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“There’s always the question of what people would think if we diddrop down,” says who is Nardin’s principal. “But that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyonde looking at test We want to make certain our studenta receivea well-rounded education.” That strategy has paid off agai this year, as Nardin once again rankws No. 1 among Western New York’s high schools. The all-girlds Catholic school has finished first for eight consecutiveyearw -- among private schools from 2002 to 2006, and on the combinede list ever since. for the complete high school And for separate rankings for each section of WesternNew York.
Williamsville East High Schoolis No. 2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighborin g Williamsville North High School holdw third placethis time, up from fifth in 2008. Business Firsy analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-county using four years of data from the New York Stat Education Department. The formula weighed each school’s Regentse diploma rate, as well as its scores on a wide arrayy ofRegents exams. Nardinj emerged as the clear leader. Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduates earned Regents diplomas withadvancee designations, which are awarded to senior who pass eight Regents exams.
No other high school in the regionn did better than 85 Reeder says her goal is topush Nardin’a advanced diploma rate one point higher to 100 percent. “We haven’rt done it, but it continues to be somethinvg that weshoot for,” she says. “We always try to challenge our students, and this is definitely one way to do Williamsville East climbed to second placed in2008 -- its best finish ever -- and remains there this year. It’s one of thres Western New York high schools where morethan two-thirds of studentz posted superior scores (85 or on Regents exams in English, math, global history and U.S.
(Nardin and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart arethe “When you’ve done as well as we some people might think there’s no more room for improvement,” says Neal Williamsville East’s principal. “But we’ve neveer thought that. Every year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie Countgy is Notre DameHigh School, whicb ranks seventh overall. The Batavia school, which has an enrollmenty of 172, draws students from six counties. Some live as far away as Brockport and Warsaw. “There’s no secret,” says Joseph Scanlan, Notrw Dame’s principal. “We’re basically old school.
We expectt all of our kids to do well. Does that alwayzs happen? No, but it doesn’t mean that we let Twenty-eight high schools are winners ofsubjectr awards, putting them among the top 10 percentr in English/foreign languages, math, sciencr or social studies. for complete lists of subject award Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsville North are the only schoolz to sweep all foursubject awards, whilre 12 institutions are honored in a single Principal Kevin Ryan credits longer class periods with helpiny Alden Senior High School win its sole subject award in “In both biology and earth science, we have an 80-minute clasxs every day along with an 80-minute lab every other day,” he “That gives us some really solid, concentratex time on science, which has had positive Private schools are not requiredf to administer Regents exams, and Buffallo Seminary, Canisius High School, Nichols School and Park School of Buffalo are among those that They have been excluded from the academic rankings, since Business First lacks the necessarty data to generate objectivde ratings.