Hastings High School

History

The class of 1908 was the first graduating class of Hastings High School.

Extracurricular activities

Theater

Hastings High School received a $10,000 grant from a division of the National Broadcasting Corporation to put on a production of Hairspray.

Athletics

Hastings is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association. The Hastings Athletics Department has been recognized by the Journal News as recipients of the NHSCSA Sportsmen Medallion for their outstanding efforts in both Crowd Attendance and Spirit. The Student Section, also known as the "Cochran Crazies," has been awarded the TFS Scholar Creative Minds Award recognized by the Section 1 Athletic Committee in 2006.

The Buzzer

Hastings High School's newspaper; it has been represented by its Editorial Staffs at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Annual Conference at Columbia University, the Young Author's Conference of 2007, and "Journalism That Matters: The DC Sessions" at The George Washington University.

Awards and recognition

Hastings High School was a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Award for excellence for 2001–2002 and for 2016–2017.

Rankings

In 2015, Hastings High School was ranked 162nd on Newsweek's ranking of the top US high schools.

Notable alumni

Stephen Collins, actor

Libby Copeland, reporter for the Washington Post

Ricki Lake (born 1968), actress, television presenter and producer

Ali Marpet (born 1993), American football center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL)

Robert Meeropol (born 1947), son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Dave Rice (born c. 1940), college football coach

Benh Zeitlin (born 1982), filmmaker, composer, and animator

John Dehner (born 1915), stage, radio, film, and television actor

Edmund Phelps (born 1933), recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics