Rocky Point High School is a public school of the Rocky Point Union Free School District along the north shore of

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, located in Rocky Point, New York. It is the only

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in the district and serves grades 9-12. Prior to its formation in 1971, students from the Rocky Point area attending public school attended school in

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. It was Rocky Point Junior Senior High School, (7th-12th grade) until the opening of the Rocky Point Middle School in September 2002. The first graduating class in Rocky Point was 1975, because from 1971 to 1974 it was not yet considered a high school.

Notable alumni

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Jeff Rosenstock Jeffrey Ernest Rosenstock (born September 7, 1982) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Long Island, New York. He is known for his former bands Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, as wel ...

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(born 1986), documentary filmmaker

References

External links

Rocky Point Union Free School District Website

Rocky Point High School

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