The Beacon City School District (also known as the Beacon City Schools ) is one of 18 public school districts serving residents of Dutchess County , New York , United States. The district serves the City of Beacon and parts of the Town of Fishkill and Town of Wappinger ; it is one of 57 small city school districts in New York State.
12-511: The district is composed of four elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, an administration building, and a transportation facility. It has a student enrollment of 2577 students as of end of the 2020-21 school year. Its elementary school serves pre-kindergarten through 5th grade, its middle school serves 6-8th grade and the high school serves 9-12th grade. Rombout Middle School is located at 84 Matteawan Road, Beacon, New York, 12508. It offers volleyball, baseball, basketball, football, and
24-476: A variety of clubs. As of the end of the 2020-21 school year, it educated 632 students. The old Beacon High School, which opened in 1913, closed in 2002, the year that the new New Beacon High School opened. The school was then turned into an alternative high school for several years. The school was sold to an art group in 2002 which defaulted on the mortgage in 2006. The school has since been resold to an art partnership in an all-cash deal. The new Beacon High School
36-475: Is broken up into four divisions. Division I Division II Division III Division IV Frontier is divided into four divisions. A Division B Division C Division D Division The CNYCL is broken into five sections. National American Tri-Valley Central Counties Independents Location : Southern Tier Location : Genesee Valley Location : Western New York Capital Region A capital region , also called
48-472: Is divided into eleven sections by geographical areas. The official membership list is at the NYSPHSAA site. Each section is further divided into classes, by school enrollment size. The classes are, from largest schools to smallest, AAA, AA, A, B, C, and D, though the classifications and enrollment numbers for each classification vary by sport. Schools will sometimes compete with other schools outside of
60-460: Is located at 101 Matteawan Road, Beacon, New York 12508. It was finished in 2001 and opened in 2002. The school educated 863 students as of the end of the 2020-2021 school year. Beacon High School has several wings and features such amenities as an indoor swimming pool, and the largest theater north of North Rockland and south of Albany. In 2021, Beacon High School switched to compete in Section 9 of
72-734: Is made up of high schools from around New York's Capital Region . The section is made up of 9 leagues mostly based on location but also based on size to ensure fair competition. Schools mostly compete with the other schools in their league but will sometimes compete with schools outside of it. This usually happens during the championship season when teams are competing for the section or state title. Adirondack League Colonial Council Foothills Council Patroon Conference Suburban Council Wasaren Western Athletic Conference Independents Location : Central New York Section 3 comprises seven leagues, some of which are further broken down into smaller groups. The following
84-680: Is the list of leagues with their member schools in order of size, from largest to smallest, based on the number of schools in the league. The OHSL divides itself into three conferences based mostly on the size of the school. It is not exact, however, because of reclassifications. The Freedom Conference comprises Class A schools, the Liberty Conference comprises Class B schools, and the Patriot Conference comprises Class C and D schools. Freedom Conference Liberty Conference Patriot Conference The Center State Conference
96-576: The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA). New York State Public High School Athletic Association The New York State Public High School Athletic Association ( NYSPHSAA ) is the governing body of interscholastic sports for most public schools in New York outside New York City . The organization was created in 1923, after a predecessor organization called
108-1022: The Capital District, where parallel sanctioning bodies for private schools (like the MMAA in Western New York, the CHSAA in Metropolitan New York, or various leagues in and around New York City) do not exist. It is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations as well as the New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations. The NYSPHSAA acknowledges 23 sports and holds over 30 championship events throughout 3 seasons: Fall, Winter and Spring. Fall Sports Winter Sports Spring Sports The NYSPHSAA
120-612: The New York State Public High School Association of Basketball Leagues began in 1921 to bring consistency to eligibility rules and to conduct state tournaments. It consists of 768 member high schools from the state divided into 11 geographic sections. While as its name suggests the vast majority of its members are public, it does include a number of private and Catholic high schools. Most of these are located in Central New York and
132-455: The section in tournaments or invitationals. The section is further divided into leagues based on mostly location but also the size of the school. The schools in the section compete with each other over the course of three seasons, fall, winter, and spring. Typically, each section holds a sectional championship tournament in each sport and class. The sectional champions then meet first in regional competition, then in state competition, to determine
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#1732794442271144-415: The state champion in each class. Location : Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester Counties Section 1 offers "modified athletics" administration covering grades 7-9 middle school competition in area middle schools (grade 9 is officially part of the high school level). Class AAA Class AA-1 Class AA-2 Class A Class B Class C Class D Location : Capital District Section 2
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