don Taussig (born 1932), Major League Baseball player. * David Taylor (class of 1978), professional basketball player * Harvey Weisenberg (born 1933, class of 1952), former member of the New York State Assembly.Staff
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Long Beach patch, October 2, 2012. Accessed May 24, 2017. "Weisenberg graduated from Long Beach High School in 1952."

References

External links

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High School A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

Schools in Nassau County, New York Public high schools in New York (state)