Binghamton High School
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Binghamton High School, previously known as Binghamton Central High School, is a large public high school located in the center of Binghamton, New York. It is has a population of 1600 students. The school is culturally diverse, with students from many different countries, religions, and income levels. The mascot for Binghamton High School is the Patriot with a tricorner hat.
[edit] Academic Programs
Binghamton High School was one of the first schools in New York to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. Also offered are fourteen Advanced Placement (AP) courses, as well as classes which focus primarily on passing the Regents Examinations administered by the New York State Department of Education.
A pre-engineering program called Project Lead The Way is offered to students who are interested. It includes such courses as Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Design and Development. This is made possible through a partnership between the school and Rochester Institute of Technology.
For students interested in the arts, the Rod Serling School of Fine Arts offers the opportunity to major in visual art, music, theater and dance. Each of these programs have a wide array of groups and talented individuals that regularly perform for the community, as well as work with each other. Most of these programs (instrumental and vocal music being the exceptions) are also offered at the IB level.
For students who have limited success in a traditional high school class setting, BHS offers the Experience-Based Education (EBE) program. Aimed at students who are academically able but for various reasons have not been doing well in school, the EBE program provides smaller class sizes, greater flexibility in class scheduling, more exposure to community resources and closer monitoring/feedback from teachers and counselors.
Our nationally-recognized College Connection program provides extensive information and resources to assist students in the college selection and application process.
[edit] Recognitions
In a 2006 index by Newsweek, Binghamton High School was ranked #315 out of approximately 27,000 high schools in the United States, based on the number of participants in the IB and AP courses.
BHS is known for its wide offerings in the field of the fine arts, including one of very few high school-level steel drum bands in the United States. The steel band in particular is famous for being invited to perform and give clinics at multiple national music education and percussion conventions.
In honor of the highschool's most famous alumnus, American screenwriter Rod Serling, Binghamton High School hosts the annual Rod Serling Video Festival, which is open to all students in grades K-12 in North America.
To the guidelines set by No Child Left Behind, Binghamton High School has been found to be a "School in Need of Improvement" for four consecutive years.
