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32-490: John Glenn High School can mean: Elwood-John H. Glenn High School , Huntington, New York John Glenn High School (California) , Norwalk, California John Glenn High School (New Concord, Ohio) John Glenn High School (Bangor Township, Michigan) John Glenn High School (Westland, Michigan) John Glenn High School (Walkerton, Indiana) See also [ edit ] John Glenn Middle School of International Studies ,

64-622: A B-1 school defeated North Babylon (AA-1)in the playoffs and then Half Hallows Hills in the championship game to win the Suffolk County title and its varsity football team was undefeated (8-0) that same year, only the second year the school fielded a varsity team. Coach Jim Dunn was named 1965 Suffolk Coach of the Year. In 1989, both the baseball and softball teams won the Suffolk County Class B Championship. In basketball, Glenn's boys team won

96-531: A Rutgers Trophy in 1979 to his credit, when he was named Suffolk County Coach of the Year, as well for the best football team in the county. In 2010, the football team won the Suffolk County Championship and its first Long Island Championship. The team was also awarded the Rutgers Trophy for the second time. The 2010 Knights Football team was the only undefeated public high school football team in

128-622: A middle school in Indio, California Glenn High School (disambiguation) John Glenn (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title John Glenn High School . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Glenn_High_School&oldid=950886388 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

160-514: A nationally syndicated feature of Newsday . In the 1980s, a new design director, Robert Eisner, guided the transition into digital design and color printing. Newsday created and sponsored a "Long Island at the Crossroads" advisory board in 1978, to recommend regional goals, supervise local government, and liaison with state and Federal officials. It lasted approximately a decade. On March 21, 2011, Newsday redesigned its front page, scrapping

192-420: A regular foreign affairs analysis column for Newsday . Writer and biographer Robert Caro was an investigative reporter. Its features section has included television reporters Verne Gay and Diane Werts, TV/film feature writer Frank Lovece , and film critic Rafer Guzman. Newsday carries the syndicated columnist Froma Harrop . Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman 's editorial political cartoons animation are

224-460: A successful program at the high school. James Dunn was the coach during the program's first period, guiding the undefeated 1964 team and was named Suffolk County Coach of the Year by Newsday . Dr. Bob Cox took the helm in 1971 coaching the Blue Knights to their first ever conference title in 1972. Tony Cerullo followed continuing the trend, winning conference titles in 1975–77, 1979 and 1984, with

256-515: A total of 15. They also have been crowned Long Island Class B Champions for the past 12 years straight sending them onto the State Championships where they took State Class B titles 6 out of the last 10 years. (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, and 2012) The controversy over whether the Glenn Girls' volleyball program should be entitled to call themselves the "Spiders" rather than the "Lady Knights"

288-657: Is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area . The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper". The newspaper's headquarters are located in Melville, New York . Since its founding in 1940, Newsday has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes . Historically, it penetrated the New York City market. As of 2023, Newsday is the eighth-largest circulation newspaper in

320-544: Is available online and through major streaming outlets. NewsdayTV takes a similar approach to news as other Long Island news outlets such as News12. Despite having a tabloid format, Newsday is not known for being sensationalistic, as are other local daily tabloids, such as the New York Daily News and the New York Post . This causes Newsday to sometimes be referred to as "the respectable tabloid". In 2004,

352-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elwood-John H. Glenn High School The school was constructed from a combined authorization for building, equipment, grounds and landscaping of $ 3,640,000, and came in under budget. The architect was Frederick E. Allardt, A.I.A. The school was dedicated on November 17, 1962 after opening to students in September 1962, with Williard J. Adams, President of

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384-479: Is part of what makes the athletic program at John Glenn unique. Glenn's wrestling team, started by coach Richard Coronato in 1962, was League IV Champions in 1965, 1966, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013, the Suffolk County Division II champion in 2007 and Suffolk County Division I champion in 2009 and 2010. Also League IV Tournament Champions in 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2015-16. Each year, members of

416-720: The Tribune Company , partnering Newsday with the New York City television station WPIX , also owned by Tribune. With the Times Mirror-Tribune merger, the newspaper founded by Alicia Patterson was now owned by the company that was founded by her great-grandfather, Joseph Medill , who owned the Chicago Tribune and, until 1991, also owned her father's Daily News . Tribune sold the Daily News to British newspaper magnate Robert Maxwell . Following Maxwell's death in 1992,

448-548: The nameplate and font used since the 1960s in favor of a sans-serif wordmark. In 2004, a circulation scandal revealed that the paper's daily and Sunday circulation had been inflated by 16.9% and 14.5%, respectively, in the auditing period September 30, 2002 to September 30, 2003. The Audit Bureau of Circulation adjusted average weekday circulation to 481,816 from 579,599; average Saturday circulation to 392,649 from 416,830; and average Sunday circulation to 574,081 from 671,820, and instituted twice-yearly audits. In 2008, Newsday

480-438: The "left-wing" coverage of the anti- Vietnam War protests. The two ultimately split over the 1968 presidential election , with Guggenheim authoring an editorial supporting Richard Nixon when Moyers supported Hubert Humphrey . In 1970, Guggenheim sold his majority share to the then-conservative Times-Mirror Company over the attempt of newspaper employees to block the sale, even though Moyers offered $ 10 million more than

512-482: The 2010 season as they beat Seaford High School in the championship game. In 2011, the football team won its second straight Long Island Class IV Championship by defeating Roosevelt High School . The boys soccer team was dominant in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the Suffolk County Class B Championship in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1992, the Long Island Class B Championship in 1986, 1987 and 1990, and

544-508: The Board of Education and James H. Boyd, District Principal laying the cornerstone and Dr. Walter Crewson, Associate Commissioner of Education for the State of New York giving the address: "Education for Freedom.". The first principal was Dr. Jack Horner. The school is named after NASA astronaut John Glenn , whose historic flight as the first American to orbit Earth took place on February 20, 1962, during

576-625: The Long Island and Suffolk County Class A championships in 2014, the Class B Championship in 1987 and 1988 as well as the Long Island Class B Championship in 1988. The girls team won the Suffolk County Class B Championship in 2005, the Suffolk County Class A Championship in 2006 and 2011, the Long Island Class B Championship in 2005, the Long Island Class A Championship in 2006 and the New York State Class B Championship in 2005. Football has remained

608-473: The New York State Class B Championship in 1986, 1987 and 1990. The girls soccer team won the Suffolk County Class B Championship in 1995 and the Long Island Class B Championship in 1984. The John Glenn girls' volleyball team has achieved outstanding success over the past 2 decades. The Spiders (as they call themselves) have been League Champions for 20 years straight, Suffolk County Class B Champions for 13 years straight also capturing two other county titles for

640-483: The Times-Mirror purchase price; Moyers resigned a few days later. Guggenheim, who died a year later, had Moyers removed from his will. After the competing Long Island Press (not to be confused with the alternative weekly of the same name) ceased publication in 1977, Newsday launched a separate Queens edition, followed by a New York City edition dubbed New York Newsday . In June 2000, Times Mirror merged with

672-540: The United States with a print circulation of 86,850. Founded by Alicia Patterson and her husband, Harry Guggenheim , the first edition of Newsday was September 3, 1940, published from Hempstead . Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s, Newsday copied the Daily News format of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson was fired as a writer at her father's Daily News in her early 20s, after getting

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704-941: The alternative weekly newspaper Long Island Press (which is not related to the defunct daily of the same name) wrote that Newsday has used its clout to influence local politics in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Bill Moyers briefly served as publisher. During the tenure of publisher Robert M. Johnson in the 1980s, Newsday made a major push into New York City. The paper's roster of columnists and critics has included Cathy Young , Jimmy Breslin , Barbara Garson , Normand Poirier , Murray Kempton , Gail Collins , Pete Hamill , Sydney Schanberg , Robert Reno (died 2012), Jim Dwyer , sportswriter Mike Lupica , music critic Tim Page , and television critic Marvin Kitman . The paper featured both advice columnists Ann Landers and Dear Abby for several years. From 1985 to 2005, Michael Mandelbaum wrote

736-417: The basic facts of a divorce wrong in a published report. She later went on the publish and edit Newsday . Following Patterson's death in 1963, Guggenheim became publisher and editor. In 1967, Guggenheim turned over the publisher position to Bill Moyers and continued as president and editor-in-chief. But Guggenheim was disappointed by the liberal drift of the newspaper under Moyers, criticizing what he called

768-736: The construction of the school. The School Board and High School P.T.A. led by Mary Birkel decided on the name. Its first senior class of 72 students graduated in June 1963. The school quickly became known for both its high percentage of students entering college as well as for having a superior sports program, participating as the Elwood Knights in the Suffolk County League B IV. The school has had numerous athletes named as All county and All State in baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, soccer, volleyball and wrestling. The 1964 baseball team as

800-523: The end of July 2018, which, combined with Charles Dolan's transfer of shares to son Patrick, made Patrick the sole owner of Newsday . In July 2020, Newsday received $ 10 million in federal government loans from Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic to pay salaries for 500 employees. In 2022, Don Hudson was named editor. In March 2023, Newsday launched NewsdayTV, featuring former News 12 Networks anchor Elisa DiStefano. NewsdayTV

832-434: The family publishing empire collapsed, and Mortimer Zuckerman purchased the Daily News . In April 2008, News Corporation , headed by CEO Rupert Murdoch , attempted to purchase Newsday for US$ 580 million. This was followed by a matching bid from Zuckerman and a $ 680 million bid from Cablevision . In May 2008, News Corporation withdrew its bid, and on May 12, 2008, Newsday reported that Cablevision would purchase

864-678: The national average. Graduating classes have included a number of National Merit Scholarship finalists, semifinalists, and commended scholars. In addition, 87 percent of the class of 2003 graduated with a New York State Regents diploma, one of the highest percentages on Long Island . Ninety percent of the graduating class continued their education, attending colleges, universities, and technical schools . Courses are reviewed annually and new courses are added to meet changing needs. Included are Advanced Placement and college-level courses, Regents courses that meet and exceed all state requirements, and electives in both academic and technical areas. John Glenn

896-532: The paper for $ 650 million. The sale was completed July 29, 2008. In 2016, Altice , a Netherlands -based multinational telecommunications company, acquired Cablevision, including Newsday and News 12. However, Altice then sold a majority (75%) stake in Newsday back to Cablevision's former owner Charles Dolan and his son Patrick, making Patrick the CEO of Newsday . Altice disposed of its remaining stake in Newsday at

928-401: The school who took the exams scored at least a 3 out of 5. In 2018, Elwood-John Glenn High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, one of only four schools on Long Island to receive this award. Newsday Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island , although it

960-485: The senior class achieve SAT scores that rank above the national and state averages. Its students have performed as All-County, All-State and All-Eastern musicians. Many of the school's art students participate in and receive recognition at regional competitions and one student was recognized for his work, at the state level. The number of seniors cited by the National Merit Scholarship Program exceeds

992-416: Was ranked 10th in terms of newspaper circulation in the United States. On October 28, 2009, Newsday changed its web site to a paid-subscriber only model . Newsday.com would open its front page, classified ads, movie listings, and school closings to all site visitors, but access beyond this content would require a weekly fee – US$ 5 as of 2010. This fee would be waived for subscribers of the print edition of

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1024-489: Was ranked 211th and 277th in Newsweek 's list of the top 1,000 high schools in 2003 and 2005, respectively. In 2010, it dropped to 816, but was ranked 318th in 2012, and returned to 277th in 2013, then went down to 376th in 2015. In 2016, Elwood-John H. Glenn High School was ranked 2nd out of 95 school districts on Long Island in terms of Advanced Placement exam scores. The College Board reported that 86 percent of students at

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