Distinctions
Greeley is nationally respected for its high academic standards. The high school was ranked #46 nationally in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report rankings of "America's Best High Schools," and #7 among those with open enrollment. It currently offers 23 advanced placement courses. Recent years have seen approximately one-tenth of graduating seniors recognized by the National Merit Scholarship committee; the class of 2004 included 25 National Merit semifinalists; the class of 2005 had 16; the class of 2007, 22. The mean SAT score among graduating seniors in the Class of 2005 was 1269 (612 Verbal and 657 Math). 97% of the Class of 2005 went on to higher education, 96% to four-year colleges.
The high school is strong in several extracurricular programs. Its academic challenge team won the National Academic Championship in 2003, finished third in 2007, 2009 and 2010, and placed among the top six teams at the national tournament in five of the six years between 2000 and 2005.Chip Beall, the organizer of the tournament, noted in 2007 that Greeley's team had "the most airline miles logged at the National Academic Association's expense", a nod to their placement in the final rounds of the tournament more times than any other team in the tournament's history. The Horace Greeley Debate Team has been successful at many regional tournaments as well as national tournaments, and has sent debaters to States every year since its inception in 2002. The Madrigal Choir, a select group of students auditioned from the full chorus, recently attended the prestigious Disney Honors festival in Orlando, Florida.
Programs at Horace Greeley include the LIFE (Learning Independently From Experience) school, an alternative school for grades 11–12 located on campus, and independent study and senior project options. a child study program linked to an on-site preschool; Arts and athletic offerings are extensive, and classes are offered in five foreign languages: Spanish, French, Latin, and, at the LIFE school, Italian. Chinese is now offered as well. In the 2005–2006 school year, Ancient Greek was taught for the first time, as an independent study. The Latin 4-level poetry class has been approved through the SUNY Albany University in High School Programs as a third-semester college course; students are eligible to receive three college credits by fulfilling the requirements of the course.
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