Hamburg High School is a public secondary school in Hamburg, Erie County, New York, United States. The school has 996 students in grades 9-12 as of the 2024-2025 school year. The mascot of Hamburg High School is the bulldog, and the school colors are purple and white. Their chief athletic rivals are the cross-town Frontier Falcons, Orchard Park Quakers, and Lake Shore Eagles.
Academics
Hamburg High School offers 171 academic courses, 16 of which are Advanced Placement (AP) classes. The school is also a member of Erie 1 BOCES, and as such offers a number of career and technical education courses.
History
Former Principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
- Byron Heath
- Ford R. Park
- Albert H. Downey–1909âÂÂ1918 (Principal â Williamsville High School, named Principal of Waterloo High School)
- Frank N. Zurbick–1918âÂÂ1926
- Vernon Simmons–1926âÂÂ1940 (History teacher â Hamburg High School, resigned)
- Leon E. Leader–1940âÂÂ1946
- Spencer W. Ravel–1940âÂÂ1972 (unknown, retired)
- Lawrence S. Hood–1972âÂÂ1998 (Assistant Principal â Westhill Junior-Senior High School, retired)
- Jean M. Kovach–1998âÂÂ2000 (Assistant Principal â West Seneca East High School, named Director of Instruction of Hamburg Central School District)
- Jacqueline K. Peffer–2000âÂÂ2005 (Principal â Middleport Elementary School, named Principal of Union Pleasant Elementary School)
- Michael J. Gallagher–2005âÂÂ2021 (Principal â North Collins Junior/Senior High School, retired)
Notable alumni
- Kathy Hochul, governor of New York
- George Abbott, Broadway producer
- Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon, writer and magazine editor
- E. Howard Hunt, author, CIA officer, member of the White House Plumbers, organizer of the Watergate burglary
- Howard J. Osborn, former CIA director of security
- Alison Pipitone singer songwriter, and guitarist
- Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post.
References
External links
- http://www.hamburgschools.org