>>  96% of 2011 Nyack High School graduates are on to college

 >> About 50% of Nyack High School seniors take advanced placement courses -
 21 courses offered.  102 NHS students have been named 2011 Advanced Placement Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the national college-level AP exams.  Only about 18% of the 1.9 million students worldwide taking the exams last May have achieved this status.  Scholars are those who have taken multiple AP courses and score at least a 3 (5 highest score) on three of them.  Most of the nations's colleges award credit or placement advancement for scores of 3 or higher on the tests.

>> 9 Nyack NYS 2011-12 SFall/Winter Season Scholar Athlete Teams 
Each team had combined academic averages of over 90%:  Boys Cross Country, Girls Soccer, Girls Tennis, Volleyball and Girls Swimming, GIrls/Boys Fencing, Boys Swimming, Girls  Basketball

NHS Students Participate in Distinctive Science Fair
Four Nyack HIgh School students, all enrolled in the school's Science Research Class, presented their research projects at the Greater Captial Region Science and Engineering Fair at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on March 24.  Sierra Raglin, Dana Saeg, Felicia Ryan, and Edwin Augustin were four of the 100 students to partiicpate form throughout NYS.  To compete students completed authentic research in accordance with Intel Science and Engineering Fair guidelines.  Edwin Augustin received awards from the  "Nuclear Society" for a project related to energy, as well as recognition form the Air Force.  Sierra Raglin  received recognition from the "Association for Women Geoscientists."