Henninger High School

Henninger High School
Henninger High School
Address
	600 Robinson St; Public
Established	1965
School district	Syracuse City School District
NCES School ID	362859003864
Principal	Dana Vendetti Cole
Teaching staff	111.17 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,586 (2021-2022)
Student to teacher ratio	14.27
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Black and Gold;
Mascot	Black Knights
Yearbook	Crusader
Website	www.syracusecityschools.com/henninger

Anthony A. Henninger High School /ˈhɛnɪŋɡər/ is a high school in the Syracuse City School District. Henninger is the largest of the four high schools in the district with an enrollment of approximately 1800 students.

History

Henninger High School was built in the mid 1960s in order to merge two institutions in the area, North High School and Eastwood High School. The latter was in a neighborhood that was once a village and was later annexed by the city of Syracuse.

Originally, the school was going to be named Northeast High. However, by the time the school was finished, it was decided that the school would be named after the current mayor of Syracuse, Anthony A. Henninger.

Facilities

The Henninger High School campus is home to a variety of facilities. The auditorium, once the temporary home of the now-defunct Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, was built to have excellent acoustics and seats around 950 people. The athletic complex includes two recently built turf fields, six tennis courts, two softball fields, one baseball field, four basketball courts, a quarter-mile track surrounding the main football field, an indoor pool, the Sunnycrest Ice Skating Rink and the Sunnycrest Golf Course.

Athletics

Henninger participates in both boys and girls Section III, Class AA athletics. Henninger has many athletic programs including boys'

Nottingham

High Schools).

Music/Fine Arts

Henninger has four branches of its fine arts department: band, chorus, orchestra and drama.

Band

The Henninger Band performs in several venues annually. The

Concert Band traditionally plays a copy of the original arrangement of Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride

.

Drama

The Henninger High School Drama Club puts on 2-3 performances a year. Unlike many high schools in the area, at least two of these performances are

Once On This Island

in Spring 2010.

Academics

Henninger High School's academic program is different in that it is divided into various "focus teams." The four main teams are Business, Media and Communications, Art Focus and Health Careers. The two largest teams, Health Careers and Art Focus are the only programs of their kind in the surrounding area. Health Careers in particular is a program aimed for students heading towards the medical profession. Benefits from Health Careers include many medical-based courses as well as volunteer work at local hospitals.

Henninger High School also has chapters in the National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society and the only chapter of the National Art Honor Society in Upstate New York

Notable alumni

Andray Blatche – professional basketball player
Freya and Path of Resistance^[2]

Andy Mineo – Christian hip hop artist
Joseph A. Nicoletti – Syracuse City Council and New York State Assembly
representative

Jessimae Peluso – stand-up comedian and television personality from MTV's Girl Code^[3]
Tom Romano – professional baseball player^[4]
Ray Seals – professional football player
Lazarus Sims – professional basketball player
Marquise Walker – professional football player
Frank Whaley – actor, director, screenwriter and comedian

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search for Public Schools - HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL (362859003864)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
^ Seely, Hart (22 October 2009). "Palace Theatre in Syracuse to present "EDGE" documentary featuring Karl Buechner". The Post-Standard (published October 22, 2009). Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
^ "Syracuse native Jessimae Peluso cracks the 'Girl Code' on new MTV comedy series". 17 April 2013.
^ Hurley, Dan (26 April 1977). "Randle's in Hot Water". The Post-Standard. p. 14. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

External links

Henninger High School Website

[NCES-1] "Search for Public Schools - HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL (362859003864)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 17, 2021.

[2] Seely, Hart (22 October 2009). "Palace Theatre in Syracuse to present "EDGE" documentary featuring Karl Buechner". The Post-Standard (published October 22, 2009). Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2017.

[3] "Syracuse native Jessimae Peluso cracks the 'Girl Code' on new MTV comedy series". 17 April 2013.

[4] Hurley, Dan (26 April 1977). "Randle's in Hot Water". The Post-Standard. p. 14. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

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