Nottingham Senior High School

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William Nottingham High School is a public high school located at 3100 East Genesee Street in Syracuse, New York. It currently has an enrollment of about 1200 students in grades 9–12.

The school was established in 1921 (making it the oldest high school in the city of Syracuse) in the building that is now T. Aaron Levy Middle School. It was named for the prominent Syracuse attorney William Nottingham (1853–1921), who had served on the Syracuse University Board of Trustees and on the New York State Board of Regents. In 1952 the high school moved to its current location on East Genesee Street. Between 1977 and 1982 a new library, gym, and Olympic-sized swimming pool were added, and a walkway was built connecting the former George Washington Elementary School to the main building.[1]

Nottingham is the "music and arts" public high school in Syracuse. It is known regionwide for its band, choirs, and theatrical productions.

Nottingham is a fairly effective high school; even though it is a city school, the connotations associated with an inner-city high school seem to be conspicuously absent from it. It offers many AP and Honors courses (such as AP Global History, AP World History, AP English, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics) and even some courses that work with nearby schools such as Syracuse University and the NY State College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) (such as the popular Environmental Writing course).

Some of the students that currently attend Nottingham high school are nationally recognized. For example, Kelley Mooney (Class of 2008) was recognized for having a GPA that was one of the highest in the nation. Graduates from Nottingham often get accepted to prestigious and Ivy-League colleges, such as Harvard, Cornell, and Fordham. Edward Traver, Class of 2007 Valedictorian, currently attends Harvard University. Natasha Alford, nationally recognized for her public speaking at the High School Level, will be graduating in 2008 from Harvard.

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[edit] Bands and Choirs

Nottingham has a number of bands and choirs, in which any student may participate. Some require auditions, and most can be taken for credit.

[edit] Bands

  • Concert Band
  • Jazz Band
  • Celtic Band (defunct as of January 2007)
  • World Drumming
  • Chamber Ensemble

[edit] Choirs

  • Chorale
  • Gospel Choir
  • Vocal Jazz

[edit] The Nottingham Celtic Ensemble (defunct)

The Nottingham Celtic Ensemble was a small, Trad-oriented, student-directed Celtic band at Nottingham that ran from 2004 to 2006. Nottingham was the only school in the district to have this type of ensemble.

The Celtic Ensemble originally played at numerous venues in Nottingham High School and around the Syracuse community, including the annual Westcott Street Cultural Fair and Petit Branch Library. In 2005, members of the Celtic Ensemble performed in the pit for Nottingham's production of Under Milk Wood. While the Celtic Ensemble generally performed pieces of Irish origin, they did occasionally play music from other parts of the British Isles, original compositions, and popular tunes. The Celtic Ensemble has been defunct since January 2007.

However, let it be known that Corcoran High School's band is much better, sporting an enormous amount of participants.

[edit] Famous Alumni

[edit] Arts and entertainment

[edit] Sports

[edit] Government

[edit] School facilities

  • The "George Washington" wing of Nottingham was a former neighboring elementary school. It was annexed in 1977 and is attached by a walkway.
  • Nottingham has its own Olympic-sized pool, which other local schools utilize as well for regional swim meets.
  • Nottingham recently got a new $20 million turf field that took a year to implement.
  • Nottingham recently had a "facelift" to its Auditorium, with a new name: the Len Fonte Center for the Performing Arts

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