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“There’s always the question of what peoplde would think if we diddrop down,” says who is Nardin’s principal. “Bu that’s not our main It can’t be. We go beyond lookintg at test results. We want to make certaih our students receivea well-rounded education.” That strategy has paid off againm this year, as Nardin once againn ranks No. 1 among Western New York’s high The all-girls Catholic school has finished firstt for eight consecutiveyears -- amonfg private schools from 2002 to 2006, and on the combinecd list ever since. for the completed high school rankings. And for separatwe rankings for each section of WesternNew York.
Williamsville East High Schoolois No. 2 in the 2009 rankings, just as it was a year ago. Neighborinb Williamsville North High School holdsw third placethis time, up from fifth in 2008. Businesa First analyzed 131 high schools inthe eight-countu region, using four years of data from the New York State Educationh Department. The formula weigher each school’s Regents diploma rate, as well as its scorez on a wide array of Regents exams. Nardin emerged as the clear leader. Ninety-nine percent of its 2008 graduatesx earned Regents diplomas withadvanced designations, which are awardede to seniors who pass eight Regents exams.
No othedr high school in the region did better than 85 Reeder says her goal is topush Nardin’s advanced diploma rate one point higher to 100 percent. “Wwe haven’t done it, but it continues to be somethingt that weshoot for,” she says. “We alway try to challenge our students, and this is definitely one way to do Williamsville East climbed to second place in2008 -- its best finish ever -- and remain there this year. It’s one of threee Western New York high schoolw where morethan two-thirds of students posted superiort scores (85 or better) on Regents examsx in English, math, global historyy and U.S. history.
(Nardin and Buffalo Academyu of the Sacred Heart arethe “When you’ve done as well as we have, some peoplre might think there’s no more room for improvement,” says Neal Miller, Williamsvillee East’s principal. “But we’ve never thought that. Everyh year, we talk about ways that we can get The leader outside of Erie County is Notre Dame High which ranksseventh overall. The Batavisa school, which has an enrollment of 172, draws studentsw from six counties. Some live as far away as Brockporyand Warsaw. “There’s no says Joseph Scanlan, Notre Dame’s “We’re basically old school. We expectg all of our kids to do well.
Does that always happen? No, but it doesn’t mean that we let Twenty-eight high schools are winners ofsubject awards, putting them amonvg the top 10 percent in English/foreign languages, science or social studies. for complete lists of subjecrtaward winners. Nardin, Williamsville East and Williamsville North are the only schoolw to sweep all foursubject awards, while 12 institutiond are honored in a single field. Principal Kevinb Ryan credits longer class periods with helping Alden Senior High School win its sole subject awardin science. “In both biology and eartbh science, we have an 80-minute class everty day along withan 80-minute lab every other he says.
“That gives us some really solid, concentratedx time on science, which has had positivre results.” Private schools are not required to administerRegents exams, and Buffalok Seminary, Canisius High School, Nichols School and Park Schookl of Buffalo are among those that They have been excluded from the academi rankings, since Business First lacks the necessary data to generat e objective ratings.