Mechanicville Jr./Sr. High School is a school located in

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The school is part of the Mechanicville City School district and serves the district's sixth through 12th grades. In 2011, a merger occurred between the high school and the middle school causing the school to now be known as Mechanicville Jr./Sr. High School.

Activities and athletics

Fall Sports

* Cheerleading – Varsity * Cross Country Boys- Varsity/Modified * Cross Country Girls- Varsity/Modified * Football – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified * Golf Boys – Varsity/Junior Varsity * Soccer Boys – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified * Soccer Girls – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified * Volleyball Girls – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified

Winter Sports

* Cheerleading – Varsity/Junior Varsity * Basketball Boys – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified 7/Modified 8 * Basketball Girls – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified 7/Modified 8 * Bowling Boys – Varsity * Bowling Girls – Varsity * Indoor Track Boys – Varsity * Indoor Track Girls – Varsity * Wrestling – Varsity/Modified

Spring Sports

* Baseball – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified * Outdoor Track Boys – Varsity/Modified * Outdoor Track Girls – Varsity/Modified * Softball – Varsity/Junior Varsity/Modified * Lacrosse – Varsity/JV/Modified

Campus

Auditorium

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2003 expansion

Mechanicville High School opened a new gymnasium and a library media center in the winter of 2003. During this time, a chemistry and physics science lab was also built. Thelab allows students who take chemistry and physics the opportunity to participate in all the lab requirements mandated by the

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, as well as those recommended by various colleges and universities. In September 2003, the Middle School portion occupied a new addition which houses a Science Lab, a Technology classroom complete with a video production area, a Family and Consumer Science suite along with three classrooms and a Middle School Cafeteria.

Indoor pool

Mechanicville High School was one of the few schools in

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that had an indoor

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for the community to enjoy. However, it was closed down in 2008 and in 2015–16 a new building project was granted to the school which renovated it into a café. When the pool was in use its dimension were 75×25 feet and had four lanes.

Combination of schools

Mechanicville High School combined their Middle School and High Schools into a Jr./Sr. High School under one principal.

Notable alumni

* Orie Amodeo, musician and member of the

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orchestra * Joe Cocozzo, retired

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player * Gordon A. Sheehan, cartoonist and animator

References

External links

Mechanicville City School DistrictCampus MapAccountability and Overview ReportComprehensive Information Report
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