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20-607: The district operates one school, the Amagansett School , serving grades PK through 6. The total enrollment for the 2020–2021 school year was 136 students. Students then complete their education at the East Hampton Middle School and East Hampton High School as part of a tuition agreement with the East Hampton Union Free School District . Maria Door is the school's principal and Seth Turner

40-564: A 5–3 record. They would go on to lose to No. 1 seeded Sayville 17–6. New York State Public High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball Championships The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Boys Basketball Championships are held annually to determine the champions of public high schools outside of New York City, though some catholic and independent schools are members as well. The championship games are held each March. After 36 years in Glens Falls at

60-487: A four-year graduation rate of 82%. The current principal is Sara Smith, a former assistant principal at Southampton High School . Smith succeeded James Crenshaw, who resigned after one year to become assistant superintendent of Longwood Central School District further west on Long Island. The school's sports teams are known as the Bonackers , and the school colors are maroon and gray. The school's history traces back to

80-543: A new building, later named for elementary principal John M. Marshall. In 1970, high school students moved to the current facility on Long Lane, just outside the village boundary. A$ 49-million expansion was completed in 2010. The project included 95,000 square feet (8,800 m ) of new space and renovated 150,000 square feet (14,000 m ) of existing space, including a new cafeteria, library, gymnasium, and district and school offices, and multi-purpose classrooms, as well as an energy-efficient "cool roof." The school won

100-418: Is further divided into classes, by school enrollment size. The classes are, from largest schools to smallest, AA, A, B, C, and D. For 2015, the classification enrollment cutoffs were as follows, counting the number of 9th, 10th and 11th grade students in the previous scholastic year (enrollment is doubled for all-boys schools): A school may elect to play in a higher classification, but may not elect to play in

120-590: Is the district's superintendent. Turner's predecessor, Eleanor Tritt, was in the role from 2008 to 2018. Turner had previously been superintendent of the Saugerties Central School District since 2009. Amagansett is bordered by the Montauk school district to the east, the Springs district to the north, and East Hampton district to the west. The original schoolhouse, built by Samuel Schellinger in 1802,

140-829: The Glens Falls Civic Center , the championships are held in Binghamton at Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena . The winners of the Class AA, A and B tournaments then compete for the state title in a tournament, called the Federation Tournament of Champions , against the champions of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA), the New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association (NYSAISAA), and

160-651: The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Boys Basketball Championships Class B in 1989 and placed second in Class A in 2008. The state championship tournament system began in 1979. East Hampton won 1977 state championship in Division A (the tournament was consolidate for all divisions in 1979) and its star player was future NBA player Howard Wood . Wood's younger brother Kenny Wood played for

180-698: The Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) (public schools in New York City). The Federation Tournament of Champions returned to Glens Falls at the Glens Falls Civic Center beginning in March 2017. The earliest high school boys' state championship in New York was held in 1921 as a single-class tournament. The tournament continued as a one-classification competition through 1929, then as a two-classification (A and B) competition from 1930 through 1932. After

200-707: The Seton Hall Pirates by the New York Knicks but only played in the minor leagues for the Hazelton Jets and New Haven Bears before coaching high school. The school did not field varsity football teams in 2017, 2018, and 2019 because school officials said they could not field 22 people on the team. The school had traditionally in New York Division IV. The school has rejected a proposal to join with Southampton, Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton for football but

220-496: The 1932 tournament, the NYSPHSAA voted against continuing the competition. According to Alton Doyle, the executive director of the NYSPHSAA from 1975 to 1990, there were many violations of the rules on eligibility, with some schools using overage students, and gambling was widespread. The state tournament was believed to be a cause of such problems, leading to the decision to eliminate the tournament. Regional tournaments continued over

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240-402: The 1989 team. Both players were coached by Ed Petrie (1933–2015) who coached East Hampton from 1969 until 2010 when he retired at age 77 (including all state title appearances). Petrie had 754 wins with various eastern Lond Island schools—setting a New York state coaching record. The basketball court is named for Petrie. Petrie was drafted 12th round (84th pick) of the 1956 NBA draft out of

260-479: The Clinton Academy, which opened its doors in 1785. The school was named for former New York governor George Clinton . It ceased to be a school in 1881 when the state-charted academy system ended. Land on Newtown Lane in the village of East Hampton was purchased from Isaac Osborn in 1894, allowing the school to move into a "larger and better-equipped" wooden building, according to a 1960 school handbook. This

280-487: The combined schools would then complete in Division I which is for Long Island's biggest schools. New York State does not have a true state championship in football as New York City and Long Island schools do not compete. The highest level is the Long Island Football Championships and East Hampton has not appeared in any of those games. They did however reach the postseason in 2009–2010 after compelling

300-491: The district in 2014. The current brick schoolhouse is a Georgian-style building that opened in 1936 with the aid of a $ 75,000 Works Progress Administration grant. In February 1989, voters approved the district's proposal to purchase a two-bedroom house adjacent to the school grounds that would serve as a home for the superintendent. Amagansett's 2020–2021 budget proposal in February 2020 forecasted an increase of 15 students in

320-514: The school due to the opening of a new affordable housing complex in the district. In reality, partially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , enrollment nearly doubled to 136 students, a number not seen since the 1970s. East Hampton High School East Hampton High School is a high school in East Hampton , Suffolk County , New York, United States. Located on the east end of Long Island ,

340-458: The school is the easternmost high school in New York State. It is part of the East Hampton Union Free School District , but also educates students in the neighboring communities of Wainscott , Springs , Amagansett , and Montauk as a result of tuition contracts with the respective local school districts. In the 2019–2020 school year, the total enrollment was 920 students and the school had

360-431: The years without any overall state championship. From 1974 through 1977, various inter-sectional, regional and inter-class post-season tournaments were held. In 1976, the state legislature passed a bill to authorize a state tournament, which began in 1978. Winners of each section compete in the NYSPHSAA tournament, by size classification, for the NYSPHSAA state championship. There are 11 sections, as follows: Each section

380-713: Was known as the East Hampton Union School , and later, the East Hampton Grade and High School . The first graduating class in 1895 had six students. In 1922, the grade school (one of two school buildings) was torn down to make way for a new facility. The high school building was moved to the corner of Main Street and Fithian Lane, replacing the original Clinton Academy as a municipal building,. A new brick school building opened in 1924 to serve primary and secondary education. In 1961, elementary students moved to

400-551: Was located on Amagansett Street (now Main Street/ Montauk Highway ) in the center of town. The district itself was founded in 1813. In 1864, the schoolhouse was moved to Atlantic Avenue and Main Street near the Amagansett Cemetery in 1864. This was replaced by a building at the nearby intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Abrahams Landing Road in 1881. The older building was auctioned off, but was later donated back to

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