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Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School (EMHS) is a co-educational, secondary public high school founded in 1956 for students in grades 7–12 in the hamlet of Elmont, Long Island, New York, in Nassau County. Its street address is 555 Ridge Road, Elmont, New York 11003. The school has an enrollment of 1,907 students and 120.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 18.3).〔(Elmont Memorial High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 12, 2007. 〕 Its school newspaper is known as the " Elmont Phoenix". Elmont High School's mascot is the Spartan. Its school colors are green and white. The school's current principal is John Capozzi. Elmont High School is part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District. ==Awards and recognition== During the 1990–93 school year, Elmont Memorial High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006. 〕 the highest award an American school can receive.〔(CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department ), ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve." 〕〔Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 In 2005, Elmont High School was recognized as having the largest number of African American high school students scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement examinations in the country. Elmont HS was also recognized by the College Board as having the largest number of African American students attaining a 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam in the country.〔Fischler, Marcelle S. ("LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Battling Stereotypes With High Test Scores" ), ''The New York Times'', February 20, 2005. Accessed November 12, 2007. "Elmont had the largest number of black students in the country to score so high on the exam, according to the College Board, which administers the A.P. program.... Trevor Packer, the executive director of the College Board's Advanced Placement program, said Elmont ''leads Long Island in having a greater number of African-American students scoring three or higher across all their A.P. subjects.''"〕 Another prestigious honor Elmont Memorial has received is having an average from 1995–2006 of having a 97% graduation rate, and in 2004 achieved a 100% graduation rate. A first in the Sewanhaka Central District. Elmont Memorial also won the 2013 District Sports Night. This is the first time the school has won since 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elmont Memorial Junior – Senior High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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