Last month, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announced its 2022-2023 Schools of Distinction list, encompassing 84 schools throughout the state, including 35 from Long Island.
The goal of the award, according to NYSPHSAA, is to “unite athletic departments in challenging their teams to achieve a statewide academic honor.”
According to the NYSPHSAA website, “Schools can apply for School of Distinction status by having 100 percent of its varsity teams qualify for and receive the Scholar-Athlete team award during their respective sports seasons.”
NYSPHSAA Executive Director issued congratulations to the schools that achieved this distinctive honor in the 2022-2023 school year.
“The School of Excellence and School of Distinction Awards exemplify the mission of NYSPHSAA, education through interscholastic athletics,” he said. “It is amazing to see the commitment to academic excellence from the schools, administrators, coaches, and student-athletes.”
Nassau County Schools of Distinction including the following (in alphabetical order):
- Bethpage High School
- Cold Spring Harbor High School
- Farmingdale Senior High School
- Garden City High School
- Gen Douglas Macarthur High School
- Great Neck South High School
- Herricks High School
- Jericho Senior High School
- Manhasset Secondary School
- Massapequa High School
- Plainedge Senior High School
- Plainview-Old Bethpage/JFK High School
- South Side High School
- Syosset Senior High School
- Wantagh Senior High School
And Suffolk County Schools of Distinction include (again, in alphabetical order):
- Babylon Junior-Senior High School
- Bayport-Blue Point High School
- Comsewogue High School
- Earl L. Vandermeulen High School
- Eastport-South Manor Junior-Senior High School
- Elwood/John Glenn High School
- Greenport High School
- Harborfields High School
- Islip High School
- Kings Park High School
- Miller Place High School
- Northport Senior High School
- Patchogue-Medford High School
- Pierson Middle/High School
- Sachem High School North
- Shelter Island School
- Shoreham-Wading River High School
- Smithtown High School West
- Walt Whitman High School
- Ward Melville Senior High School
