Amherst Central High School

Amherst Central High School (ACHS) is a public high school in Snyder, New York, United States, a hamlet within the town of Amherst, which is within the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area. It is the only high school in the Amherst Central School District. Its enrollment is approximately 802 students.[2] The school opened in 1931;[3] construction on the current building began in 1929.

Amherst Central High School
Address
4301 Main Street

Amherst
,
New York
14226

United States
Coordinates42°57′44.5″N 78°47′25.5″W
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1930
LocaleSuburban
PrincipalGregory Pigeon
Faculty75.53 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment861 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.40[1]
Color(s)Black, orange and white             
MascotTigers
YearbookThe Tower
Websiteamherstschools.org

District

The high school served 802 students from grades nine through twelve for the 2012-13 academic year. The school's Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA) is a joint organization with the Amherst Middle School. The 15-square-mile (38.8 km2) Amherst School District has a population of 27,578 as of October 2012. The high school serves the school district which encompasses the neighborhoods of Eggertsville and Snyder, as well as small portions of the village of Williamsville and the town of Cheektowaga.[4]

In 1998 the high school was judged one of the 100 best in the country by Newsweek magazine, with students taking the highest number of Advanced Placement examinations in Western New York.[5]

Music and theater

Amherst is known for the high quality of their music program. Instrumental music comprises an Orchestra Department (String Instruments) and a Band Department (Wind and Percussion Instruments). The Band Department consists of Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Ensemble, as well as smaller sectional ensembles. The Orchestra Department consists of Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Operetta Pit Orchestra, Sinfonia, and smaller chamber ensembles. The Choral Department (Vocal Music) includes Concert Choir, Concert Chorale, Sweet Sixteens, and Varsity Singers.

Music directors

Craig Incontro Band Director/Music Department Chair
Matt Pendrak Orchestra Director
Justin Pomietlarz Choral Director/Operetta Producer

Drama Club

The Drama Club's past shows include A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life and The Diary of Anne Frank. In the spring of 2008, students directed short one-act comedies. These have since been made a seasonal tradition.

Operetta

Amherst also has a prominent operetta program, and has been producing operettas annually since about 1932. The operetta for 2019-2020 was Titanic.

Operetta Season
Titanic 2019-2020
42nd Street 2018-2019
The Phantom of the Opera 2017-2018
Beauty and the Beast 2016-2017
Grease 2015-2016
Guys and Dolls 2014-2015
Anything Goes 2013-2014
Les Misérables 2012-2013
Oklahoma! 2011-2012
Urinetown: The Musical 2010-2011
Leader of the Pack 2009-2010
The Boy Friend 2008-2009
Into the Woods 2007-2008
Seussical: The Musical 2006-2007
Damn Yankees 2005-2006
The Wizard of Oz 2004-2005
Once on This Island 2003-2004
Anything Goes 2002-2003
Bye Bye Birdie 2001-2002
Hello, Dolly! 2000-2001
Fiddler on the Roof 1999-2000
Oklahoma! 1998-1999
Guys and Dolls 1997-1998
South Pacific 1996-1997

(List is Partial)

Athletics
The Amherst High School hockey team

Amherst supports many sports and is a Section B school. The school has a turf athletic stadium, the Dimp Wagner Athletic Field, which serves as the home playing surface for the Amherst Tigers football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, and many JV and modified teams. The stadium also plays host to many local high school play-off and championship games in various sporting events.

Amherst had a championship men's hockey team (ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation in 2009) and women's lacrosse teams, producing multiple Division I athletes every year. The men's hockey team won the section six championship on February 28, 2010. This team made league history by winning the championship as the last place seed coming in. It also boasts championship tennis, field hockey, and basketball programs. Their field hockey team has had much success in the past ten years. The team won the Far West Regional Championship game in Medina, NY against Pittsford-Sutherland High School with a score of 2-1 and advanced onto the State Championship for Class B in Vestal, New York on November 20th, 2009. Amherst's field hockey program has continued its success with Section 6 Championship wins in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017.

Amherst Central Alumni Foundation

Established in 1983, the foundation funds experiences for students emphasizing projects that extend their horizons or involve helping others. The foundation also funds mini-grants for teachers for special projects or equipment not otherwise funded by the school district.[6]

Notable alumni and former students

References
  1. "Amherst Central High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. "About Us". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. Walter S. Dunn, ed., History of Erie County, 1870–1970, [Buffalo]: Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, [1972], OCLC 375689, p. 146.
  4. "Amherst Central School District: Residency fact sheet". Amherstschools.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
  5. Peter Simon, "3 WNY Schools Make List of Nation's Top 100", The Buffalo News, March 26, 1998.
  6. "Amherst Central Alumni Foundation". Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
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