Somers High School (New York)

Somers High School is a public high school in Lincolndale, New York.

Somers High School
Address
120 Primrose Street

Lincolndale
,
New York 10540

United States
Information
TypePublic High school
Established1962
OversightSomers Central School District
PrincipalMark Bayer
Asst. PrincipalsClaire Comerford, Peter Rodrigues[1]
Teaching staff93.57 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,032 (2021–22)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.03[2]
Color(s)Red, White and Black
MascotTusker
RivalYorktown High School
NewspaperTusker Times
Websitehttps://www.somersschools.org/

Academics

Somers High School offers a New York State regents curriculum augmented by Advanced Placement courses and a variety of electives. The school has local chapters of the National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society.

For the 2006–2007 school year Somers had a graduation rate of 100% with 97% receiving a regents diploma and 61% receiving a regents diploma with advanced designation. Of graduating students: 77% enrolled in a 4-year college, 18% enrolled in a 2-year college, 5% became employed full-time, and less than 1% joined the military.[3]

In 2008, Alexander Saeboe won 2nd place in the team competition at the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.[4]

Athletics

Somers High School's mascot is an elephant, and teams' nickname is the Tuskers, both in honor of the town being known for hosting the first American circus.

Baseball

The baseball team had won league titles in 1972, 2000 and 2001. In 2007 the team won the Class A title. The team followed up with another Sectional title in 2008. In 2009 they won the Section 1 Class A crown.

In 2007 Rob Sanzillo, a Somers High School graduate (class of 2003), was drafted in by the St. Louis Cardinals.[5]

Football

The Tuskers were state champions in 2016. They defeated, previously undefeated, Greece Athena 25–17 at the Carrier Dome to claim Somers first state title in football.[6]

In 2012, the team won the regular season League A title in Class A and won the Section 1 championship. In the 2013 season, Somers won the Section 1 title once again. The 2013 team's record was 9–2.[7]

In November 2021, The Tuskers won the Section 1 Class A championship. Somers defeated Rye High School 26–23 in the fog bowl at Arlington High School.

The former varsity coach, Tony DeMatteo, is the most victorious coach in Section 1 New York State football history, and has been named high school football's most motivational coach of all-time by the NFL.[8][9]

Ice Hockey

The Somers ice hockey team is merged with that of North Salem High School. In the 2007–08 season, Somers/North Salem had their winningest season in either school's history by finishing 16-9-1 and winning their first ever sectional game against rival JFK/Putnam Valley.

Lacrosse

The boys' lacrosse team has been to eight sectional title games from 2000 to 2010, winning in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2009. The team was also defeated in the NY State semifinals in 2000-2002 and 2006 and in the state title game in 2003.

Since 2002, nine Tuskers have earned All-American honors.

By year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.

2009: The Tuskers run to their last Sectional Championship.

Soccer

The girls' soccer team has won five sectional titles and reached the NY State Class A State Semi-Finals in 2006 and 2011. The girls won the Class A New York State Public High School Athletic Association State Championship in 2014. The boys' soccer team won the Section 1 title in 1998 and finished the season ranked fifth in New York State. In 2016, they won the State Championships.

Track and Field

The school's only Track state championship came cross country in 2004. The cross country team also won the sectional title in 2005, 2007, and 2016. The indoor track and field team won the section championship in 1984, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005–2008, and 2010.

Wrestling

Somers won its first state championship in 2009 in the 103 pound weight class, and won another state championship in 2011 in the 135 lb weight class.

Controversy

In 2022, Somers School District Superintendent Dr. Raymond Blanch removed an English teacher from the classroom mid-lesson after parents of those students reported being upset at the content she presented as part of an optional activity on racial identity using excerpts from Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad.[10] On November 10th, 2022, the Somers Central School District issued a letter from Blanch in which he admitted "The English Department was not specifically prohibited from using this text after it had been removed from the summer reading list in June 2021."[11]

References
  1. "About Us". Somers High School.
  2. "SOMERS HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  3. "New York State School Report Card" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  4. "2008 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology". Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  5. "Rob Sanzillo Profile". Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  6. "Schedule - Somers Tuskers (Lincolndale, NY) Varsity Football 16-17". www.maxpreps.com.
  7. "Somers High School 14-15 Football Schedule". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  8. "Coaches Teach the Skills of Life". Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  9. "NFL 2008 High School Coach Of The Year". Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  10. "Controversy brewing at Westchester school district over assignment based on book addressing racism". ABC7 New York. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  11. "White Privilege Lesson Pulled Following Backlash". TAPinto. Retrieved 2022-11-12.

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