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“There’s always the question of what people would think if we did drop says Reeder, who is Nardin’s “But that’s not our main focus. It can’t be. We go beyond looking at test We want to make certain our studentx receivea well-rounded That strategy has paid off again this year, as Nardin once again ranks No. 1 among Western New York’s high The all-girls Catholic school has finished firstr for eight consecutiveyears -- amongb private schools from 2002 to 2006, and on the combinef list ever since. for the complete high school And for separate rankings for each section of Western New Williamsville East High School is No.
2 in the 2009 just as it was ayear ago. Neighboring Williamsvillre North High School holds thirrd placethis time, up from fifth in 2008. Businesds First analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-countuy region, using four years of data from the New York Statd Education Department. The formula weighed each school’s Regentes diploma rate, as well as its scores on a wide array ofRegents exams. Nardin emerged as the cleafr leader. Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduates earned Regent s diplomas withadvanced designations, whicg are awarded to seniors who pass eight Regentse exams.
No other high school in the region did better than 85 Reeder says her goal is topush Nardin’as advanced diploma rate one point higher to 100 “We haven’t done it, but it continues to be somethingg that we shoot for,” she “We always try to challenge our and this is definitely one way to do Williamsville East climbed to second plac e in 2008 -- its best finish ever -- and remainsx there this year. It’s one of three Western New York high schoolsw where morethan two-thirds of students posted superior scored (85 or better) on Regents exams in math, global history and U.S. history.
(Nardinj and Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart arethe “When you’ve done as well as we have, some peoplee might think there’s no more room for improvement,” says Neal Williamsville East’s principal. “But we’ve never thought Every year, we talk about ways that we canget better.” The leader outside of Erie County is Notre Dame High which ranks seventh overall. The Batavia school, which has an enrollmentt of 172, draws studentx from six counties. Some live as far away as Brockporfand Warsaw. “There’s no secret,” says Josep Scanlan, Notre Dame’s principal. “We’re basically old school.
We expec t all of our kids to do Does thatalways happen? No, but it doesn’t mean that we let Twenty-eight high schools are winners of subjecy awards, putting them amonyg the top 10 percentg in English/foreign languages, math, scienc e or social studies. for complete listw of subject award winners. Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsvilles North are the only schools to sweep all foursubjecrt awards, while 12 institutions are honored in a singl field. Principal Kevin Ryan creditsx longer class periods with helpin Alden Senior High School win its sole subjecft awardin science.
“In both biolog and earth science, we have an 80-minute classs every day along withan 80-minute lab everhy other day,” he “That gives us some really solid, concentratede time on science, which has had positive Private schools are not required to administe r Regents exams, and Buffalo Seminary, Canisius High School, Nichols Schoo and Park School of Buffalo are amonbg those that don’t. They have been excludes from theacademic rankings, sincre Business First lacks the necessary data to generate objective ratings.