Year |
Achivement |
1928 |
Congers High School is accredited by the Board or Regents of New York State as an approved 4-year high school. Felix V. Festa starts teaching at Congers. |
1949 |
The seven school districts: Congers, New City, Street School, Chestnut Grove, Bardonia, West Nyack and Rockland Lake vote to centralize into the Clarkstown School District |
1949 |
Clarkstown Central School District #1 is formed. |
1950 |
Clarkstown voters accept a tract of 46 acres of land for a proposed junior-senior high school; a gift from Ernst W. Flender. |
1954 |
Congers High School selects Rams as the nickname of new High School. |
1954 |
Dedication of Clarkstown Junior-Senior High School is held. |
1954 |
Clarkstown Junior-Senior High School opens with about 785 Students. |
1954 |
Ram’s Horn student newspaper is published for the first time. |
1955 |
Tappan Zee Bridge officially opens. |
1955 |
North gets a football team. |
1958 |
First Advanced Placement course in European History starts. |
1958 |
A $1,875,000 bond issue passes to build a separate Junior High School adjacent to the High School and Carnochan House. |
1961 |
A $754,000 bond issue passes to build 14 room new wing. |
1962 |
The new wing is completed. |
1963 |
The school officially becomes a Senior High School. |
1963 |
The new Junior High School opens and the former Clarkstown Junior High School located adjacent to Senior High School and Carnochan House is now designated as Clarkstown Senior High School Annex. |
1963 |
Clarkstown offers the first high school class in Japanese in New York State. |
1964 |
The first outdoor graduation ceremony is held. |
1966 |
A $416,500 bond issue is approved by voters to purchase 63.315 acres for a second high school. |
1967 |
Architectural firm of Frederic P. Wiederson Assoc. of Valley Stream, NY is put in charge of planning and developing a senior high school to accommodate approximately 3,000 pupils, to be ready for occupancy in September, 1971. |
1968 |
A revised $11,908,000 bond issue passes to put additions on four elementary schools and construct the second senior high school – (capacity of auditorium reduced from 1,500 to 1,000; planetarium and swimming pool eliminated, lobby and cafeteria reduced). |
1970 |
Ground breaking takes place to start construction of the new high school. |
1971 |
Boundaries for two senior high schools are established. Birchwood, West Nyack, Bardonia, Chestnut Grove, Link and Laurel Plains would go to South. |
1971 |
Clarkstown Board of Education officially adopts name of the second high school as Clarkstown Senior High School South. North is also designated as Clarkstown High School North. |
1971 |
South opens to approximately 1450 students in grades 9, 10, 11. The gym, auditorium, shop and home economics rooms are not yet completed. |
1972 |
Open House is held for dedication of the Clarkstown Senior High School South. |
1973 |
Ice Hockey and swimming are offered for the first time. |
1986 |
North’s library is renovated |
2004 |
Science lecture hall which converts to a planetarium is ready for use at South. |
2005 |
The new building extension at North connecting the Annex and Main buildings opens |
2006 |
International Baccalaureate Programme is initiated in North and South. |
2008 |
The International Baccalaureate Programme initiated at Link World School. |