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H. Frank Carey Junior/Senior High School
Established	1956
Type	Public Junior / Senior High School
Principal	Douglas Monaghan
Students	1789
Grades	7-12
Location	230 Poppy Avenue, Franklin Square, New York, USA
District	Sewanhaka Central High School District
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Orange Black and White
Mascot	Seahawk
Yearbook	LOG
Newspaper	Carey Clipper
Website	http://www.careyhighschool.com/

H. Frank Carey High School is a public high school located in Franklin Square, New York serving students in the seventh through twelfth grades from the towns of Garden City South, West Hempstead, Elmont and Franklin Square. The school's principal is Mr. Douglas Monaghan. The assistant principals are Ms. Sharon Flynn, Mr. Kenny and Mrs. Loraine Wright.

Contents 1 History 2 Student Government Organization 3 Athletics 4 Musical 5 Clubs 6 Carey Clipper/Riptide 6.1 Model UN 7 Noted Alumni 8 External links

H. Frank Carey High School was constructed in 1956 in the Long Island town of Franklin Square. The school was named after Board of Education President, H. Frank Carey. Carey High School was awarded in 1999-2000 the prestigious award of being a National School of Excellence.

The school's Student Government (SG) is run in a representative style. Each grade has a Class Board, generally made up of a President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Historian and several Student Government Representatives (depending on each particular grade). Each Class Board monitors its own funds and activities. The Student Government Representatives, in addition to being active members of their own class board are also required to attend weekly Student Government Meetings. At this time they discuss issues that pertain to the school as a whole, specifically activities that include more than one grade, club or incorporate a community group. Examples of activities that they host are Homecoming, March Jamboree, Spirit Day, Pep Rally and a whole slate of other events. The President, Ali Kaufman and the Advisor, Mrs. Teresa Rolla has the primary responsibility and accountability to the student body of insuring that each function goes according to plan. They are assisted by the other Student Government officers and in most cases an event Chairperson.

The football team is coached by Head Coach Mike Stanley, Assistant Coaches Tom Aiello and Fred "Cooch" Cuccinello. Carey is in the Nassau Conference II and, after a 7-3 season, are seeded second in their conference. The 2005 season concluded with a Carey trip to their first Conference Championship in over 25 years after defeating their district rivals, Elmont Memorial High School. On 10/14/06 the H. Frank Carey varsity football team defeated their long time rivals, Garden City.

Carey performs a different musical each year. Recent shows have included:

Carey has a variety of clubs. The student activities office motto is "An activity for every student, and a student for every activity." The clubs at Carey include:

The Carey Clipper is the official newspaper of H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School and is open to students in grades 9-12. It comes out with 6 issues during one school year; including a November, December, February, March, April and June issue. The current advisor to the paper is Mrs. Amanda McGee-Pleva. The main officer positions are editor-in-chief, treasurer, secretary, layout editor, senior editor, sports editors and photography editor. The positions are currently filled by Christopher Sarfin, Brian Camarda, Megan Camarda, Arianna Krizek, Sara Pittella, Matt Napolitano & Nick Cannatella, and Alana Mutum, respectively.

The Carey Riptide is the Junior High newspaper for Carey. It comes out with 2 issues during one school year and is open to all 7th and 8th graders.

The Model United Nations Debate Team at Carey starts with participation in the 1/2 credit World Issues class, and then upon completion the students become members of the club team. The team goes on many conferences where they debate a wide variety of issues facing the real UN today. The team has participated in:

• RUMUN- Rutgers Model United Nations
• SIDMUN - Sewanhaka Interdistrict Model United Nations
• PHILMUN - Philadelphia Model United Nations
• CMUNC - Carey Model United Nations Conference
• YMUN - Yale Model United Nations
• HNMUN - Harvard Model United Nations

• Joe Abbenda: Carey High School Teacher, Social Studies was a Mr. America and Mr. Universe 1960-63
• Bruce Arena: Coach of Red Bull New York soccer team. Former coach of United States men's national soccer team at 2002 and 2006 World Cups. Two Major League Soccer championships as coach of D.C. United. Five NCAA soccer championships with the University of Virginia.
• Michael J. Massimino: NASA astronaut, degrees from MIT and Columbia, Carey grad, 1980.
• Mike Tucci: Actor, played Sonny in "Grease" with John Travolta and in TV show "Diagnosis Murder."
• Ron Tunison: Sculptor, Historical Sculptures, does work for Gettysburg National Battlefield as well as other monuments.

• Carey High School website
• Sewanhaka School District website
• Biography of H. Frank Carey